1991

Eclipse Pin 1991

Continue Reading

Mike Watson 1991

Mike Watson is dazzled by the solar eclipse at the GA banquet on 1991 May 18 (UBC Vancouver). Photo by Henry Lee.

Continue Reading

J.E. Kennedy 1991

Professor Emeritus J.E. Kennedy at the podium in the lecture theater of the Convention Centre, Montevideo, Uruguay, participating in the official opening ceremonies of the International Colloquium on the Astronomical Culture in Modern Society on July 16th, 1991. Claude Hareau de Estrada, on his left, served as the official English-Spanish translator.

Photo courtesy of Carol Blenkin. This photo was published in the December 1991 issue of the Bulletin.

Continue Reading

Eclipse Decal

1991 eclipse decal.

Continue Reading

1991 Eclipse Quiz

THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA

      1991 SOLAR ECLIPSE EXPEDITION



SOLAR ECLIPSE OUIZ



1.   The term "eclipse" of the sun is actually a complete misnomer for the
     event that we will see tomorrow. The proper name of the phenomenon is
     a(n) _____________________ of the sun.


2.   The English translation of the Latin word that is our name for the sun's
     atmosphere that we see during the total phase of a solar eclipse is
     _______________________.

3.   Annular eclipses are more frequent than total eclipses.  True or false?

Continue Reading

1991-06 Update

1991 SOLAR ECLIPSE EXPEDITION
THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA

26 June 1991

Dear Expedition Member:

          This is the final mailing to all Expedition members before the big
day.  Many of you have been calling over the past 10 days to enquire about
the current status of the Expedition, and I am pleased to report that all of
our planning is proceeding better than we could ever have hoped for.

JUNE SITE PREVIEW TRIP

          On Sunday, 23 June I returned from one week in Mexico with J. Randy
Continue Reading

Release Form

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND RELEASE


          THE UNDERSIGNED (referred to hereafter as the "Expedition Member"
or the "Member") acknowledges the following facts:

1.        The Royal  Astronomical  Society  (hereinafter referred to as the
"RASC")  is a non-profit corporation without share capital that consists of
volunteer amateur and professional  astronomers  and that is devoted to the
advancement of astronomy and allied sciences.

2.       The  RASC  has  volunteered  to  organize,  for the benefit of its
Continue Reading

Info Circular

THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
1991 SOLAR ECLIPSE EXPEDITION
INFORMATION CIRCULAR


	At its meeting in January 1989, the National Council of
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada established a Solar
Eclipse Committee for the purpose of organizing a national solar
eclipse expedition to Baja California, Mexico to observe the great
eclipse of 11 July 1991. Michael S.F. Watson, an experienced
astrophotographer and veteran of six previous solar eclipse
expeditions, was appointed Committee Chairperson and Expedition
Continue Reading

GA Guide 1991

Guide for the 1991 GA in Vancouver.

Continue Reading

GA Group Photo - 1991

Continue Reading

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - 1991