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Potpourri Meeting Friday Sept. 8

DV2082 William Davis Building UTM 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members Speaker: Swapna Title: A visit to the European Space Agency-ESTEC in the Netherlands Description:   Highlights of the ESA facility in the Netherlands Speaker: Dana Adhis & Ruyi Xu Title: Enhancing Astronomy Education with Digital Telescope Labs Description:  Our project explores integrating the eVscope to create astronomy labs for students […]

Speaker Night – Alfred Ng (CSA)

DV2082 William Davis Building UTM 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Understanding Lunar Gateway Orbit The Lunar Gateway will be placed in Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO). This presentation will explain to the audience why this is a fascinating choice. The presenter will walk through the audience first in the basics of Keplerian orbits. He will introduce concepts of halo orbit, Lagrangian points, delta-V and station […]

Riverwood Star Party September 26

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

Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy

Potpourri Meeting Friday October 13

Potpourri Meeting – several short talks by members.

Talk information to come

Location information to come

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Riverwood Star Party – October 24th

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

Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy Please register on the Riverwood website:  https://theriverwoodconservancy.org/event/astronomy-night-5/

Speaker Night – Dr. J. Luna Zagorac

DV2082 William Davis Building UTM 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Tune in to hear about how so-called dark matter is instrumental in building galaxies and why some scientists think it might be fuzzy.

Potpourri Meeting Friday November 10

DV2082 William Davis Building UTM 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Potpourri Meeting – several short talks by members.

Talk information to come

Location information to come

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New Members’ Night

Great news! Please mark your calendars: The next RASC Mississauga New Members’ meeting is scheduled for Monday, 4 Dec at 7:30 pm-8:30 pm over Zoom. We are excited to share information about: The Centre Centre Observing activities (Kirby) RASC publications (Betty) While this meeting is geared towards the Centre’s New Members, everyone is welcome to […]

Potpourri Meeting Friday December 8

Potpourri Meeting – several short talks by members.

Talk information to come

Location information to come

ZOOM link to come

Potpourri Meeting

UTM Davis (DV) 3140

Meeting cancelled due to inclement weather.

The Search for Life on Mars: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Mission

DV2072 William Davis Building UTM

The Search for Life on Mars: NASA's Perseverance Rover Mission The talk will provide an overview of the goals of the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission, progress thus far, and plans for returning samples from Mars.Short Biography of Chris Herd Christopher (Chris) Herd has had the dream of studying rocks from Mars since the […]