Subject: Roundup of the AstroCats show
Roundup of the AstroCats show
June 29th, 2015 at 4:16 pm ESTHello Friend, The Astro-Canadian Astronomy Telescope Show (AstroCats) this past weekend, here in Torontoat the Ontario Science Centre was a lot of fun. It was great to see many faces from the past, and to meet some new people too. It rained most of ...
Get ready for a wild weekend
June 26th, 2015 at 11:14 am ESTHello Friend, Well there are all kinds of cats everywhere, but this weekend we are going to be atAstroCats, the 3rd annual Canadian astronomy show. There won't be any wild cats there so don't worry. If you are in the Toronto area this weekend, be su ...
What the heck is Astrocats?
June 24th, 2015 at 1:51 pm ESTHello Friend, A number of folks have asked me exactly what the Astrocats show is about. So here is the short answer to that question: Basically it is a show designed primarily for Amateur astronomers to be able to check outsome of the latest equipm ...
Meet Al Nagler from TeleVue Optics
June 23rd, 2015 at 11:11 am ESTHello Friend, Al Nagler is a man who literally revolutionized the amateur astronomy telescope market, when he first unveiledthe Nagler eyepiece back in 1980. Up until then, telescope eyepieces had narrow field of view, and small apparent fields. ...
Dads & Grads sale coming to an end
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Royal Astronomical Society of Canada designation doesn't offer any protected status
June 19th, 2015 at 4:25 pm ESTHello Friend, What's the world coming too, one's simply got to ask these days. Now an official dark sky preserve area is going to get the boot, thanks to this plan to go ahead and build 150 wind turbines, with flashing red beacons,for air transport ...
Ghosts of the Dunlap Observatory
June 18th, 2015 at 4:33 pm ESTHello Friend, I'll preface by saying I don't really believe in ghosts. However, I have had a few spooky experiences in my life. One night, several years ago,I was at the Dunlap observatory, (DDO) and the telescope operator Heide Debondwas on duty, a ...
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 ...