19600301 Bakos

1960 Mar 1: Letter from G. Bakos to J.E. Kennedy

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19590901 Kennedy

1959 Sep 1: Letter from J.E. Kennedy to G. Bakos

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JRASC 2011 October

Inside This Issue

  • Decans, Djed Pillars, and Seasonal-Hours in Ancient Egypt
  • Astronomy Outreach in Cuba: Trip Two
  • Discovery of the Expansion of the Universe
  • Palomar Oranges
  • To See the Stars Anew
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JRASC 2011 December

Inside This Issue

  • Since When Was the Sun a Typical Star?
  • A Midsummer Night
  • The Starmus Experience
  • Hubble and Shapley—Two Early Giants of Observational Cosmology
  • A Vintage Star Atlas
  • Night-Sky Poetry from Jasper Students
  • David Levy and his Observing Logs
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Honorary Member: Professor Andrew Fraknoi

Dr. Fraknoi was nominated by Mary Lou Whitehorne, who has had occasion to meet Dr. Fraknoi and recommends him on the basis of his work in Education and Public Outreach.

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I.E. Symposium

Note from Eric Briggs (Toronto Centre):

I feel this is timely bearing in mind the closure of the Canadian Air and Space Museum at that location in late September [2011]. The names on the program for the 26 Oct 1961 symposium (50 years ago yesterday!) reads like a who's who of experts in Canadian aerospace history:

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CAS Letter

THE CANADIAN ASTRONAUTICAL SOCIETY
YOUR REF:                     OUR REF: 3213
DOWNSVIEW ==== ONTARIO
CANADA

December 20th. 1960.

The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada,
Headquarters,
252 College Street,
Toronto, pntario.

Attention: Mr. Broadfoct.

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CAS Letter

THE CANADIAN ASTRONAUTICAL SOCIETY DOWNSVIEW, ONTARIO CANADA November 8, 1960. Mr. R.R. Broadfoot, 763 Mount Pleasant Rd., Toronto 7. Dear Mr. Broadfoot: In response to your request, enclosed is a copy of a map showing the location of the de Havilland Cafeteria, in which our joint meeting of the 29th November is to be held. Dr. D.C. Rose, the speaker, is chairman of the Associate Committee for Space Research, and is particularly well known for his interest in cosmic ray physics. Dr. Rose is with the Division of Pure Physics, National Research Council, Ottawa. C.A.S.

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