October Potpourri
Raghav: Building a Dobsonion base (15 mins) David: Yerkes Observatory (15mins) Purvesh Dev: Common myths in astronomy Raghav: Kahoot (15-20 mins)
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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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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 […]
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November Potpourri
DV2080 William Davis Building UTMPotpourri 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?
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Speaker Night: Asteroids and Spacecraft Missions to Asteroids
DV2080 William Davis Building UTMSpeaker Night: Asteroids and Spacecraft Missions to Asteroids by Professor Arun K. Misra
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December Potpourri Meeting
DV2080 William Davis Building UTMPotpourri 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 […]
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Potpourri – January
DV2072 William Davis Building UTMVarious 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 the universe using nothing but Excel and the InternetElijah D’Souza - York University Visit Ragav Dewett "Kahoot: Put your knowledge of night sky and space […]
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The unreasonable simplicity and complexity of black holes — Prof. Hari Kunduri
DV2072 William Davis Building UTMTalk 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 to real physical predictions that can be ultimately verified. Truly, they must be believed in to be seen. In this talk I will give a […]
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Potpourri – January
DV2072 William Davis Building UTMPresentations by our members.
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Annual Meeting & Speaker Night – Under the Sea: An Update on Space-Based Exploration of Jupiter’s Ocean-Bearing Moons.
DV2072 William Davis Building UTMYouth 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 Jupiter’s Ocean-Bearing Moons. In this talk, I will provide an overview of NASA’s Clipper and ESA’s JUICE missions to the Jovian system and discuss the […]
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Potpourri – March
DV2072 William Davis Building UTMPotpourri 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 a Book Review: A History of the Universe in 21 Stars (and 3 imposters) by Giles Sparrow Purvesh Dave presents a Travel Story: My […]
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Speaker Night – New Observatory
DV2072 William Davis Building UTMTalk 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 less and less likely that a typical astronomy undergraduate will use a telescope as part of their training. Most undergraduates at big urban campuses use […]