RASC Regular Meeting, Monday December 13, 2021
7:00 PM (MST), Meet and Greet
7:30 PM (MST), Meeting begins, including guest talk, News from Space, AstroImaging Corner, and other RASC news.
FREE and open to the public.
Join this meeting using this Zoom link.
Guest Speaker:
RASC Regular Meeting, November 8, 2021
Everyone is welcome to attend this meeting. RASC members will be making short presentations on their recent projects.
Join the meeting using this Zoom link.
7:00 PM (MST) Pre-meeting mix and mingle.
7:30 PM (MST) Member Presentations and other Edmonton RASC Features
Edmonton RASC volunteers at Jasper Dark Sky Festival, Oct 24, 2021
RASC Regular Meeting, Monday October 18, 2021
7:00 PM, Meet and Greet
7:30 PM, Meeting begins, including featured film, News from Space, AstroImaging Corner, and other RASC news.
FREE and open to the public.
Title Card for the film “Floating Dome”.
Floating Dome Credits
Written by: David Murray, Architect AAA, FRAIC Heritage Consultant
Presented by: David Murray and Brad Alexander, Decor Tile, Edmonton
Produced by: Erna D. Brink, APT Alberta Chapter
Directed, Shot, and Edited by: Steven Hope
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RASC Regular Meeting, Monday September 13, 2021
7:00 PM MDT, Meet and Greet
7:30 PM MDT, Meeting begins, including guest talk, News from Space, AstroImaging Corner, and other RASC features.
FREE and open to the public.
Join the meeting using this Zoom link
Guest Speaker:
The James Webb Space Telescope – Astronomy’s Next Eye on the Universe
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the scientific successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. JWST will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.
This talk will provide an overview of the science (what will the Webb be looking for), the telescope operation, the 2017 cryo-vac optical test, and plans for post-launch commissioning.
RASC Regular Meeting, June 14, 2021
Everyone is welcome to attend this meeting. RASC members will be making short presentations on their recent projects.
RASC Regular Meeting, Monday May 10, 2021
7:00 PM, Meet and Greet
7:30 PM, Meeting begins, including guest talk, News from Space, AstroImaging Corner, and other RASC news.
FREE and open to the public.
Join this meeting using this Zoom link.
Guest Speaker:
The Dragonfly Telephoto Array: New eyes to reveal the faintest and largest structures in the Universe
RASC Regular Meeting, Monday April 12, 2021
7:00 PM, Meet and Greet
7:30 PM, Meeting begins, including guest talk, News from Space, AstroImaging Corner, and other RASC news.
FREE and open to the public.
Guest Speaker:
Planets under construction: how to study a million year process
RASC Regular Meeting, Monday March 8, 2021
7:00 PM, Meet and Greet
7:30 PM, Meeting begins, including guest talk, News from Space, AstroImaging Corner, and other RASC news.
FREE and open to the public.
Meeting will be hosted on Zoom using this link .
Guest Speaker:
Cas A Supernova Remnant. Imaged by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Stars have long lifespans that range from millions of years to hundreds of billions of years. But eventually all stars run out of fuel and die. When stars die, they can leave behind a white dwarf star, a neutron star, a black hole, or nothing but a bit of hot gas!
There have been a lot of discoveries in the field of stellar death in the last couple of years. In this talk I’ll introduce the main ideas behind white dwarf stars, neutron stars, black holes, and supernovae. Some of the recent observations of black holes and neutron stars include the first image of “the black hole’s shadow”, the measurements of colliding black holes and neutron stars, and observations of X-rays from binary systems containing a stellar corpse. I will provide a report on the most interesting stellar obituaries from the last couple of years, and explain what they tell us about how stars die, and how they change when they begin their new life as a black hole or neutron star.