Riverwood Star Party
Riverwood Park, Mississauga 4300 Riverwood Park Lane, Mississauga, Ontario, CanadaPublic Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy Please register on the Riverwood website
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To Bennu and back: The OSIRIS-REx mission and the significance to Canada
UTM Davis (DV) 3140Talk Synopsis The OSIRIS-REx mission is a NASA-lead mission to a carbonaceous Near-Earth Asteroid Bennu and return the sample back to Earth in September 2023. An extended mission will take the spacecraft into orbit around near-Earth asteroid Apophis in 2029. OSIRIS-REx was launched on September 8, 2016 and rendezvoused with Bennu on December 3, 2018. […]
Riverwood Star Party
Riverwood Park, Mississauga 4300 Riverwood Park Lane, Mississauga, Ontario, CanadaPublic Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy We're a GO FOR TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY)! Please register on the Riverwood website
July Potpourri
UTM IB 120 Instructional Centre,, Mississauga, Ontario, CanadaPotpourri Meeting – various talks by members
Riverwood Star Party
Riverwood Park, Mississauga 4300 Riverwood Park Lane, Mississauga, Ontario, CanadaPublic Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy Please register on the Riverwood website
August Potpourri
UTM Davis (DV) 3140Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members
September Potpourri
DV2080 William Davis Building UTMPotpourri Meeting – various talks by members Randy Attwood: Canada’s First Astronaut – 40 year anniversary On October 5, 1984, Marc Garneau became Canada’s first space traveler when he was launched on the Space Shuttle Challenger during the 13th Space Shuttle mission, STS 41-G. Randy will show some pictures of the event to celebrate […]
Riverwood Star Party
Riverwood Park, Mississauga 4300 Riverwood Park Lane, Mississauga, Ontario, CanadaPublic Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy Please register on the Riverwood website
Climate conditions on Mars – Alex Innanen. PhD Candidate. York University
DV2080 William Davis Building UTMClimate conditions on Mars
October Potpourri
DV2080 William Davis Building UTMRaghav: Building a Dobsonion base (15 mins) David: Yerkes Observatory (15mins) Purvesh Dev: Common myths in astronomy Raghav: Kahoot (15-20 mins)
Riverwood Star Party
Riverwood Park, Mississauga 4300 Riverwood Park Lane, Mississauga, Ontario, CanadaPublic Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy Please register on the Riverwood website
In the footsteps of Edmond Halley – Dan Falk
DV2080 William Davis Building UTMTalk Synopsis Halley's Comet has become so well known that it overshadows the English astronomer's other work -- but Edmond Halley (1656-1742) made important contributions to many branches of science. He worked out the size and shape of the Earth, as well as the size of the solar system; he mapped the Earth’s magnetic field, and […]