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The Observer’s Handbook is one of Canada’s oldest scientific publications, having first appeared in 1907. It soon became a regular publication and now enjoys an annual print run of 11,000 copies. It has a reputation as a solid reference for amateur and professional astronomers alike. Each RASC member receives a copy in the late fall of each year as a benefit of membership. The day the new edition of the Handbook arrives is a happy day indeed.

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AstroSketchers Group

"I have only drawn what I have seen with certainty."

    —Edward Emerson Barnard (1857-1923), in 1894


"Responding to criticism that he preferred an artistic drawing to an accurate one, he replied, "I know no difference between the two."

    —Richard Baum (1930-2017), reporting (2007) the words of Nathaniel Everett Green (1823-1899)


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JRASC 2011 August

On 12 Jul, 2011 By Anonymous (not verified)

Inside This Issue

  • Innermost Regions of Active Galaxies
  • Lemaître’s Equation No. 24
  • Solar Eclipse, 2011 June 1
  • Bucket List for Backyard Stargazers
  • Science Fair Winner
  • Naming of Two Rocky Mountains
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JRASC 2011 June

On 12 Jul, 2011 By Anonymous (not verified)

Inside This Issue

  • The Rise and Fall of Mount Kobau
  • Granite Gap
  • Things That Go Bump in the Night
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JRASC 2011 April

On 12 Jul, 2011 By Anonymous (not verified)

Inside This Issue

  • The Plaskett Lecture
  • Challenging Einstein
  • Unique Space Club
  • Building Sustainable
  • Communities Conference
  • Pen Henge
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JRASC 2011 February

On 12 Jul, 2011 By Anonymous (not verified)

Inside This Issue

  • Identification of a Megadome Near the Lunar Crater Kies:
  • Morphometric Analysis and Proposed Intrusive Origin
  • The Square Kilometre Array (SKA): Scanning the Skies for Life
  • New Facts From the First Galaxy Distance Estimates
  • Things that go Bump in the Night
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Deep-Sky Challenge

About the Deep-Sky Challenge


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Overview

Overview of Variable Stars

by Bob Nelson, Ph.D. (Prince George Centre)

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EtU Local Certification Centres

Explore the Universe Program

Local Certification Centres

Some RASC Centres are Local Certification Centres for the Explore the Universe certificate directly through local observing committees. If your RASC Centre is in the list below, apply to the individual named there to request your Explore the Universe certificate and pin. Normally, the certificate and pin will be presented to the recipient at a meeting of the Centre.

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