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                                                                      Bulletin No. 1
                             LUNAR OCCULTATIONS SECTION


This bulletin is one of several to be issued reporting the activities of the Lunar
Occultations Section. It is hoped that through this bulletin a number of Centres
will be encouraged to participate in this fascinating and useful program. Wherever
a Centre has not already done so, I would ask that the name of a member be submitted

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                  STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES
                                                                      Bulletin No. 2

                                   METEOR SECTION


Meteor observing is a field in which amateurs without specialized equipment can make
an important contribution. The prime requirements are enthusiasm, knowledge of the
constellations, and a willingness to stay awake when the majority of citizens are

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                                                              Bulletin No. 1
                      INSTRUMENTATION SECTION



At the Society's General Assembly in Winnipeg in May 1966, I had the
honour of being appointed National Co-ordinator of the Instrumentation
Section.


To the best of my knowledge, this is a category; therefore,
records or information as to type or numbers of instruments in use
by members of the R.A.S.C. are not available.


I would like to suggest that each Centre appoint a member to keep

                      THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA

                                   METEOR SECTION


PRELIMINARY NEWS-LETTER                                               1 August, 1966


I'd better start this news-letter off by apologizing to all active and potential
meteor observers in general, and to kiss Isabel K. Williamson, the National
Chairman of the Standing Committee on Observational Activities in particular,
for the embarrassed silence of this Section since I was appointed Co-ordinator.

                        THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA

                     STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES

FROM NATIONAL CHAIRMAN                                                   Bulletin No. 5


The Society's annual General Assembly affords our Committee the rare opportunity of
meeting in person instead of by correspondence. The meeting held at the General
Assembly in Winnipeg was a good one. Although not all members were present, it was
well attended and there was an atmosphere of enthusiasm. We discussed many matters

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STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES


                                    AURORA SECTION                      Bulletin No. 4


To obtain more information from our aurora observers and to establish an R.A.S.C. auroral
data file, this bulletin describes two stumnary forms. These can easily be duplicated
by Centres or individual observers and are intended as a supplenent to, not a replacement
for, the present N.R.C. aurora report form.

MONTHLY AURORA SUMMARY: At the top, the name of the observer, month and year, station

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                      STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES

BULLETIN I                                                                    MARCH, 1966
                                  VARIABLE STAR SECTION

Variable star observing is one of the most productive fields for the amateur, and undoubted-

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                      STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES


                                       AURORA SECTION                        Bulletin No.3


The Starting Committee on Observational Activities is interested in expanding the present
visual survey of aurora borealis (northern lights) in the skies over Canada. Many in-
dividual members of the R.A.S.C. are currently reporting their observations of aurora to

                         THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA

                      STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES

FROM NATIONAL CHAIRMAN                                                     Bulletin No. 4


In this, my first bulletin as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Observational Activities,
it seems appropriate to restate the purpose of the Committee and to review the progress that
has been made to date.

The Committee has three main objectives:-

   1. To keep members informed of the observational activities of all Centres.

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ADMINISTRATION BULLETIN NO.21

252 COLLEGE STREET	TORONTO 2B, ONTARIO

Across the country, interest has centred on the Comet Ikeya-Seki; a great deal of press
and radio coverage has been given to this celestial object but it has remained elusive for
most Canadian observers. Jim Low, Co-ordinator of the Comet and Nova Section, issued
two timely announcements giving the ephemeris. We have learned of only two sightings of
this ocenet by our members Ä Mr. Hugh Maclean of Niagara Falls Centre, and Mr. F. Schneider
of the Hamilton Centre.