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Photo credit: M33, the Triangulum Galaxy, by Bob Christmas
Join us this Friday for our October members meeting. This month we have an exciting guest speaker that you won’t want to miss – astronomer Dr. Laurie Rousseau-Nepton, who is currently in residence at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.
Dr. Rousseau-Nepton is the principal investigator for SIGNALS, the Star formation, Ionized Gas and Nebular Abundances Legacy Survey, a very ambitious project which is exploring 50,000 star forming regions in nearby galaxies, the largest and most comprehensive database of these regions ever assembled. This is an extraordinary opportunity to hear from a remarkable scientist and an evening not to be missed!
And of course, we will also have an installment of The Sky This Month, with Matthew Mannering to guide us through the October sky.
And as always we will have door prizes to hand out for club members!
This is also our annual general meeting and we will conclude the meeting by introducing the upcoming year’s council and providing some info on the club’s accomplishments of the past year.
This will be an online Zoom meeting and all members are invited to join in and enjoy the presentations. Alternatively you can view it on our YouTube channel here.
We hope to “see” you there!
The latest issue of the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers Event Horizon newsletter is now available for download!
In this issue you’ll find…
Download the latest issue or visit the newsletters section for past issues.
Photo credit: M27, the Dumbbell Nebula, by Alex Kepic.
Join us this Friday for our September members meeting. We have a great meeting planned with some great speakers.
This is an online Zoom meeting and all members are invited to join in and enjoy the presentations. Alternatively you can view it on our YouTube channel here.
This month we have 3 presentations. First we have Adam Gesjorskyj who has put together a wonderful instructional video on planetary imaging.
We follow with another video created by our own Melissa and Brian Whitman who have put together a wonderful video about this summer’s solar eclipse.
And of course, we will also have an instalment of The Sky This Month, with Matthew Mannering to guide us through the September sky (who may or may not have a video; you never know!).
And as always we will have door prizes to hand out!
Photo credit: The Milky Way by Matthew Mannering
The latest issue of the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers Event Horizon newsletter is now available for download!
In this issue you’ll find…
Download the latest issue or visit the newsletters section for past issues.
Photo credit: June 10 Partial Annular Solar Eclipse at sunrise, by John Gauvreau.
Tonight marks the peak of the 2021 Perseids and although there will be NO PUBLIC EVENT this year due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, you are still able to view this reliable meteor shower from any area with a clear view of the Perseus constellation which can be found in the area of the Big Dipper.
More details on the Perseids can be found here – https://skynews.ca/getting-ready-for-the-perseid-meteor-shower/.
We hope to be back bigger and better next year!
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…
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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.
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In this issue you’ll find…
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Photo credit: Galaxy NGC 4565, by Michel Audette
