Stellarium advanced course

Event Date: 
Thursday, April 6, 2023 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Stellarium advanced course (ONLINE)

Thursday 6 April 2023

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Eastern time

Stellarium is a powerful planetarium application available for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux computers.

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Stellarium introductory course

Event Date: 
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - 9:30pm to 11:30pm

Stellarium introductory course (ONLINE)

Tuesday 4 April 2023, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Mountain Time (note the time zone!)

Stellarium is a powerful planetarium application available for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux computers.

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Looking to learn about astronomy

Since i was a kid I was always facinated with space, and unknown to me, my wife and son bought me my first telescope for my 33 birthday! I was gifted a Celestron Omni AZ 102 telescope and manual alt-az mount with eye pieces. Since setting it up in April 2022, I have become even more eager to learn how to use my new telescope and what accessiories to add to it for improvement in astronomy. Here's to hoping 2023 brings many more chances to learn about space with my new RASC membership.

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RASC DDO: Planetarium Day

Event Date: 
Sunday, April 30, 2023 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Date and time: 2 sessions - Sunday, April 30, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM & 2:30-4:00 PM EDT

Planetarium Day

RASC DDO & The David Dunlap Observatory

2 sessions: Sunday, April 30, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM & 2:30-4:00 PM EDT, in person at the David Dunlap Observatory

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RASC DDO: Astronomy Speaker's Night

Event Date: 
Saturday, April 29, 2023 - 9:00pm to 11:00pm

Date and time: Saturday, April 29, 9:00 - 11:00 PM EDT, in-person at the David Dunlap Observatory

A Search for Dark Matter in the Cosmic Web - Presented by Dr. Keir Rogers

RASC DDO & The David Dunlap Observatory

Saturday, April 29, 9:00 - 11:00 PM EDT, in-person at the David Dunlap Observatory

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RASC DDO: Sunday Sungazing

Event Date: 
Sunday, April 9, 2023 - 12:30pm to 1:00pm

Date and time: Sunday, April 9, 12:30 - 1:00 PM EDT

Sunday Stargazing

RASC DDO & The David Dunlap Observatory

Sunday, April 9th, 12:30-1:00PM EDT, online

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Asteroid (3852) Glennford

Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford (born 1916-05-01 in Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec; died 2006-08-30) was a well-known Hollywood actor in the golden days of cinema. Ford appeared in more than 100 movies covering virtually every genre, from westerns (3:10 to Yuma, 1957) to science fiction (Virus, 1980), via comedy (The Gazebo, 1959) and romance (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1962).

Reference: MPC page 57949, 2006-11-09

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Asteroid (299518) Metchev

Stanimir A. Metchev (b. 1976) is a Bulgarian-Canadian Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. His 2005 PhD at Caltech was on brown dwarf companions to young solar analogs. He is known for his research on planetary systems around nearby stars and on the atmospheres of brown dwarfs and exoplanets.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, 2023-03-20, Volume 3, Number 4, page 9

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Asteroid (298762) Sarahgallagher

Sarah Connoran Gallagher (b. 1973) is an American-Canadian astronomer who studies quasars and compact galaxy groups. A Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, she has been Director of its Institute for Earth and Space Exploration, and Science Advisor to the President of the Canadian Space Agency.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, 2023-03-20, Volume 3, Number 4, page 9

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Asteroid (291824) Cami

Jan Lieven Jo Cami (b. 1972) is a Belgian-Canadian astronomer who studies evolved stars, interstellar matter and astrochemistry. Cami did his graduate studies at the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. A faculty member in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Western University in London, Canada, Cami won the Qilak Award from the Canadian Astronomical Society in 2019. He is one of the co-discoverers of fullerenes in space.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, 2023-03-20, Volume 3, Number 4, page 8

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