1980s

Sudbury Solar Oby

RASC SUDBURY ASTRONOMY CLUB: SOLAR OBSERVATORY PROJECT 1980-1989

by STEVE DODSON

In the first few years of its existence, the new Sudbury Astronomy Club drew on the knowledge, skills, and energy of its members to engage in a bold project that earned it a lasting place of honour in the Sudbury Community.

This project succeeded through a unique partnership between the Club and another remarkable organization founded in the early 1980s, the Science Centre that became Science North. Both the Club and the Science Centre focussed rising community interest in Science.

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Oso Observatory

(1979–2016) Leo Enright's observatory at Sharbot Lake, Ontario.

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Membership Card 1981

RASC Membership card, 1981.

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Fred Lossing at IRO

Fred Lossing holds the control for the 16-inch telescope at the Ottawa Centre's Indian River Observatory.

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Dupont HQ Opening

Peter Millman, Franklin Loehde, and Helen Sawyer Hogg open the new RASC headquarters at 136 Dupont Street in Toronto in September 1983.

Photo by Peter Broughton.

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Murray Cunningham

(1923-98) A medical doctor, life member of the Society and an Honorary President of the Halifax Centre.

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Charles Haldenby

(1897-1985) WWI veteran. Chemical engineer and botanist. Toronto Centre member from 1940-85.

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Lloyd Higgs #1

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Leo Enright 1984

Leo Enright answers questions during Astronomy Day 1984.

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Elvins House, Cobourg

130 University Avenue West, Cobourg, Ontario. This house belonged to Andrew Elvins. Photo taken in August 1983 by Peter Broughton.

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