Join us this Friday, November 10th for our regular monthly meeting!   
 
The meeting will be available on Zoom as well as being available on YouTube after the meeting. The ZOOM address is available at the end of this invitation.

The speaker for our meeting is Doug Turner.  Doug, editor of the HAA Celestial Events Calendar, will be presenting a preview of the new calendar.  Members who have pictures in the calendar will be discussing their photos and club members will have an opportunity to ask questions.

The 2024 Celestial Events Calendar will be on sale at the meeting on Friday starting at the Break.  $10 per calendar Cash or Cheque only. The calendars make great gifts.  So, shop early! Online calendar sales will open at a later date.

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 for November 2023
• What’s Up in Awards? November – December 2023
• HAA Dark Sky Party at Andromeda Meadow 2023
• Planets of Binary Star Systems Part 1
• Upcoming Events
• Plus More

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Photo credit: The First Quarter Moon of October 22, 2023, by Bob Christmas.

Join us this Friday, October 13th for our AGM, and as we welcome Brother Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory joining us via ZOOM. Br. Guy’s topic for the evening will be “What’s Surfacing About Bennu?”.

The recent NASA mission to asteroid Bennu, OSIRIS-REx, which is bringing back samples gathered on its surface, discovered a surface that, on the surface, doesn’t make sense: it’s covered with boulders, but it absorbs heat like a powder. What’s going on and how did it get that way? Our measurements of the most likely analog meteorite type, CM carbonaceous chondrites, suggests a surprising answer.

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 for October 2023
• What’s Up in Awards? October – November 2023
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Eye Candy
• Upcoming Events
• Plus More

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

Photo credit: The Galaxy NGC 7331 and Stephan’s Quintet, by
Pavle Culum.

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 for September 2023
• What’s Up in Awards? September – October 2023
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Eye Candy
• Upcoming Events
• Plus More

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Photo credit: Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888), by Alex Kepic.

Join us this Friday August 11, 2023 from 8:00 PM till midnight, for our public Perseids night at Binbrook Conservation Area. Admission is FREE! Donations of food (or cash in kind) for the Food Bank will be accepted at the gate.

Binbrook Conservation Area is located at 5050 Harrison Rd, Binbrook, ON L0R 1C0.

Photo credit: almanac.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 for Summer 2023
• What’s Up in Awards? June – September 2023
• NASA Night Sky Notes
• Eye Candy
• Upcoming Events
• Plus More

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

Photo credit: The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), by Pavle Culum

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

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

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!!

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