1990s

Oso Observatory

(1979–2016) Leo Enright's observatory at Sharbot Lake, Ontario.

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Comet Pin 1994

Specially created to commemorate this July's historic encounter between planet and comet

An original design, the dolourful 3⁄4" by 3⁄8” lapel pin depicts:
- Jupiter in orange and almond
- comet fragments & highlighting in gold-coloured metal
- a midnight blue background

...

Concept by Christine Kulyk, Carole Greig and Mary Patton
Original Design by Carole Greig

 

—From the advertisement, Regulus, September 1994, p. 6.

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Mike Watson 1991

Mike Watson is dazzled by the solar eclipse at the GA banquet on 1991 May 18 (UBC Vancouver). Photo by Henry Lee.

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Sprattia Ceremony

Dave Balam (l) and Chris Spratt (r) commemorate the naming of asteroid 4789 Sprattia.

Photo by Alice Newton; published in the Bulletin, Feb. 1992.

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Paul Marmet 1991

Paul Marmet in 1991.

Photo by Frédéric Marmet.

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J.E. Kennedy 1991

Professor Emeritus J.E. Kennedy at the podium in the lecture theater of the Convention Centre, Montevideo, Uruguay, participating in the official opening ceremonies of the International Colloquium on the Astronomical Culture in Modern Society on July 16th, 1991. Claude Hareau de Estrada, on his left, served as the official English-Spanish translator.

Photo courtesy of Carol Blenkin. This photo was published in the December 1991 issue of the Bulletin.

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Newbrook Observatory #2

Meanook or Newbrook Observatory residence in the 1980s or 90s.

Further Reading: The Meanook-Newbrook Meteor Observatories, JRASC, Vol.53, p.15 (February 1959).

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Newbrook Observatory #1

Newbrook Observatory in the 1980s or 90s.

Further Reading: The Meanook-Newbrook Meteor Observatories, JRASC, Vol.53, p.15 (February 1959).

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Murray Cunningham

(1923-98) A medical doctor, life member of the Society and an Honorary President of the Halifax Centre.

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Dobson and Kemble

The photograph shows Lucien Kemble on the right with John Dobson, the famed San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomer, also once a Franciscan priest. They are standing in front of Edmonton Centre's 44 cm "Dobsonian" telescope at the Centre's Astronomy Workshop in October, 1990.

—Peter Broughton (?)

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