Join us this Friday June 11 at 7:30 PM for our members meeting as we welcome Robert Chapman as our special guest speaker. Robert will be delivering his popular talk “The Life of a Star”.

Robert is one of the provinces most accomplished observers, having completed many observing programs from the Astronomical League and the RASC as well as creating his own.  Observing now from just outside Algonquin Park, Robert is working toward completing his lifetime goal of observing all 2,500 objects on the original Herschel list.

The latest issue of the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers Event Horizon newsletter is now available for download!

In this issue you’ll find…

• HAA Explorers
• The Sky This Month for June 2021
• Notes from My Virtual Table, June 2021
• The Annular Solar Eclipse of June 10, 2021
• So…you really think you’re going to Mars?
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Plus More

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Photo credit: Mercury between the trees, by Bob Christmas

Beginning out in amateur astronomy can seem like a daunting and expensive task. Especially nowadays with the wealth of information, resources and equipment on the market, it can be difficult to find a path to start out in the hobby. Luckily, there is a tried and true avenue to hone your stargazing skills and knowledge as a novice, without breaking the bank, or your back hauling around a dozen cases and mounts.

Join us this Friday May 14 at 7:30 pm as Kevin Salwach discusses how a simple pair of binoculars can open up a view to hidden craters on the Moon, the moons of our fellow planets in the Solar System, hundreds of star clusters, galaxies, nebulae and many more objects and phenomena one would never guess they could see without a telescope. A cheap and effective way to become a pro stargazer, exploring the skies with binoculars is an easy way to get into the hobby with something most of us have sitting in our closet.

The latest issue of the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers Event Horizon newsletter is now available for download!

In this issue you’ll find…

• HAA Explorers
• The Sky This Month for May 2021
• Notes from My Virtual Table, May 2021
• The Artemis Space Program
• Introducing “HAA Presents”
• Annular Solar Eclipse of June 10, 2021
• The Hazards of Celestial Real Estate
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Plus More

Download the latest issue or visit the newsletters section for past issues.

Photo credit: Galaxy NGC 4565, by Michel Audette

The latest issue of the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers Event Horizon newsletter is now available for download!

In this issue you’ll find…

• HAA Explorers
• The Sky This Month for April 2021
• Notes from My Virtual Table, April 2021
• What’s Up in Awards, April 2021
• Annular Solar Eclipses of Long Duration in Canada
• When is Neighbourhood Light Pollution Not a Nuisance?
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Plus More

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Photo credit: Elephant Trunk Nebula by Peter Wolsley.

Join us this Friday at 7:30pm for our March members meeting.  This month our special guest speaker is Tom Field, contributing editor to Sky and Telescope magazine and accomplished amateur spectroscopist.  Tom will be giving an overview of spectroscopy and how the amateur can contribute with their own spectra.

For the past 10 years Tom has been a contributing editor to Sky and Telescope Magazine.  About the same time as he began that he founded Field Tested Systems as a way to share his passion for hands-on-science, education, and citizens’ science.  Specializing in amateur spectroscopy his software allows the user to analyze stellae spectrographs in real time, allowing amateurs to explore the composition of stars.

The latest issue of the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers Event Horizon newsletter is now available for download!

In this issue you’ll find…

• HAA Explorers
• The Sky This Month for March 2021
• Notes from My Virtual Table, March 2021
• Total Solar Eclipses of Long Duration in Canada: 0-3000
• How to Calculate Astrophoto Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR)
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Plus More

Download the latest issue or visit the newsletters section for past issues.

Photo credit: Waxing gibbous moon, by John Gauvreau.

The latest issue of the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers Event Horizon newsletter is now available for download!

In this issue you’ll find…

• HAA Explorers
• The Sky This Month for February 2021
• Notes from MyVirtual Table, January 2021
• Canadian Solar Eclipses: 0-3000
• Where Is Astronomy Going From Here?
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Eye Candy
• Plus More

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Photo credit: Backyard shadows from an almost-full moon by Jo Ann Salci

Join us live on YouTube now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2LTDy8xm8U

Join us online this Friday January 8th at 7:30pm for our monthly meeting, as our very own PR guru Mario Carr gives us a peak behind the scenes with stories as the region’s go to astronomy guy for the media. You’ve seen him on tv and read his newspaper columns; now here is your chance to talk to him directly!

The latest issue of the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers Event Horizon newsletter is now available for download!

In this issue you’ll find…

• HAA Explorers
• The Sky This Month for January 2021
• Benefits of Spectroscopy to the Study of Astronomy
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Eye Candy
• Plus More

Download the latest issue or visit the newsletters section for past issues.

Photo credit: Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) by Michel Audette.