Archives - 1980s Hamilton

Folks looking to see the interior of the roll-off roof. I think might be Ian Stuart standing in front of the doorway, Brian Carr is leaning against the wall.

RASC Hamilton Centre
Scanned by Colin Haig 2006-04-08 to 2006-04-09
Scanned with Nikon Coolpix V ED slide/film scanner.

These photos were taken at the 1986 open house event held at the Hamilton Centre's Leslie V. Powis Observatory in Flamborough.

The parking lot is nearly full, and guests are everywhere. I think Brian Carr in grey pants holding a coffee besides the guy in blue jeans leftmost from the door to the Marsh building.

RASC Hamilton Centre
Scanned by Colin Haig 2006-04-08 to 2006-04-09
Scanned with Nikon Coolpix V ED slide/film scanner.

These photos were taken at the 1986 open house event held at the Hamilton Centre's Leslie V. Powis Observatory in Flamborough.

Original sign on the domed Marsh Building at the Hamilton Centre Observatory.

RASC Hamilton Centre
Scanned by Colin Haig 2006-04-08 to 2006-04-09
Scanned with Nikon Coolpix V ED slide/film scanner.

These photos were taken at the 1986 open house event held at the Hamilton Centre's Leslie V. Powis Observatory in Flamborough.

The transfer of Dr. Daniel Brand Marsh's Artifacts to the RASC Hamilton Centre, on 1981 May 13th (mosaic constructed electronically from scans of two pages of the Lang album).

Page two of the transfer agreement is legible in the original scan and enumerates the following items:

2. one clock-driven mount for the five-inch telescope: this mount, in spite of the size and weight, travelled from parish to parish with D.B. Marsh and also to the 1905, 1921, 1923, 1926, and 1932 total solar eclipses.