Photos Archives - RASC Montreal Centre https://rascmontreal.org/category/photos/ THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:50:27 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://rascmontreal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/RASC-favicon.ico Photos Archives - RASC Montreal Centre https://rascmontreal.org/category/photos/ 32 32 Observing the Moon – Photos & Sketches https://rascmontreal.org/2020/10/observing-the-moon-photos-sketches/ Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:42:33 +0000 http://rascmontreal.org/?p=4941 Click on the image below to view a collection of Photos & Sketches by RASC Montreal Centre Members & JAC Astronomy Club! RASC Montreal would like to thank all those who submitted their photos and sketches of the Moon.

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]]> Astronomers discover closest black hole to Earth https://rascmontreal.org/2020/05/astronomers-discover-closest-black-hole-to-earth/ Sun, 10 May 2020 22:27:43 +0000 http://rascmontreal.org/?p=4871 HR 6819 triple system black hole This artist’s impression shows the orbits of the objects in the HR 6819 triple system, which consists of a binary star pair in which one star (orbit in blue) orbits a black hole (orbit in red), as well as another star with a wider orbit (also in blue). (Image […]

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]]> Voyager 2 Illuminates Boundary of Interstellar Space https://rascmontreal.org/2019/11/voyager-2-illuminates-boundary-of-interstellar-space/ Sat, 23 Nov 2019 01:54:00 +0000 http://www.rascmontreal.org/moon/?p=2882 Full story here: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=116  

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]]> A New Plan for Keeping NASA’s Oldest Explorers Going https://rascmontreal.org/2019/07/a-new-plan-for-keeping-nasas-oldest-explorers-going/ Mon, 08 Jul 2019 22:48:15 +0000 http://www.rascmontreal.org/moon/?p=2827 This artist’s concept depicts one of NASA’s Voyager spacecraft, including the location of the cosmic ray subsystem (CRS) instrument. Both Voyagers launched with operating CRS instruments. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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]]> NASA’s MRO Completes 60,000 Trips Around Mars https://rascmontreal.org/2019/05/nasas-mro-completes-60000-trips-around-mars/ Fri, 17 May 2019 03:10:02 +0000 http://www.rascmontreal.org/moon/?p=2788 . Complete story here: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7401&utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=mro-20190515-1

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]]> Surprise 4,000-mile ‘ice corridor’ found on Saturn’s moon Titan https://rascmontreal.org/2019/05/surprise-4000-mile-ice-corridor-found-on-saturns-moon-titan/ Mon, 13 May 2019 19:55:28 +0000 http://www.rascmontreal.org/moon/?p=2781 .

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]]> NASA’s Cassini Reveals Surprises with Titan’s Lakes https://rascmontreal.org/2019/04/nasas-cassini-reveals-surprises-with-titans-lakes/ Wed, 24 Apr 2019 02:27:00 +0000 http://www.rascmontreal.org/moon/?p=2756 This near-infrared, color mosaic from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows the sun glinting off of Titan’s north polar seas.   For Complete story, click below: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=pia18432

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]]> Pictures from our Transit of Venus Party https://rascmontreal.org/2012/06/pictures-from-our-transit-of-venus-party/ https://rascmontreal.org/2012/06/pictures-from-our-transit-of-venus-party/#respond Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:46:04 +0000 http://rascmontreal.org/moon/?p=618 The weather forecast called for rain, but the crowd of over 300 visitors to the RASC Montreal Centre Transit of Venus party got a lucky break. The skies stayed clear for the first contact of Venus’ disc on the solar disc, and all in all we captured about 27 minutes of the transit before the […]

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]]> https://rascmontreal.org/2012/06/pictures-from-our-transit-of-venus-party/feed/ 0 Supermoon Images https://rascmontreal.org/2012/05/supermoon-images/ https://rascmontreal.org/2012/05/supermoon-images/#respond Thu, 10 May 2012 14:24:23 +0000 http://rascmontreal.org/moon/?p=592 Over the weekend of May 5 and 6, 2012, the full Moon was unusually close to Earth – only 356,400km away, compared to its usual distance from Earth of 384,000km. As a result, the moon appeared 14% bigger and 30% brighter than an average full moon. For more about how a “Supermoon” occurs, check out […]

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]]> https://rascmontreal.org/2012/05/supermoon-images/feed/ 0 An Evening of Comets and RASC History https://rascmontreal.org/2011/08/an-evening-of-comets-and-rasc-history/ Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:06:34 +0000 http://rascmontreal.org/moon/?p=445 We had the pleasure of welcoming our RASC Montreal Centre Honourary President and Comet Hunter Dr. David Levy yesterday evening at the Morgan Arboretum of our monthly Public Lecture and Start Party. Dr. Levy entertained a full house with stories of his career in astronomy, his tumultuous history with the RASC Montreal Centre, and his […]

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