THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA

ADMINSTRATION BULLETIN NO. 17
13 November, 1964

252 COLLEGE STREET, TORONTO 2B, ONTARIO

The recent announcement by the Prime Minister of Canada that the proposed 150" reflecting
telescope would become a reality made front page headlines across the country. This will
be called the Queen Elizabeth II Observatory, to commemorate the visit of Her Majesty to
Canada in 1964. A site has been choeen on Mount Kobau, not far south of Pentioton, B.C.,
and construction of the telescope and buildings will take about 7 years to canplete. A

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                   STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES

LUNAR SECTION                                                          BULLETIN NO.5


Announcement

    Upon the recent retirement of the Lunar Co-ordinator, Mr. R.R. Thompson, President
of the Toronto Centre, the writer was asked by Mr. Vent Ramsay, as Chairman of the
National Committee on Observational Activities, to assume this position.


LUNAR ECLIPSE, JUNE 24th, 1964

	The first lunar eclipse since the very dark eclipse of December 

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                  Standing Committee on Observational Activities
                   Programme for Solar Eclipse of July 20, 1963
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Bulletin No. 6                                                          May 27, 1963

                   OBSERVING SITES AND FIELD STATIONS IN QUEBEC


    With July 20th rapidly approaching, members will be eager to complete their
plans and we hope this bulletin will be helpAsi to those who are considering coining

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                   STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Bulletin No 2                     AURORA SECTION                        March 1963

    Since the introductory bulletin last year, four of the sixteen R.A.s.C. Centres
have indicated a desire to co-operate in the national auroral observing programme.
The four local recorders are as follows:-

    Calgary     James F. Wright      218 - 4th Avenue N.E., Calgary, Alta.
    Edmonton    Franklin C. Loehde   9749 89th Avenue, Edmonton, Alta.

                         ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
                                   PLANETARY SECTION

Bulletin No 5                                                          February 8, 1963.

Since the last Bulletin was published, there has been much activity in the Planetary
Section. Observations have been received from the Edmonton, Hamilton, Montreal, Niagara
Falls, Ottawa, Toronto, and Windsor Centres, as well as from C. H. Clark of Lethbridge,
Alta, and R. W. Gordon of Pen Argyl, Pa, U.S.A. Some of these observations are discussed

            STANDING COMMITTEE FOR OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES

                                                             Bulletin No. 2


It is more than a year since the establishment of a National Observing
Programme. Since that time there have been encouraging results, a few
of which are summarized below. To date, four of the eleven observing
disciplines are active in varying degrees and observations are being made
and reports sent to the National Co-ordinators.


According to records at hand, the Planetary Section, with Mr. Gaherty as

                           ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
                                    PLANETARY SECTION
Bulletin No 4                                                             July 17, 1962.

PROGRESS   The following additions and alterations have been made to the list of
REPORT     planetary contacts since Bulletin No 3 was published:

     Centre        Contact                  Address
     Calgary       Jim Wright               218 Fourth Ave. N.E., Calgary, Alta
     Edmonton      Rickey Salmon            10341 117 Ave., Edmonton, Alta

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                                    Planetary Section

                        SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR OBSERVING JUPITER


     Instruction. Sheet No 1 contains information regarding drawings of Jupiter and
estimates of the intensity and conspicuousness of the planet's belts and zones. The
present sheet describes two important quantitative programs: the timing of satellite
phenomena and central meridian transits.

SATELLITE PHENOMENA

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                                PLANETARY SECTION
Bulletin No 3                                                            April 5, 1962.

PROGRESS   Since Bulletin No 2 was published I have heard from four more Centres
REPORT     bringing the total participating to 11. The new contacts are as follows:

     Centre       Contact             Address

     Edmonton     Franklin Loehde     11542 65 St., Edmonton, Alta

     Toronto      L. A. Chester       12 Duggan Ave., Toronto 7, Ont.

                             ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
                                      Planetary Section

                                     GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

INTRODUCTION

	Much of our present knowledge of the objects in the solar system is due to
observations carried, out over many years by dedicated amateurs, around the globe. The
person considering devoting his time to planetary work should bear in mind that although
the human eye is prone to errors against which one must be constantly on guard, it also