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Tony Moffat’s Research in Sky & Telescope
Check out the April edition of Sky & Telescope! Our Montreal Centre member Tony Moffat is mentioned and photographed in an article titled Stellar Winds Above Atlantic Clouds On a cold mountaintop in the Canary Islands, amateurs work with pros on a hot-star...
Pictures from the Shuttle Launch
Our RASC Chair of the Observatory Committee and "Night Sky Guy" Andrew Fazekas is in Florida right now, and besides enjoying the lack of snow and warm temperatures, he also attended the recent launch of the Shuttle Discovery. It was a picture-perfect day, and Andrew...
Join Montreal’s Light Pollution Debate
Astronomers, and especially amateur astronomers, are at the forefront of many anti-light pollution campaigns the world over. It simply doesn't occur to most people that lighting up your home like a hotel, or turning your driveway into a landing-strip fit for a 747,...
Our March Public Lecture: A Look At the Future of Human Spaceflight
In a month from now, The Space Shuttle Discovery will fly for the last time into Space, ending a 40 year run for the United States as one of the leaders in human spaceflight. What's next? With the recent demise of the proposed Constellation Program, (a replacement...
Solar Flare Alert!
The Sun has just spewed out two massive solar flares - one medium-sized flare on February 13, and one very strong one on February 15 (this one is the largest we've seen in the last four years). If you are lucky enough to have access to a place away from the city...
RECENT ARTICLES
Tony Moffat’s Research in Sky & Telescope
Check out the April edition of Sky & Telescope! Our Montreal Centre member Tony Moffat is mentioned and photographed in an article titled Stellar Winds Above Atlantic Clouds On a cold mountaintop in the Canary Islands, amateurs work with pros on a hot-star...
Pictures from the Shuttle Launch
Our RASC Chair of the Observatory Committee and "Night Sky Guy" Andrew Fazekas is in Florida right now, and besides enjoying the lack of snow and warm temperatures, he also attended the recent launch of the Shuttle Discovery. It was a picture-perfect day, and Andrew...
Join Montreal’s Light Pollution Debate
Astronomers, and especially amateur astronomers, are at the forefront of many anti-light pollution campaigns the world over. It simply doesn't occur to most people that lighting up your home like a hotel, or turning your driveway into a landing-strip fit for a 747,...
Our March Public Lecture: A Look At the Future of Human Spaceflight
In a month from now, The Space Shuttle Discovery will fly for the last time into Space, ending a 40 year run for the United States as one of the leaders in human spaceflight. What's next? With the recent demise of the proposed Constellation Program, (a replacement...
Solar Flare Alert!
The Sun has just spewed out two massive solar flares - one medium-sized flare on February 13, and one very strong one on February 15 (this one is the largest we've seen in the last four years). If you are lucky enough to have access to a place away from the city...