David Dunlap's 150th Birthday

150 years ago today, October 13th 1862, was the birthdate of David Alexander Dunlap, who is memorialized in several locations around Toronto. Both Mr. Dunlap and his wife, Jessie Donalda Bell, were born in Pembroke, Ontario. Mr. Dunlap graduated as a lawyer from Osgoode Hall, and he practiced in Mattawa. His big break was when two of his colleagues, the Timmins brothers who ran the Mattawa general store, made a deal in 1903 with a man named LaRose for a mining opportunity in what later became the Town of Cobalt.

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Handbook of Astrophotography

Handbook of

Astrophotography

for Amateur Astronomers

SECOND EDITION

G.N. Patterson
Saskatoon Centre, R.A.S.C.

Compiled for use as reference material in a course in
Astrophotography

© Copyright Gordon Nelson Patterson 1974, 1981 & 1985

ISBN 0-919677-05-3

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Halloween Thoughts

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GA Guide 2012

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Asteroid (325973) Cardinal

Robert Damian Cardinal (b. 1969) is a research associate at the University of Calgary, a prolific observer at the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory and a member of the science team of the Near-Earth Space Surveillance mission.

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JRASC October 2012

Inside this Issue

  • The Grand Schism in Canadian Astronomy II
  • Oregon Columbus Hastings
  • Vesperus, Helios, Phosphorus, Lucky-Us!
  • Powering a Focuser
  • Astrosketchers’ Contest
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Asteroid (246913) Slocum

Joshua Slocum (1844–1909?) was the first person to circumnavigate the world alone. He sailed Spray, his rebuilt sloop, from Boston in April 1895, and returned three years later after a 74000-km journey. His book 'Sailing Alone Around the World' is a first-hand account of his remarkable voyage. Slocum was born in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. He left home as a teen for a life at sea as a merchant sailor. Later he became a captain and owner of several sailing ships. One of his stops in his around the world voyage was his boyhood home of Briar Island, NS.

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Asteroid (308825) Siksika

Discovered 2006 Sept. 14 by D. D. Balam at Mauna Kea.

Siksika Nation is one of the three First Nations, with the Piikani (Peigan) and Kainai (Blood), that comprise the Blackfoot Confederacy. It is a signatory to the 1877 Treaty 7, signed by Chief Crowfoot. Their territories include Southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Northern Montana.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 80329

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Letter to Levy

All's Well That Ends Well


 


In 1967 the nineteen-year-old David Levy was an enthusiastic observer, and an observationally active member of the Montreal Centre, pursuing his life-long quest for comets, and an ever deeper familiarity with the night sky (activities which he knowledgably, imaginatively, and fruitfully pursues to this day).


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Special December Issue: “The Environmental Impact of Light-pollution and its Abatement"

Special December 2012 Issue of the Journal


This December, The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada will publish “The Environmental Impact of Light-pollution and its Abatement, as a special supplement to its internationally recognized periodical, the Journal.


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