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JRASC 2014 April

On 10 Mar, 2014 By james-deleted-5...

Inside this issue:

  • Earth’s Trojan Asteroid
  • Canada and the 1833 Leonids
  • AstroNuts Going Strong
  • Eclipse Crossword Answers
  • Galaxy Crossword
  • Should We Colonize Mars?
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RASC in the News

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Decimals and Decimalisation

On 17 Feb, 2014 By walter.macdonal...

Decimals and Decimalisation

A STUDY AND SKETCH
BY
Arthur Harvey
Actuary, F.R.S.C., Etc.
Toronto, Canada

Review #1 is from The Daily Free Press, London, Ontario for Saturday, February 16, 1901.

Review #2 is from The Gazette, Montreal for January 26, 1901.

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Handbook Evolution

On 04 Feb, 2014 By walter.macdonal...

This page contains information on the evolution of the Observer's Handbook: number of pages, use of colour, advertising, and more.

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Leo Enright Logbooks

On 25 Jan, 2014 By walter.macdonal...
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2012

On 23 Jan, 2014 By Anonymous (not verified)
Donors 2012

Mr Scott Alexander
Mr Darren Amberson
Mr Jay Anderson
Mr James Andraza
Anonymous (15)
Mr Ron Armstrong
Mr Peter H Ashenhurst
Douglas Bates
Mr Stephen Bedingfield
Mr William Bell
Mr B R Blackwood
Mr Thomas J. Bondy
Paul Bouma
Robert L Brooks
Mr David A Brozovsky
Maria Maddalena Buda
Mr Michael Byrne
Mr Paul Campbell

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Log1 Notes

On 20 Jan, 2014 By walter.macdonal... 
              Sunspot Numbers
1984       My#  AAVSO  Brussels      1986       My#
Sept. 1    73     39      45         Jan  4.74    0
      3    78     68      61              5.875   0
      6    29     31      32             13.86   14
      7    26     15      21             14.88   15
      8    16     17      20             21.87    0
      9    18     13      13             23.74    0
     11     0      1       9             30.87   13
     17     0      0       0             31.87   16
     19     0      1      10         Feb  2.89   20
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JRASC 2014 February

On 08 Jan, 2014 By james-deleted-5...

Inside this issue:

  • Outreach in Cuba
  • Volunteering: A Guide
  • Solar Eclipses Crossword
  • The Little Prince
  • ISON—It Is Alive!
  • Dunlap Institute’s 2013 Summer School
  • Rainbow Modification
  • An Astronomer’s View of Climate Change
  • A Telescope Comes Home
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The Astronomer's Drinking Song

On 10 Dec, 2013 By rosenfel@chass....

The Astronomer's Drinking Song

By Author Unknown
Published by Augustus de Morgan in "A Budget of Paradoxes"

 

Whoe'er would search the starry sky,
Its secrets to divine, sir,
Should take his glass—I mean, should try
A glass or two of wine, sir!
True virtue lies in golden mean,
And man must wet his clay, sir;
Join these two maxims, and 'tis seen
He should drink his bottle a day, sir!

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