Subject: An uncredited lady of science
An uncredited lady of science
June 17th, 2015 at 11:57 am ESTHello Friend, Randall Rosenfeld is the archivist and historian of the Royal astronomical society of Canada,and he made a very interesting observation in his presentation this past Saturday at the David Dunlap Observatory (DDO). He gave credit due to ...
More on the David Dunlap Observatory
June 16th, 2015 at 4:11 pm ESTHello Friend, Several years ago, I recall what fun it was to go to the Dunlap observatory on a Saturday night, and set uptelescopes on the lawn, so members of the public who were taking tours of the observatory, when it wasstill owned by the Univers ...
David Dunlap Observatory turns 80!
June 15th, 2015 at 4:53 pm ESTHello Friend, This past Saturday, I was visited the David Dunlap Observatory (DDO) here in Richmond Hill, Ontario to take part in their 80th Anniversary celebrations. It truly was a splendid day, as we listened to several former staff members and d ...
Starry nights for Dads & Grads
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Horror of horrors
June 11th, 2015 at 3:26 pm ESTHello Friend, Many years ago, I was born at Hammersmith Hospital in London, England. Not far away the Hammer Film studios were located, where many gory epics were filmed starringnone other than the actor Christopher Lee, who has just now passed away ...
Do you believe in strophotography Voodoo?
June 10th, 2015 at 4:26 pm ESTHello Friend, There is some mysterious voodoo involved around astrophotography. If you hang around a bunch of astroimagers and listen to them talk, that is whatyou might end up thinking. The belief that you need umpteen thousands of dollars worth o ...
We're really chuffed about solving this problem.
June 9th, 2015 at 2:06 pm ESTHello Friend, Last year we sold a customer a really nice TeleVue 101is telescope, which he was quitedelighted with. That is quite understandable of course, because it really is a brilliant instrument, and oneof the best telescopes of it's kind. He ...
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We're in trouble now
June 5th, 2015 at 1:57 pm ESTHello Friend, Well I certainly got some interesting feedback from many of you on your opinion of art, in regards to yesterday'semail. One fellow even told me he was in the world of art, and even he didn't understand it. That's Scary. This response ...
You won't believe this
June 4th, 2015 at 1:36 pm ESTHello Friend, After having visited the Modern art museum in New York City, and seeing the most inspiring Van GoghStarry Night and then coming back to Toronto, I thought it might be a good idea to visit the museum of modern art here. Now as I said p ...