1970s

Comet Meier 1978f #2

Photo of Comet Meier (1978f) taken May 10.78 by Jack Newton of the Toronto Centre using his 32-cm (12½)
f/4.6 reflector and a 20-minute exposure on 103aF film. A short tail nine minutes long is just visible.

This photo was published in the National Newsletter, June 1978, page L33.

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Comet Meier 1978f

Comet Meier, 1978f, discovered visually by Rolf Meier of the Ottawa Centre on April 26, 1978.
Comet was about 10th magnitude and moving through the constellation Lynx. Photo taken on
April 27th with 40-cm. telescope of the Indian River Observatory. Photo by Rolf Meier.

This photo was published on the front cover of the June 1978 National Newsletter.

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Handbook of Astrophotography

Handbook of

Astrophotography

for Amateur Astronomers

SECOND EDITION

G.N. Patterson
Saskatoon Centre, R.A.S.C.

Compiled for use as reference material in a course in
Astrophotography

© Copyright Gordon Nelson Patterson 1974, 1981 & 1985

ISBN 0-919677-05-3

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DDO Program 1974

 

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Edmonton Early Years

The Earlier Years of the Edmonton Centre, by E.S. Keeping.

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RASC Library Catalogue

The text below is from pages 38-39 of the catalogue. Downloadable versions may be found at the bottom of this page.

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Sand, Silver, and Stars

Sand, Silver, and Stars
Scenario and script by B. Franklyn Shinn
Winnipeg, March, 1974.

TITLES:
Sand, Silver & Stars
How he made his observatory
Produced by B.F. Shinn
With Jack Newton's telescope.
Animation & artwork by Edward Barker.
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