by Bettina Forget | Feb 13, 2011 | News
It looks as though another chapter is about to be added to the Pluto debate. When Michael E. Brown (Caltech) discovered the dwarf planet Eris in 2005, he was convinced that this Kuiper Belt object was larger than Pluto. In fact, he believes that his discovery may have...
by Bettina Forget | Feb 9, 2011 | News
One of the challenges facing amateur astronomers when explaining their hobby to the general public is that we often get mixed up with astrologers. No, it’s not the same thing! How often have I had to insist “AstroNomy, not astroLogy. Telescopes, not...
by Bettina Forget | Feb 3, 2011 | News
It’s that time of year again: starting around February 20th until about March 6, look toward the west during the evening and morning twilight and you may be able to see a faint, roughly triangular, whitish glow stretching up from the horizon. This is the...
by Bettina Forget | Feb 1, 2011 | Events, News
Check out our “calendar” page for an overview of our activities planned for 2011. You’ll find the dates and times of our free Public Lectures, which are open to the general public, as well as the dates of our Members Only observing dates. We also...
by Bettina Forget | Dec 20, 2010 | Events
There is a lot of chatter about the lunar eclipse of December 21, 2010 – but no, it’s not a harbinger of evil even though this event coincides with the winter solstice. Yes, it’s just a coincidence. But if the skies over Montreal do clear up,...
