JRASC 2023 December

On 17 Nov, 2023 By james@jamesedgar.ca

Inside this issue:

Black Nugget Lake Observatory
A Visit to the European Southern Observatory
Charles Smallwood, Canadian amateur astronomer
Remembering Blake Nancarrow

2024 Edition Updates

On 09 Nov, 2023 By james@jamesedgar.ca

To report other corrections or to make suggestions for improvement, please send an email message to Handbook Editor.

On p. 120, in Mercury, change "evening" to "morning"

On p. 129, where "Downtown Québec City" is shown as having 1 min 27 s of totality, it should read "Montréal"

On p. 138, the final URL should read
"www.EclipseWise.com/solar/SEprime/2001-2100/SE2024Oct02Aprime.html "

Eclipses

On 22 Sep, 2023 By jenna.hinds@rasc.ca

Solar Eclipses

Learn more about why solar eclipses happen, how to observe them, when the next eclipse is and what to expect!

Annular Solar Eclipse - October 14, 2023

A large portion of the United States will be treated to an Annular Solar Eclipse on October 14th! All populated areas in Canada will see a partial eclipse on this day.

JRASC 2023 October

On 09 Sep, 2023 By james@jamesedgar.ca

Inside this issue:

A jet-like structure has disappeared
Totality
The ALIVE Model

JRASC 2023 August

On 11 Jul, 2023 By james@jamesedgar.ca

Inside this Issue

Ground-Based Photometry

Plus all the regular columnists, colour images by amateur astrophotographers, What's Up in the Sky, and centrefold Sky Chart.