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Imagining The Skies—Winners Announced!

On 21 Feb, 2019 By rosenfel@chass....

RASC—Eyes on the Universe for 150 Years

RASC-150logo2.jpg

 

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Mission Statement

Founded in 1868, The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada is Canada's leading astronomy organization, bringing together over 5,000 enthusiastic amateurs, educators, and professionals. In addition to many national services, our 30 Centres offer local programs across Canada.

The RASC Vision

To be Canada's premier organization of amateur and professional astronomers, promoting Astronomy to all.

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2018

On 10 Feb, 2019 By james@jamesedgar.ca

All donations to RASC are gratefully received and are used to sustain our charitable programs and initiatives. A tax receipt for income tax purposes will be issued. Thank you for your support!

 

2018 General Donations

$250–$499.99

D. Randy Boddam
Gabriel Guillen
Janet Janke
Renata Koziol
Frank Walcher

$500–$999.99

Randy Attwood
Robyn Foret
Douglas Hube
Robert Thacker
Jackman Foundation

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Websites and Apps

On 25 Jan, 2019 By jenna.m.hinds@g...

Websites


  • Galaxy Zoo

    Classify galaxies basedon shape to help astronomers understand how they formed.

     

  • Solar System Scope

    Vizualise the solar system and its neighbourhood in three dimensions.

     

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About the RASC

On 24 Jan, 2019 By jenna.m.hinds@g...

Awards

The RASC awards a number of honours each year to promote and advance astronomy in Canada. Explore the awards, their requirements, and the recipients here.

Board of Directors

How the Board is defined, a list of current Directors, and how to contact the Board.

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JRASC February 2019

On 10 Jan, 2019 By james@jamesedgar.ca

Inside this issue:

  • Thermal X-Ray Emission From a Kilonova Remnant?
  • Have You Seen a Neutron Star “Wave”?
  • Smooth or Grained? The Loopy Explanation of Gravity
  • Student of Star-Law

Plus all the regular columnists you've grown to love and enjoy, images from amateur astronomers like you,
and a lot more.

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Membership Card 1981

On 23 Dec, 2018 By walter.macdonal...

RASC Membership card, 1981.

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2018 October

On 21 Nov, 2018 By walter.macdonal...

2018-10-07 update (pm)

Over the past week we had conference calls with the Operations and Photography teams. Documentation and training plans are in the works for the Ops team and the Photo team will be putting together a list of targets to test the software capturing and processing.

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2018 September

On 21 Nov, 2018 By walter.macdonal...

2018-09-28 photos  (pm)

Have installed FocusMax V4 and getting some VCurves to build the focus profile.

While we have made great progress installing and testing out the new camera, I wanted to share a few images from both to highlight some of the capabilities of what can be done with the wonderful equipment at this amazing dark site. The initial astrophoto team will be working with the data and practice scheduling targets with the system.

CCD with 16" f/8.9 RC:

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Future of the RASC #1

On 20 Nov, 2018 By walter.macdonal...

BOLDLY NAVIGATING WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE
the future of the RASC in the 21st century

panellists
Roland Dechesne, President, Calgary Centre
Jim Hesser, Director of the DAO, Single Point of Contact for the Canada Node of Beyond IYA (BIYA), and member of the Victoria Centre
Lauri Roche, 1st Vice President, Victoria Centre
Mary Lou Whitehorne, National President of the RASC, and member of the Halifax Centre

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