ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
                                    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

                      ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
                                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

                    THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
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                  STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES

                                 LUNAR SECTION

                                                                    Box 79,
Bulletin No. 2                                                      Maple, Ontario,
                                                                    February 20,1962.

                        ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA

                                 PLANETARY SECTION

Bulletin No 2                                                    February 7, 1962.


PROGRESS   To date I have received replies to my first Bulletin from seven of the Centres
REPORT     of the R.A.S.C. I will here list the names of my contacts:

     Centre        Contact               Address

     Halifax       B. W. Allen           419 Windsor St., Halifax, N.S.

     Hamilton      Edward Ostrosser      70 Sussex Ave., Hamilton, Ont.

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                   STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES

                                    LUNAR SECTION

                                                                 Bulletin No.1

This is the promised follow-up to the Bulletin from the Standing
Committee on Observing which all Centres received last month.

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                           PLANETARY SECTION


Bulletin No. 1	                                        October 25, 1961.


	Some weeks ago you received a bulletin concerning the Standing
Committee on Observational Activities. I have been appointed National
Co-ordinator for planetary observations and would like in the present
bulletin to describe the plans for my section.

	Planetary observations cover a wide range of interests and. I can
say from personal experience that they are highly rewarding. A 3-inch

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STANDING COMMITTEE ON OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Bulletin No. 1                                      September 1, 1961.


	With the sixteen Centres of our Society spread over some three thousand miles,
it is not surprising that sane of us have little opportunity of getting to know each
other. Over the past few years, however, a very definite effort has been made to
bring the Centres into closer contact. First was the decision to hold every alter-
nate Annual Meeting outside of Toronto, provided, of course, that invitations from the