by Bettina Forget | Nov 26, 2010 | News
Congratulations, Mark Bratton, on publishing his Complete Guide to Herschel Objects! Also known to RASC Montreal members as “Mr Deep Sky”, Mark was a long-standing RASC Montreal Centre member and served as the Centre’s president and editor of Skyward...
by Bettina Forget | Nov 24, 2010 | News
We love “Bad Astronomy” – not only is is a great astronomy website, they also produce some fantastic videos. Check out this movie on Saturn, the “Lord of the Rings”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QcSC7PAQE
by Bettina Forget | Nov 23, 2010 | Photos
One of our Centre’s most active astrophotographers, Marc Ricard has captured Comet Hartley in all its glory. Thank you for sharing, Marc! COMET HARTLEY TIME LAPSE by Marc Ricard Here’s a time lapse movie of images that I took of Comet Hartley last month as...
by Bettina Forget | Nov 23, 2010 | Events
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) Montreal Centre is proud to present the next lecture in it’s Free Public Event Series. TOWNSEND LECTURE Where will Avatar 2 be set? The real science of real exoplanets Presenter: Dr. Jaymie Matthews ABSTRACT: We...
by Bettina Forget | Nov 23, 2010 | News
The new RASC Montreal Centre Board of Directors was voted in during the Annual General Meeting on November 12, 2010. We welcome the new team: Honourary President: David Levy President: Bettina Forget Vice-President: Ron Baran Secretary: Kevin Kemball Treasurer: Gordon...
