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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

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                      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

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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.

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ADMINSTRATION BULLETIN NO. 17
13 November, 1964

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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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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.

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                                   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