Award Details: Two youth (ages 12-18) memberships will be awarded annually. The awards will be chosen by the RASC Edmonton Membership Committee. Please let a young astronomy enthusiast know about this award! The youth membership includes a free year’s subscription to SkyNews magazine, Canada’s astronomy magazine!
Deadline: March 31, 2019
RASC Regular Meeting
TELUS World of Science – Zeidler Dome
FREE and open to the public.
Note: The regular meeting will begin after the annual general meeting concludes.
8:30 PM Guest Speaker
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched 28 years ago in 1990. After overcoming problems caused by a defective main mirror, Hubble has made discoveries that have revolutionized our view of the universe we live in. This talk will cover the history of HST based on a history book the speaker is writing for NASA.
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RASC Annual General Meeting followed by Regular Meeting
TELUS World of Science – Zeidler Dome
FREE and open to the public. Note: The Annual General meeting is probably main of interest only to RASC members.
7:00 PM Pre-meeting mix and mingle.
7:30 PM Annual General Meeting
RASC Regular Meeting
TELUS World of Science – Zeidler Dome
FREE and open to the public.
7:00 PM Meet and Greet
7:30 PM Guest Speaker
Orion in Infrared. Imaged by the Herschel Space Observatory
Stars form in the coldest, densest collections of interstellar gas, called molecular clouds. Observations in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies show that molecular cloud mass is strongly related to the rate stars form. This relationship is rather surprising since it continues over a range of galaxy types and environments, suggesting that stars form through a common process. What controls that process, however, remains elusive. I will present recent observations of molecular clouds taken by new, state-of-the-art radio telescopes that are beginning to unravel the process of star formation. The quality of these observations is an enormous improvement from previous observations and has lead to an on-going revolution in our understanding of star formation.
RASC Regular Meeting
TELUS World of Science – Zeidler Dome
FREE and open to the public.
7:00 PM Pre-meeting mix and mingle.
7:30 PM Member Presentations
RASC Regular Meeting
TELUS World of Science – Zeidler Dome
FREE and open to the public.
7:00 PM Meet and Greet
7:30 PM Guest Speaker
The Lunar Interior
We know many things about our closest neighbor, the Moon. Yet, its deepest part, close to the center, remains not well known. In this presentation, I will give a brief overview of what we know about the Moon and its interior and how this information is obtained. I will also show examples of the work that we do in my research group, where we use observations on the rotation of the Moon as a way to gather information about its deep interior.
Join Athabasca University for an evening of art and stars for our first ever Star Party!Enjoy guided tours featuring artwork from one of Athabasca’s local artists, Pirkko Karvonen. Gain an appreciation of the night sky by participating in telescope viewing of planets and constellations. Telescopes will be available on-site for viewing the night sky but feel free to bring your own. An amateur astronomer will be in attendance hosting a telescope workshop where you can learn how to use a telescope or ensure your telescope is in top working order. And more! Witness nocturnal life firsthand on a guided nature walk. Learn to capture the evening’s beauty at a night photography session. Stay and enjoy some fun activities for the whole family.
When: September 15, 2018, 6pm – 11pm
Where: Athabasca, AB
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FREE event! * Weather Permitting
RASC Regular Meeting
TELUS World of Science – Zeidler Dome
FREE and open to the public.
7:00 PM Meet and Greet
7:30 PM Guest Speaker
Colour composite image of Centaurus A.
Credit: ESO/NASA
Often portrayed as cosmic vacuum cleaners that ensnare everything that dares come close, black holes represent the ultimate end, in both science fact and science fiction. First theorized in the early 20th century, black holes have fascinated astronomers for the last 100 years. I will discuss the history of these systems, from the accidental discovery of Sagittarius A* at the centre of our Galaxy by Karl Jansky in the 1930s, to the violent accretion events occurring in X-ray binary systems and active galactic nuclei. I will show you that, contrary to popular belief, black holes don’t suck!