Revised Vision, Mission, and Values Statements

At the 2015 February 9 Board of Director's meeting, revised Vision, Mission, and Values statements were approved. They now read:

The RASC Vision To be Canada's premiere organization of amateur and professional astronomers, promoting Astronomy to all.

The RASC Mission To enhance understanding of and inspire curiosity about the Universe, through public outreach, education, and support for astronomical research.

The RASC Values

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Asteroid (209206) Richardhenry

Richard Conn Henry (b. 1940) is an American Academy Professor at the Johns Hopkins University specializing in far ultra-violet observations. He directs NASA's Maryland Space Grant Consortium and is a former Deputy Director of NASA's Astrophysics Division. He works with the New Horizons Science Team to use the spacecraft for astrophysical investigations.
B.Sc. University College, University of Toronto and RASC Gold Medal 1961
University of Toronto M.Sc. Thesis 'Spectrophotometry of globular clusters' 1962, Ph.D. Princeton 1967

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(209883) Jasonhofgartner

Jason D. Hofgartner (b. 1988) is a Canadian planetary scientist. He served as a science team graduate student researcher on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.

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Sinkwich-IWLOP

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Hamilton-IWLOP

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JRASC April 2024

Inside this issue:

Cosmological Redshift without Expanding Space
SN 2023ixf in the Galaxy Messier 101

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JRASC February 2024

Inside this issue:

Charles Smallwood, Amateur Astronomer (Part 2)

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10109 Sidhu

Jaskarn Singh “Sid” Sidhu (b. 1938) joined the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Victoria Centre, in 1985, and has been a mentor for new members. He coordinates the loan of Centre-owned telescopes and the club's schools program. Sid was awarded the RASC President's Award in 2010 for his leadership during the International Year of Astronomy.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, Volume 2, Number 2, page 6

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asteroid (12249) Hannorein

Hanno Rein (b. 1983) is a German dynamicist and associate professor at the University of Toronto. He develops numerical methods for integrating the motions of gravitationally interacting systems, both within our Solar System and beyond. Rein created the widely used REBOUND N-body package and the iOS outreach app Exoplanet and Mega Constellations, an orbit simulator for satellites. His home page is here.

Type: Main-Belt

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, Volume 3, Number 3, Page 10

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asteroid (10514) Harlow

Scott Harlow (1963–2020) was an amateur astronomer in British Columbia, Canada, who joined RASC Sunshine Coast Centre in 2011, served as club librarian and on the Board of Directors, and worked at many club meetings and outreach events. He was particularly active as a volunteer at the club's observatory and coordinated donations of telescopes to the club.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, Volume 2, Number 16, page 5

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