The Society continued to prosper during the 1950s. A new Centre was founded in Halifax in 1955. In 1956 the RASC purchased its own building (252 College Steet in Toronto). Members entered the space age in 1957, participating in the SAO Moonwatch program. The annual meeting was held outside Toronto for the first time (in Hamilton) in 1958. The Service Award was instituted in 1959.
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| 1610 | Harriot 1st to record sunspot observations. | 415 years ago |
| 1845 | K.L. Hencke discovers asteroid (5) Astraea. | 180 years ago |
| 1908 | 60-inch Hale telescope sees first light. | 117 years ago |
Gallery Notes: A report on the 1959 AGM was published in JRASC, 53, 117 (1959)
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- Observer's Handbook back issues
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