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GA 1990 Symposium

The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
to celebrate its centenary of incorporation
presents
YOU AND THE UNIVERSE
A Public Symposium

Alumni Theatre, Carleton University, Ottawa
Saturday, June 30, 1990

Five Free 1 Hour Lectures — No Tickets Required

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GA 1983 Schedule

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JRASC 2013 February

Inside This Issue:

  • Milky Way Globular Clusters
  • Orionid Meteor Shower by FM Radio
  • LEDs in Astronomy
  • The Venus Aureole Effect
  • London Centre’s Observatory
  • My Fast-Light Mirror

The 3-D Viewer (PDF below) is from page 46 of the February 2013 Journal. This text is drawn from the image caption:

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Labrador Expedition 1905

Photo album of the Canadian eclipse expedition to Hamilton Inlet, Labrador in August 1905.

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The Labrador Eclipse Expedition

Reprint from Christmas 'Acta Victoriana' 1905. (See https://archive.org/details/cihm_991696)

Note: The "Dominion Observatory Installation" and "Eclipse Camp" photos used here may not be the same as those used in the original article.—WM

The Labrador Eclipse Expedition

C.A. CHANT, PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA

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2012 Edition Updates

Observer's Handbook 2012 Edition

The following corrections have been noted:

  • On p. 25, the units of GM should read as km³/s²

  • On p. 115, in the left column, the days of the week are incorrect following Sunday, Dec. 16. The 17th is a Monday, the 18th a Tuesday, and so on, until the 26, which is a Wednesday. Thereafter, the days are correct.

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2013 Edition Updates

Observer's Handbook 2013 Edition

 

The following corrections have been noted:

On p. 4, instead of "Kevin Breit," the correct given name should be "Derek"

On p. 8, in the Back Cover caption, line 3, the word "Condé" should be "Conté"

On p. 48, the non-bolded text "Jun." that should have been at the right end of the upper and lower boxes suffered an unintentional carriage return

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LPA Special Issue

Inside This Issue:

  • President’s Message
  • Prologue
  • The Eye and Visual System: A Brief Introduction
  • Scotobiology
  • Light and Dark and Human Health
  • Lighting in the Roadway Environment: Aims, Advances, and Alternatives
  • LEDs in Outdoor Lighting
  • International Dark-sky Efforts
  • Mont-Mégantic First International Dark-Sky Reserve: Achievements And Challenges
  • Dark-Sky Parks
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