Events & Outreach

May 2023 Event Horizon Newsletter

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

In this issue you’ll find;

  • Upcoming Star Parties in 2023
  • HAA Explorers
  • The Sky for May 2023
  • What’s Up in Awards? May – June 2023
  • The Moon in Motion
  • P.S. HAA Explorers… Uranus Part 2
  • Eye Candy
  • Upcoming Events
  • Plus More

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

Photo credit: Crescent Moon April 24, 2023 by John Gauvreau

How to Maintain your Astro-gear

Join us this Friday, April 15 for our members meeting! Our guest speaker for the evening is our very own Matthew Mannering, and his topic for the evening will be “How to Maintain your Astro-gear”

Matthew will be offering advice on regular and not-so-regular maintenance of your equipment. Speaking about telescope maintenance, he may touch upon cleaning optics, collimation of scopes, and all kinds of suggestions to keep your equipment running smoothly… Bring your notepads for this one!!

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April 2023 Event Horizon Newsletter

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

In this issue you’ll find;

  • Upcoming Star Parties in 2023
  • HAA Explorers
  • The Sky for April 2023
  • What’s Up in Awards? April – May 2023
  • How Far is Far?
  • NASA Night Sky Notes
  • Eye Candy
  • Upcoming Events

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

Photo credit: the North America Nebula (NGC 7000; Cygnus Wall),
by Alex Kepic

March 2023 Event Horizon Newsletter

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

  • HAA Explorers
  • The Sky for March 2023
  • What’s Up in Awards? March – April 2023
  • NASA Night Sky Notes
  • Eye Candy
  • The HAA Spring Telescope Clinic – February 18, 2023
  • Upcoming Events
  • Plus More

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

Photo credit: Mars and Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF on February 11, 2023, by Bob Christmas.

Our Scope Clinic is Back!

Our spring Scope Clinic is scheduled to be held at the McMaster Innovation Park facility on Saturday, February 18th, 2023. Doors are open to the public and members from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Admission is free but as always, we are happy to accept donations for the food bank.

Make this event a part of your Family Day Weekend!

February 2023 Event Horizon Newsletter

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

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

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

January 2023 Event Horizon Newsletter

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

December 2022 Event Horizon Newsletter

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

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

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

November 2022 Event Horizon Newsletter

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

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

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

November Members Meeting

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