Earth at Night Video

Here is the link to the Earth at Night Video.

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Executive Perspectives

by Mary Lou Whitehorne, 1st Vice President, RASC

Excerpted from the JRASC [February 2010, Volume 104, Number 1]

Looking For LCROSS

by James MacWilliam, Sunshine Coast Centre

Thursday 9th October

In just 90 minutes time, NASA was to crash the lunar probe, LCROSS, into a permanently shadowed crater (Cabeous) at the Lunar South Pole. Actually, the upper stage of a Centaur rocket would hit the Moon first at 6 km per second followed 4 minutes later by the LCROSS probe itself. LCROSS was to fly through the plume sent up by the first impact and measure, hopefully, water vapour.

Deer Stargazer...

by Ron Jerome, Vancouver Centre

As is our wont, my wife and I spend many summer days high on mountain slopes enjoying the flora and fauna and testing our stamina. It is far more satisfying to ascend an ever rising trail for three hours than to spend a mere 20 minutes on a Stairmaster at the local gym. We do admit to the latter, however, when the damp winter months are upon us and trail heads well nigh inaccessible.

Leo Enright (1943-2009)

General Assembly & Saskatchewan Summer Star Party

by Richard Huziak and Kathleen Houston, SSSP Registrars

Hello everyone! Greetings from the General Assembly/Sask Summer Star Party - Aug 13 - 16, 2009!

Well - it is 2 weeks to go to the first-ever RASC General Assembly held at a Dark-Sky Preserve, or a star party, for that matter, and here's the poop!

Sarnia's First IYA Event

by Ron Warren, Sarnia Centre

Sarnia Centre's first IYA 2009 event promoting astronomy was successful. We weren't sure how many kids and parents would come out, but there were over 70... with kids making up at least 40, and many were girls!

Victoria IYA Events

by Chris Gainor, Victoria Centre

The Victoria Centre is continuing with IYA events, including an exhibition of astronomical photos at the Bay Centre downtown Victoria in February and at Victoria International Airport in March. Many people passing by the exhibits stopped and picked up IYA literature and had "Galileo moments." And another event...

On March 22 I took part in one of the more unusual events happening anywhere in connection with the International Year of Astronomy, the Star Gazers tour of Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria.

Results of the Special Event IYA Call Sign, January-February, 2009

I have received reports from the following radio amateurs who indicated they were going to be active during the IYA Ham Radio Prefix Period. They had requested the Special IYA Ham Radio card that they could used to send to the contacts they made.

Bill Haskin, VA3AY; Robert Mazur, VA3ROM; Karl Hamilton, VE3RRP; Gary Hammond, VE3XN; Steven Leblanc, VE9SY; and Tony Fonseca, VE7ACF.

One of the most active for the IYA initiative was Paul Leger, VE9NC.