THE O.A.A. STAR                                        January 8, 1967  page 2
                   NEW MEMBER (from page 1)
During 1966 Steven checked the sky 299 times for aurora.  During his recent
visit to Montreal(December 26 to January 1) he made plans to start asteroid
observing and he took on six new cmoet and nova search areas.  Although
Steve doesn't  plan to return to Montreal for some time he intends to keep
in touch with us.  No doubt the club will benefit from his membershisp.  If
any member( or anyone else ) wants to write Steve, his address is
                     Mr. Steven N. Ashe
                     P.O. Box 105
                     Crompond, New York, 10517.
                     U.S.A.

MONTHLY R.A.S.C. MEETING
     The regular monthly meeting of the Montreal Centre of the Royal Astron-
omical Society of Canada will be held in the Macdonald Physics Building,
McGill University, on Thursday, January 12, 1967 at 8:15 p.m.  The ?????
speaker will be DR. L. A. HIGGS from the Radio and Electrical Engineering
Division of the National Research Council, Ottawa.  His subject will be:
"STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF THE GALACTIC SYSTEM"(with particular emphasis
on the role of radio astronomy and on the observation programme of the new
46-metre radio telescope of the Algonquin Radio Observatory in Ontario.
     The public is cordially invited. Admission is free.
                                         (From Notice to RASC members, Jan. '67)
     Many of us have the idea that these meetings are "above our heads" and
hence we don't attend them.  But they really are worthwhile and generally
easily comprehensible to our limited intelligence.  So plan on attending
this Thursday, won't you?  See you thre.  By the way, the Physics Building
is across the way from the front entrance of hte large, whiteish-grey  Otto
Mase Chemistry Building, on McGill campus. If you have trouble finding it ask
the guard at the front gates.
     In addition to these monthly meetings, the Montreal Centre offers to
the public a free talk on some aspect of astonomy at he Centre's observatory
behind Molson Stadium, near Douglas Hall.  Wednesday observations meetings
there are limited, however, to Montreal Centre members.
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EDITORIAL
     Isn't it amusing that so many people can identify a not-too-common tree
or flower, but that few can point our Sirius and Capella, though these stars
are with us more than half  the year?  Observing is really a very simple
activity.  You simply open your eyes and perceive what lies around and above
you.  It is not difficult to learn to find your way about he sky.  If,
every clear night, you find Sirius and Capella, and their neighboring stars,
and the constellations nearby, and later, star patterns not so close by,
by the end of the winter you will have a fair knowledge of what lies above
you.  During the summer you can start with either the big dipper of Ursa
Major or with the summer triangle of Vega, Deneb and Altair.  It is not hard.
Try it.  But try it every clear night.