JRASC 2015 December

On 16 Nov, 2015 By james-deleted-5...

Inside this Issue:

  • Sun’s Chromosphere
  • History of Exploring the Moon

Plus all the regular columns and new images.

 

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The Sky This Month - November 2015

On 01 Nov, 2015 By garyboyle@xplor...

The Great Square

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Bulletin 2015 Nov

On 01 Nov, 2015 By jusloe1@wightman.ca
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President's Corner

On 29 Oct, 2015 By james-deleted-5...

Read the President's Corner message excerpted from the October Journal at rasc.ca/presidents-corner

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The homopolar generator

On 26 Oct, 2015 By makiriparan@yah... With 1 Comments

 

In principle a homopolar generator consists of a conducting disc spinning about an axis in a magnetic field parallel to axis. When the spinning disc stopped suddenly, all its kinetic energy can be used to generate large current surges.

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The Sky This Month - October 2015

On 01 Oct, 2015 By garyboyle@xplor...

The Swan and the Fox

Step outside on these cool autumn nights about an hour after sunset on a clear night and look up. Cygnus the Swan is also known as the Northern Cross is well-positioned overhead and easily recognized. The faint glow of hundreds of millions of stars, too dim to be distinguished individually by the human eye, is seen along the long neck of the swan is the perfect guide when attempting to glimpse the galactic arms of our Milky Way Galaxy from light-polluted suburban skies.

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Structure of atmosphere

On 29 Sep, 2015 By makiriparan@yah...

The Troposphere, the region of weather, extends from the ground to height of 10-12 km. in our lattitudes and to about 18 km.

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Mt. Holyoke College

On 26 Sep, 2015 By ryan@rtjmay.ca
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Canada AM interviews Exec Director Randy Attwood about upcoming lunar eclipse

On 25 Sep, 2015 By Anonymous (not verified)

Check out today's interview here!

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=713131&playlistId=1.2580778&
binId=1.810401&playlistPageNum=1&binPageNum=1
&hootPostID=4d59c1e94f611642ad38b3ad8146e7fd

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RASC member Jim Chung's book published by Springer!

On 04 Sep, 2015 By rosenfel@chass....

 

Astro-Imaging Projects for Amateur Astronomers, Jim Chung's intelligent and attractively written guide to making and adapting imaging and observing gear, has recently appeared in Springer's Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series.

Those familiar with Jim's articles in the RASC's Journal will know of his genius for devising understandable and doable solutions which perform as well as their commercial counterparts, and at a fraction of the cost.

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