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Photo credit: C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) by David T.
Astronomical Observations for the Unaided Eye
In a world of ever larger and more expensive telescopes, amateur astronomers often pass over the wonder above them that can only be seen with the most complex yet readily available optical instrument of them all – the unaided eye. From comets to crepuscular rays and from the northern lights to noctilucent clouds, there is an entire universe waiting, both literally and figuratively before your eyes.
The latest issue of our club’s Event Horizon newsletter is now available.
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Photo credit: M52 and the Bubble Nebula Area by Bob Christmas.
The Life and Times of Betelgeuse
This is a adaptation of a successful planetarium show I ran while at McMaster. The show focuses on a ‘recap’ of the life of Betelgeuse as it inches closer towards supernova and explores star formation, evolution and death. I’ll also talk about how planet formation is an intrinsic process in star formation as well. I’ll modify the talk to include more observational details and current images.
The latest issue of our club’s Event Horizon newsletter is now available.
In this issue you’ll find…
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Photo credit: November 7 Telescope Clinic by John Gauvreau.
40 Years of Astrophotography – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
With the advances in digital cameras today, many people are trying to photograph the night sky. It’s always easy to show the successes in astrophotography, but there are many attempts that can easily frustrate and dishearten beginners. I will share the often humorous experiences of things gone wrong, and the journey to obtaining a successful astro-photograph.
Paul Mortfield is Chair of the David Dunlap Observatory in Richmond Hill and a member of the RASC Toronto Centre. He has worked on NASA’s SOHO and LCROSS missions and hosted educational broadcasts on NASA-TV. His astro-photos have appeared in museums, magazines, calendars and on NASA’s “Astronomy Picture of the Day” webpage.
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The latest issue of our club’s Event Horizon newsletter is now available.
In this issue you’ll find…
Download your copy from the newsletters section.
Photo credit: Partial Solar Eclipse of Oct. 23 by John Gauvreau.
Hot off the press, the 2015 Hamilton Amateur Astronomers Celestial Calendar is now available!
Calendars can be purchased at any club event or general meeting for $15 each or two for $25.
Packed full of beautiful astro-photos from club members, each month will inspire your own astrophotography or visual observing sessions. Each month also includes upcoming celestial events so you can stay up-to-date on great sky events. Any revenue generated from sales goes back into the club to help support club activities.
Be sure to grab your calendar or pick-up a few as gifts before supply runs out.
The latest issue of our club’s Event Horizon newsletter is now available.
In this issue you’ll find…
Photo credit: Comet Jacques (C/2014 E2) by Bob Christmas
Extended Sky This Month
Matthew has been interested in astronomy and space flight for as long as he can remember having several 60mm scopes during the 70’s and and taking his first moon photo through one of them around 1977. Matthew can remember watching a launch blow up on the pad when he was about 5 years old and asking his mom “if that was what was supposed to happen?”. Then in the 90’s Matthew and his wife spent evenings sitting on various beaches while camping learning the constellations and trying to find objects through a 60mm birding scope. It wasn’t until 2003 when Matthew bought an 80mm refractor that his observing really took off. Matthew continued learning the sky on his own until 2008 when he joined the HAA. During that first year Matthew made the mistake of looking through a 12 inch scope at Saturn and needless to say, that led to another scope purchase. Matthew joined the council 4 years ago as Membership Director and then moved on to his current position as Observing Director.
