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 […]
Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy
Potpourri Meeting – several short talks by members.
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Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy Please register on the Riverwood website: https://theriverwoodconservancy.org/event/astronomy-night-5/
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 – several short talks by members.
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Speaker Night - Dr. Matthew J.O Svensson / The Artemis Program and the 2023 Expedition to Kamestastin Lake, Labrador
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 – several short talks by members.
Talk information to come
Location information to come
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Meeting cancelled due to inclement weather.
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 […]
Solar eclipses and Antique telescopes
