Insider's Guide to the Galaxy: Astronomy Highlights 2022

Event Date: 
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

Insider's Guide to the Galaxy: Astronomy Highlights 2022

Tuesday, December 7th, 3:30-5pm EST

Register here! Videos will also be livestreamed and available for later viewing on our YouTube Channel.

 

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Speaker Series Fall 2021:Mi'kmaw Moons

Event Date: 
Thursday, December 2, 2021 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Mi'kmaw Moons

Presented by Cathy LeBlanc, Holly, and Dave Chapman

SkyNews & RASC National

For more than seven years, the Mi’kmaw Moons project has tied visual astronomy and Mi’kmaw storytelling together using the Two-Eyed Seeing approach, embracing both Indigenous and Western traditions in how we view the world.

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Speaker Series Fall 2021: Exoplanet Hunting From Home

Event Date: 
Thursday, November 25, 2021 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Exoplanet hunting from home

Presented by Laurie Sibbald

RASC National & SkyNews

Since confirmation of the first exoplanet detection in 1992, humans have found almost 5,000 exoplanets orbiting distant stars — and detecting them is possible with the same equipment as used in backyard astrophotography. 

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RASC Victoria: JWST Pre-Launch Party

Event Date: 
Saturday, November 20, 2021 - 10:00pm to 11:45pm

James Webb Space Telescope Pre-Launch Star Party 

RASC Victoria Centre and the Friends of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory

When:  Saturday, November 20th
Time: 7 pm to 9:30 pm PST (10 pm - 12:30 am EST)

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RASC Vancouver: Annual General Meeting

Event Date: 
Thursday, December 9, 2021 - 10:30pm to 11:45pm

Annual General Meeting

RASC Vancouver Centre

On Thursday, December 9th, 2021 at 7:30 pm PST (10:30 pm EST), we will be holding our Annual General Meeting virtually. The meeting will be followed by a brief lecture on a topic still to be determined. 

The Zoom link for this meeting will be emailed out a few days prior. 

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Asteroid (10062) Kimhay

Kimberley Dawn Hay (b. 1959) is an enthusiastic observer, sunspot and meteor recorder, and sketch artist, who has contributed to the American Meteor Society, American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO), American Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO), and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC). She has won the RASC Service Award and the RASC Chilton Prize.

Orbit Type: Main Belt

reference: WGSBN Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 11, 2021-11-08

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Asteroid (10065) Greglisk

Greg Lisk (b. 1963) has served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Belleville Centre, where he organized field trips, designed award programs, judged local science fair entries, prepared displays, arranged star parties and gave presentations at outreach events, both indoor and outdoor. He won the RASC Service Award in 2014.

Orbit Type: Main Belt

reference: WGSBN Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 11, 2021-11-08

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Asteroid (10066) Pihack

Brian Pihack (b.1956) is a chiropractor and amateur astronomer who has served as President of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Niagara Centre. He has given hundreds of introductory astronomy lectures and classes to children, students and adults throughout the Niagara Falls and St. Catharines region of southern Ontario.

Orbit Type: Main Belt

reference: WGSBN Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 11, 2021-11-08

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Asteroid (10073) Peterhiscocks

Peter Hiscocks (1945-2018) was Professor of Electrical Engineering at Ryerson University in Toronto and an expert on illumination engineering. He was an amateur astronomer recognized for his advocacy of light pollution abatement, and was chair of the Light Pollution Abatement Committee of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Toronto Centre.

Orbit Type: Main Belt

reference: WGSBN Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 11, 2021-11-08

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