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

• HAA Explorers
• The Sky for February 2023
• What’s Up in Awards? February – March 2023
• ASI Studio from ZWO
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Upcoming Events
• Plus More

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Photo credit: The Crab Nebula (M1), by Pavle Culum

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

• HAA Explorers
• The Sky for January 2023
• What’s Up in Awards? January ’23 – February ’23
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• The Moon and Mars December 7, 2022 Members’ Gallery
• Plus More

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

Photo credit: The Moon in April 1977, by Jo Ann Salci

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

• HAA Explorers
• The Sky This Month for December 2022
• What’s Up in Awards? December ’22 – January ’23
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Lunar Eclipse November 8, 2022 Members’ Gallery
• 2021 – 2022 Financial Statements
• Eye Candy
• Plus More

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Photo credit: the November 8, 2022 total Lunar Eclipse, by John Gauvreau

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

• HAA Explorers
• The Sky This Month for November 2022
• What’s Up in Awards? November – December 2022
• The Search for Life on Mars, Part 3
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Eye Candy
• Plus More

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Photo credit: M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, by Pavle Culu

Join us on Friday November 11 at McMaster Innovation Park for our November members meeting! This will be your opportunity to purchase our brand new 2023 Celestial Events Calendar hot off the press!

We will have some of our resident calendar astrophotographers on hand to speak about their images, so this will be a can’t miss for aspiring astrophotographers.

Stephen Germann will also be there with a new edition of The Sky This Month. We will also be giving away some door prizes. Don’t forget that we gladly accept donations of food or cash for delivery to Hamilton FoodShare. Anything you can spare would be greatly appreciated!

Doors open at 7:00 PM and the meeting begins at 7:30 PM. For those not able to attend in person, we will be livestreaming the meeting on ZOOM for club members and on Facebook for all others. The meeting will also be posted on our YouTube channel approximately within 48-72 hours after the meeting.

We hope to see you there!

Photo credit: wikipedia.com

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 October 2022
• What’s Up in Awards? October – November 2022
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Eye Candy
• Plus More

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

Photo credit: Star Trails around the North Celestial Pole, by Dan Copeland

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 September 2022
• What’s Up in Awards? September – October 2022
• The Search for Life on Mars, Part 2
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Eye Candy
• Plus More

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

Photo credit: The Pelican Nebula, by Alex Kepic

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 2022
• What’s Up in Awards? May-June 2022
• The Search for Life on Mars, Part 1
• Making The Best Of It
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Eye Candy
• Plus More

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Photo credit: M81 and M82 galaxies, by Michel Audette

Join us this Friday December 10th as we welcome Bill Burnyeat Program Manager from Canadian Planetariums, as he discusses “The First Astronomers”.

“Today’s highly complex and mathematical astronomy, an outcome of modern society, is often seen as distinct from folk tales, star myths and the astronomical notions found in traditional society or historically remote epochs. Although some of these “perspectives” are mentioned, from time to time, the impression is given that only modern western based astronomy has any traction in reality and that the astronomy of other peoples and epochs are “just” fairy tales. 

“What is missing from this simplistic model is the marked continuity that is evident from the earliest notions of the sky, leading, in ever increasing steps, to the current picture of the cosmos based on technical tools and astrophysical insights. The first notion, encountered in the earliest astronomy is a division, both of time and space, which leads to an increasing set of subdivisions, as the sky becomes networked by horizon and then meridian based subunits. The constellations are one example. As divisions become more general, and complex, as in the Astrology of Chaucer’s time, the very units used to make these divisions take on a life of their own and become a set of commonly held values that help organize life in the community. 

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 September 2021
• What’s Up in Awards, September 2021
• June 10th Annular Eclipse from Hamilton
• Juno Mission Flies Past Ganymede
• A Tribute To My Wife Jean
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Plus More

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Photo credit: June 10 Partial Annular Solar Eclipse at sunrise, by John Gauvreau.