The Moon, taken at Bologna Observatory in Italy, 1968 June 18.

Dave McCarter took this image through an ETX90 with an objective filter. It's a fine image, and even more impressive when one realizes his OTA was buffeted by high winds at the time! Image courtesy of Dave McCarter (©Dave McCarter)

In 2004 the RASC Calgary Centre organized a transit expedition, during which Mike Mah was able to take both this image of Venus transiting, and that of the sculpture of Hatshepsut to create a very effective composite picture. Image courtesy of Mike Mah. Image courtesy Mike Mah and the RASC Calgary Centre (©Mike Mah)

Image courtesy Mike Mah and the RASC Calgary Centre (©Mike Mah).

Rare amateur astrophotographs of the 1882 transit. Samuel Cooper, a poor but resourceful day-labourer astronomer (to use Allan Chapman's term), was known as the Optical Bricklayer from his contributions to the English Mechanic and the World of Science. He used a 23cm silver-on-glass Newtonian reflector and a camera of his own manufacture to take these images. They survive today on this rare lantern slide. The images came into the RASC's possession in 1911, the gift of G. Parry Jenkins, an acquaintance of Cooper's. Image ©RASC.

The Moon, photographed on 1896 February 22nd by J.J. Wadsworth of Simcoe, Ontario.

John A. Paterson, M.A. (1846-1930)

Obituary in JRASC.

This photo of the sun was taken on 1906 June 27 by society member Rev. Dr. Marsh. See Dr. Marsh's article Photographing the Sun and Moon with a 5-inch Refracting Telescope in the RASC Proceedings for 1905, p.108.

This photo was published in the RASC 1905 Transactions.

This photo of the Moon was taken on 1906 March 3 by society member Rev. Dr. Marsh and appeared on page 42 of the Canadian Astronomical Handbook for 1907. See Dr. Marsh's article Photographing the Sun and Moon with a 5-inch Refracting Telescope in the RASC Proceedings for 1905, p.108.