Annual Report 2021

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Stellarium intermediate course

Event Date: 
Monday, July 4, 2022 - 9:00pm to 11:00pm

Stellarium intermediate course (ONLINE)

Monday 4 July 2022

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Mountain time
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Pacific time
9:00 PM to 11:00 PM Eastern

Stellarium is a powerful planetarium application available for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux computers. 

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Asteroid (613419) Lafayettequartet

The Lafayette String Quartet is an all-female ensemble still comprised of the original members after 35 years. Artists in residence at the University of Victoria in Canada, they have mentored countless students to musical excellence, while championing contemporary music in concerts worldwide alongside mastery of the most demanding classical repertoire.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, volume 2, Number 8, page 11

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Asteroid (497593) Kejimkujik

Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site is an area of natural beauty and historical significance in Nova Scotia, Canada. The indigenous Mi'kmaq people consider Kejimkujik to be a sacred ancestral place. The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada declared Kejimkujik to be a Dark Sky Preserve in 2010.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, volume 2, number 8, page 11.

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RASC DDO: Sunday Sungazing

Event Date: 
Sunday, June 19, 2022 - 12:30pm to 1:00pm

Sunday Sungazing

RASC Toronto & David Dunlap Observatory

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RASC DDO: Up in the Sky

Event Date: 
Friday, June 17, 2022 - 9:30pm to 11:00pm

Up in the Sky

RASC Toronto & David Dunlap Observatory

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RASC DDO: Ask an Astronomer

Event Date: 
Sunday, June 12, 2022 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

Ask an Astronomer

RASC Toronto & David Dunlap Observatory

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RASC DDO: Astronomy Speaker's Night

Event Date: 
Saturday, June 11, 2022 - 9:00pm to 10:30pm

Astronomy Speaker's Night

RASC Toronto & David Dunlap Observatory

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RASC Ottawa: Monthly Meeting

Event Date: 
Friday, June 3, 2022 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm

Monthly Meeting

RASC Ottawa

What better way to celebrate Chile and Peru signing the Treaty of Lima that finally resolved their border dispute from the War of the Pacific (1879–83) in which Chile kept Arica and Peru regained Tacna? Seriously. Join us for the RASC Ottawa Centre Zoom-inar Friday 3 June 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada).

Anyone looking to look out from this Earth is welcome.

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Asteroid (177667) Schieven

Gerald Henry Moriarty Schieven (b. 1958) is a Canadian astronomer who obtained his PhD at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Gerald was President of the RASC London Centre in 1980. He has worked at JPL, the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and the Herzberg Millimetre Astronomy Group.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin Volume 2, #7, page 13
 

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