Riverwood Astronomy Star Party
Riverwood Park, Mississauga 4300 Riverwood Park Lane, Mississauga, Ontario, CanadaAn evening of observing the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn from the Riverwood Conservancy
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Potpourri Meeting
Potpourri Meeting – several short talks by members.
Speaker Night – Dr John Percy, University of Toronto
University of Toronto - Mississauga Room DV2074 William G Davis BuildingProf. John Percy: Misconceptions about the Universe: From Everyday Life to the Big Bang
Potpourri Meeting
Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members
Talk information to come
ZOOM link to come
Speaker Night – Adventures in Moongazing: Making the Most of Moonlit Nights
Zoom meetingChris will discuss his experiences while observing the moon: for fun, for outreach, and for completing RASC's lunar observing programs. He'll share observing tips and target suggestions, and highlight some of the best books, apps, and web tools for exploring the moon from your driveway.
Potpourri Meeting
Zoom meetingPotpourri Meeting – several short talks by members.
Potpourri Meeting
Zoom meetingPotpourri Meeting – several short talks by members.
Talks on Observing Mars, the recent Lunar Eclipse, some telescope reviews and adventures in nightscaping
Speaker Night – Mission to Pluto: From Napkins to New Horizons
ZoomSpeaker: Max King
Talk title: Space Exploration and Spacecraft Design
Potpourri Night
Room DV 1142 William Davis BuildingPotpourri Meeting – talks on Gravity and Halley's Comet, Remembering Terence Dickinson and choosing a first telescope.
Mississauga Centre Annual General Meeting
Room DV 1142 William Davis Building
Speaker presentation - An Antarctic Adventure 8:00 pm
Annual General Meeting 9:00 pm
Potpourri Meeting
Room DV 1142 William Davis Building Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members
NOTE: THIS MEETING WILL BE ZOOM ONLY DUE TO WEATHER
Host: Allan Connery
Presentations
Dr. Lea Hirsch: "The most distant galaxies ever discovered?" A discussion about the high-redshift galaxies newly discovered by JWST
Kirby Alguire: “Astronomy Travelogue: Lick Observatory in California" … and some shots of the recent Jupiter-Venus conjunction.
Randy Attwood: "Chasing Solar Eclipses"
Dr. Robin Metcalfe: Book Recommendation for Historical Sci-Fi Fans: Galileo’s Dream, by Kim Stanley Robinson
Jake Benbihy: “Capturing Sunrises and Sunsets“ Photographing sunsets and sunrises with polarizers and filters.
Speaker Night – Mapping the dark side of the Universe
Room DV 1142 William Davis Building Speaker: Dr Jessie Muir
Dr. Muir's talk will fill us in on the latest exploration into Dark Matter and the work from the Dark Energy Survey.