July Potpourri

UTM IB 120 Instructional Centre,, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members

Riverwood Star Party

Riverwood Park, Mississauga 4300 Riverwood Park Lane, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy Please register on the Riverwood website

August Potpourri

UTM Davis (DV) 3140

Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members

September Potpourri

DV2080 William Davis Building UTM

Potpourri 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, Canada

Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy Please register on the Riverwood website

October Potpourri

DV2080 William Davis Building UTM

Raghav:  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, Canada

Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy Please register on the Riverwood website

In the footsteps of Edmond Halley – Dan Falk

DV2080 William Davis Building UTM

Talk 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 […]

November Potpourri

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Potpourri Meeting  UTM student talks: Joseph Tang:  Searching for Stellar Streams with 10 Million Stars in the Milky Way Alyssa Atkinson: Very Long Baseline Interferometry Timing for Localizations Member talks: Dalisay Perez: Northern Lights from an airplane Keith Jarvie and Fred Benedikt: Light Pollution Abatement - As Easy as a Walk in the Park? 

December Potpourri Meeting

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Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members Swapna Shrivastava - Ireland from the perspective of the Neolithic and Star Wars Mayank Ghai - Wind tunnels: Wind Engineering giving wings to fly Dennis Gasparotto - Dwarf Galaxies: The mystery of Leo Dwarf Galaxy Holiday Celebration with Moon cookies and more! Ryan Zhu (Svbony) & Kevin and […]