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)
Raghav: Building a Dobsonion base (15 mins) David: Yerkes Observatory (15mins) Purvesh Dev: Common myths in astronomy Raghav: Kahoot (15-20 mins)
Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy Please register on the Riverwood website
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 […]
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 […]
Speaker Night: Asteroids and Spacecraft Missions to Asteroids by Professor Arun K. Misra
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 […]
Various talks by our members: Wendy Belcher - Travel story Egypt and the stars Anagha Samaga - Calculating the age of the universe! A layman's guide to calculating the age of […]
Talk Synopsis The unreasonable simplicity and complexity of black holes Black holes are the one of the best examples of how investigating the extreme limits of a theory can lead […]
Presentations by our members.
Youth Club - 7:00pm - 7:45pm The Annual Meeting will commence after the Speaker Presentation ~ 9:00pm Speaker Presentation @ 8:00pm: Under the Sea: An Update on Space-Based Exploration of […]
Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members Chris Malicki presents a Travel Story: Astronomy in London art: Astronomical themes in paintings from the great London museums. Chris McNeely presents […]
Talk Synopsis - Reconnecting Students to the Cosmos with Experiential Learning Abstract: Astronomy education is losing its connection with the night sky. Urbanization, automation, and computerization have all made it […]