THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA

                     STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES

FROM THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN                                            Bulletin No. 6

1967 promises to be an exceptional year for our Society. As I prepare this bulletin L
am aware that two Centres have planned Centennial projects.   Ottawa Centre members will
be taking a Centennial Trip in late August to Algonquin Park, where they will camp for a
week and photograph the entire summer night sky. The Montreal Centre has two projects;

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                                                                      Bulletin No. 7
                                                                        - Part 2
                                    PLANETARY SECTION


                              MARS COLOUR REFERENCE SYSTEM

The purpose of this project is to compile a colour map of Mars utilizing a system which,
it is hoped, win eliminate the difficulties which arise from the inability of observers

                       THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA

                                                                        Bulletin No. 7

                                   PLANETARY SECTION

MARS

As Canada's 100th birthday is also the year for one of the more favourable apparitions of
Mars, the National Co-ordinator suggests that a 1967 map of Mars should be prepared by
this Section as our Centennial contribution. A project of this magnitude requires the
active participation of observers from all Centres of the Society to ensure its success.

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                                                                    Bulletin No 2

                              LUNAR OCCULTATIONS SECTION

LUNAR OCCULTATION DISPLAY - 1967 General Assembly

If members of your Centre have been active in the lunar occultation field, please see
that material that could be used for a lunar occultation display at the General Assembly
in Montreal in May is reported to the President of your Centre. Photographs of ob-
servers and observing sites would be appropriate.

                        THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
                     STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES
                                                                      Bulletin No. 7
                                    LUNAR SECTION


Lunar Training Program:	This bulletin introduces the Lunar Training Program, a course
for the beginner who needs guidance in becoming familiar with the more prominent features
on the moon.

Attached are forms which should assist the newcomer in Lunar crater identification. An

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STANDING COMMETTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES
                                                            Bulletin No.3

                             AURORA SECTION



To evaluate the present status of the auroral program, all participating

groups are asked to send reports to the National Co-ordinator. Only one

conmunication on auroral observations has been received since Bulletin No.4

was issued; thus the co-ordinator has little information of current acti-

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                     STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES
                                                                       Bulletin No. 3

                                 METEOR SECTION

THE GREAT LEONID METEOR STORM OF 1966

The Leonids have done it again!  With practically all of Canada clouded out, and with
many observers in the United States giving up too early, this unpredictable shower struck
with the greatest intensity since 1833. In the western U.S., observers persevering after

A.L.P.O. Comets Section   Feb. 14, 1967
New comet Wild 1967c Feb. 11.1 1950 07h16.5+81°45'
Feb. 11.9UT 06h47.9+80°07'  Obs. by Mike McCants, Austin,
9.5inch mag. 9.5or10. 1950 Feb. 13.15 6h47.9+77°04 diffuse
diam. 1'-2'
Comet Seki 1967b ephemeris by Marsden  delta    r
Feb. 15    20h00.2      +27°03         .936   .788
     17    20 23.4       27 16
     19    20 46.4       27 12         .950   .718
     21    21 08.9       26 51

Dennis Milon 328 N. 3rd Ave. Apt.1 Tucson, Arizona 85705

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             STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES
BULLETIN III                                                     FEBRUARY, 1967

                         VARIABLE STAR SECTION


The variable star observers among the R.A.S.C. members have just completed
their most successful year in the history of our Society. Not only have
more observations been made, but more observers than ever before have con-
tributed to this impressive total.

On an international scale, variable star observing is mushrooming. Several

                      THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA

                                                                       Bulletin No.6
                                PLANETARY SECTION


ANNOUNCEMENT: Following the retirement of Geoffrey Gaherty as National Co-ordinator of
the Planetary Section for the National Observing Program, Miss Isabel Williamson asked
me to assume this position. The program as established by Mr. Gaherty will be con-
tinued. Information and assistance in observational activities will be made avail-