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If anyone is looking for a spot to view the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8th, there are limited spots (6 at the time of writing)  available near St-Catherines.

If interested, please contact Colin DuRochers at debcol2007@gmail.com or 705-669-9022.

This month’s meeting will be focused on the Eclipse and how to prepare for it.

“Our meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) evening will begin at 7:15pm to allow time to prepare due to a previously scheduled planetarium showing that will end at 6:45pm.  For those attending in person, please arrive anytime after 6:45pm.

There will be no scheduled meeting this following Tuesday (Feb 13th), at either the Doran Planetarium, or the Science North Planetarium.

Our normally scheduled February AGM meeting will be moved to November better align with National RASC Office deadlines for reporting purposes.

We will commence with our regular monthly meetings on Tuesday, March 12 @ Science North.

The Following Meeting had been cancelled and has been rescheduled for Tuesday January 23rd. This meeting also has a change in location from the Doran Planetarium to the Science North Planetarium. Hope to see you there!

Happy New Year, everyone! Hope you’ve had a great holiday!  We start off the New Year with a presentation about Galileo by RASC’s very own Randall Rosenfeld. After  a 15 min break and 50/50 Draw, we will return with a tour of the night sky for January/February via the Planetarium featuring Stargazer Steve, followed by Jeffery Deans sharing his experience of being in Utah for the Oct 14th Annular Eclipse. For those attending in person, the meeting is at the Doran Planetarium Science North Planetarium this month!

Location: Science North Planetarium

Time: 7:00PM, Jan 23rd

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88107998877?pwd=VWZ0ME1DV0YzbGN6clFoY1I1SkVSQT09

Membership/Renewals

Sudbury RASC’s President says: “I  wish to remind everyone to renew their memberships. 

Go to the following link below to join or renew your membership.  When joining for the first time, please be cognisant to indicate your affiliation/association with the RASC Sudbury Centre when doing so.  If you have any questions or are having trouble with your online RASC membership request, please contact me and I can walk you through the process.  Some members have outdated email addresses and so they may not be able to login properly to renew. If you require any assistance in obtaining your membership status information through RASC please contact me, Alan Ward.”

https://www.rasc.ca/join

Please note that this meeting is taking place at the Doran Planetarium this month, not at the Science North Planetarium!

Join us on Dec 12th at the Doran Planetarium for a meeting and Pizza Party. Guest Speaker: Christine Kraus of SNOLAB

50/50 Draw with some fantastic prizes to be had! You won’t want to miss this!

When: Dec 12th, 7:00PM
Where: Doran Planetarium

Zoom Link

Did you know that Sudbury has its own to-scale Solar System path? Located along the Jim Gordon Boardwalk, you can take a walk from the Sun to its eight planets.

Join Sudbury RASC’s own Norm Hey on a guided walk along the solar system on November 9th, at around 11:00 AM. Those interested in this activity are asked to meet up in the main entrance at Science North at the appointed time.

For more information on the Solar System Path, follow the link.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone,

Stars Over Killarney is on for 2023. The theme, the colours in the cosmos. From October 13th to 15th, experience a number of talks and events relating to our universe, then come view the stars with us  (if clear).

For more information, including a full schedule of events, please follow the Stars Over Killarney link over on the Ontario Parks website.

Stars over Killarney 2023: colours in the cosmos

Hi Everyone,

Hope everyone had a great summer of observing which will be the theme for this month’s meeting.  We want to hear all about your experiences.  We have a packed agenda but we’ll try to squeeze in what we can.  Stargazer Steve’s “What’s Up Doc” will be full of objects to see this month including comets.

The 50/50 draw is back and we also got goodies to give away but you will need to attend in person to win them at Science North’s Digital Planetarium.

See zoom-link below for those that need to attend remotely online.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85151899245

See you all Tuesday folks! See parking details below.

PARKING

For those attending in person at Science North please be advised that you will be able to park in the front parking lot. Even though the gate might be down, Science North will validate everyone’s parking ticket (they have a machine at the front desk that validates tickets to not have to pay). People will just need to bring in the ticket they get at the parking’s entrance gate.

See you there!

Alan

Have you ever wanted to walk from one end of the solar system to the other? Well now you can with the Sudbury Solar System Path. Join Science North and Sudbury RASC on guided tour of the solar system with Sudbury’s very own Will Morin on June 21st (Wednesday) at 6pm. Starts by the boardwalk at Science North. Look for the golden sun!

On June 21st, in deep respect and honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, we present the first-ever guided tour of the Solar System Path, Giizhigoong Etegin Miikaanah! ✨???? Led by Ojibwe educator Will Morin, we’ll explore the awe-inspiring solar system wonders according to Indigenous teachings at 6 pm – an experience that will undoubtedly touch our hearts and minds.

Solar System Guided Tour Video