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This past Friday, Sept 4th, we had our monthly meeting via Zoom, with guest speaker Dr Thomas Spirock of the Springfield Telescope Makers of Vermont, speaking about planetary imaging using the Lucky Imaging Technique, with results from both the 13″  F/10 Schuppmann at Stellafane, and the 9″ Warney & Swasey Refractor at Mt. Wilson. This is the edit featuring only the Guest Speaker.  Full version of the meeting will be available later.

You may have realized by now, that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Laurentian University students are not currently in their classrooms. At this time, Sudbury RASC members will not be in the Doran Planetarium either. Centre President Alan Ward has put together an interesting meeting agenda for all would-be attendees to experience on that date!

The September Meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) Sudbury Centre will be held at 7:00PM Friday September 4th, online via Zoom.

The details of this safe, virus free, meeting experience, including feature speakers will be revealed in the Sudbury RASC Centre Newsletter set to appear on during the first week of September.

Note: To anyone who isn’t already subscribed to our newsletter and would like to receive it, please use our contact form on our website (www.sudburyastronomyclub.com) with the subject ‘Newsletter Subscription’ and we will add you to the list. You will receive your invitation to the meeting via email. Or alternatively, PM Patrick on Facebook for a link. Remember, even if we are in isolation does not mean we still can’t share the wonders of the universe together.

You may have realized by now, that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Laurentian University students are not currently in their classrooms. At this time, Sudbury RASC members will not be in the Doran Planetarium either. Centre President Alan Ward has put together an interesting meeting agenda for all would-be attendees to experience on that date!

The August Meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) Sudbury Centre will be held at 7:00PM Friday July 5th, online via Zoom.

The details of this safe, virus free, meeting experience, including feature speakers will be revealed in the Sudbury RASC Centre Newsletter set to appear on during the first week of August.

Note: To anyone who isn’t already subscribed to our newsletter and would like to receive it, please use our contact form on our website (www.sudburyastronomyclub.com) with the subject ‘Newsletter Subscription’ and we will add you to the list. You will receive your invitation to the meeting via email. Remember, even if we are in isolation does not mean we still can’t share the wonders of the universe together.

Agenda:

1. 1. Welcome
   2.  Guest Speaker – Trevor Chandler
      part 1: A unique Digital Planetarium (15 min)
      part 2: Astronomy 101 – a book review (1 hour)
   3.  Break (10 min)
   4.  Comet Update – Elllen Pappenberg (20 min)
   5. Observers Report – That’s You!  (5 min)
   6. Show & Tell – A Tool for observing Mars
   7. What’s Up, Doc? – Upcoming Observing Events
   8. Outreach Update – Linda Pulliah

We are lucky to be blessed with having so many talented photographers in the area. The comet is possibly the most photographed comet since Hale-Bopp and can easily be seen by naked-eye in the evening by looking in the Northwest, slightly below the Big Dipper. Here is a sample of what some of our local photographers have sent in or posted to our Facebook Group. Click on them for an expanded view. If you have any pictures you’d like to share, you can either post them in our Facebook Group or send them in via email.

Colin Durocher, July 16th

Colin Durocher, July 17th.

Robert Pothier, July 17th, 2 AM

Robert Pothier, July 20th, 3:30 AM

Michelle Lim, July 19th

Pat Bedard, July 15th

Allison Beaulieu @ Killarney

Comet and Aurora, Christina Emonds, St-Charles.

Dave Mäkelä, July 19th

Dave Mäkelä, July 19th

Patrick Dodson, July 23rd

You may have realized by now, that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Laurentian University students are not currently in their classrooms. At this time, Sudbury RASC members will not be in the Doran Planetarium either. Centre President Alan Ward has put together an interesting meeting agenda for all would-be attendees to experience on that date!

The July Meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) Sudbury Centre will be held at 7:00PM Friday July 5th, online via Zoom.

The details of this safe, virus free, meeting experience, including feature speakers will be revealed in the Sudbury RASC Centre Newsletter set to appear on during the first week of July.

Note: To anyone who isn’t already subscribed to our newsletter and would like to receive it, please use our contact form on our website (www.sudburyastronomyclub.com) with the subject ‘Newsletter Subscription’ and we will add you to the list. You will receive your invitation to the meeting via email. Remember, even if we are in isolation does not mean we still can’t share the wonders of the universe together.

You may have realized by now, that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Laurentian University students are not currently in their classrooms. At this time, Sudbury  RASC members will not be in the Doran Planetarium either. Centre President Alan Ward has put together an interesting meeting agenda for all would-be attendees to experience on that date!

The June Meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) Sudbury Centre will be held at 7:00PM Friday June 5th,  online via Zoom.

The details of this safe, virus free, meeting experience will be revealed in the Sudbury RASC Centre Newsletter set to appear on April 29/2020.

Note: To anyone who isn’t already subscribed to our newsletter and would like to receive it, please use our contact form on our website (www.sudburyastronomyclub.com) with the subject ‘Newsletter Subscription’ and we will add you to the list.  You will receive your invitation to the meeting via email. Remember, even if we are in isolation does not mean we still can’t share the wonders of the universe together.

The Next Meeting of the RASC Sudbury Centre will be held on Friday
March 6 at 7:30 PM. Incoming President Alan Ward will conduct a
Poll of Interests, and Paul Emile Legault will explain what is going on
with Betelgeuse.

Everyone is Welcome at the Doran Planetarium in the Fraser Science
Building at Laurentian University.

Agenda:

• Presidents Address 15 min
• Survey – interesting topics for future meetings 15min
• Mini Lecture Series – Bellatrix – Stargazer Steve 10 min
• Show & Tell – The Jedi Force Levitator – Fun with Electrostatic Repulsion
• Coffee Break Feature Presentation – Betelgeuse, What’s next? – Paul-Emile Legault. 40min
• Darken the Dome