Note permanent change of RASC Halifax meeting day and time:  

First Saturday of the month at 1:00 p.m.

Date:   1 June, 2019

Time:    1:00 PM

Place:  Saint Mary's University,

Atrium Building, Room 101 (see map)

Welcome & Introductions

Emceed by Paul Gray. 

"Food for the Soul" & Outreach

Paul Heath will inform us of upcoming exciting outreach events and read his latest installment of Food for the Soul and have an activity in which we can participate and learn something.

What's Up? 

Paul Gray shows what is going on in the night sky for the month of June.

 Main Presentation

Mark Rector (Mississauga Centre) - OH CANADA! Our Home and Inventive Land! Mark is a Professor of Electronics Engineering and a published author with numerous technical articles. He will talk about Canadian space and astronomical inventions and firsts.

Astrophoto Showcase

A montage of members’ photos taken over the past few months.

  


Social Time

A short break for cookies and soft drinks—mingle and meet everyone!


Library News 

John Read will go over some of the great reads that in the Centre's library.

Astronomy News 

Kathryn Gray enlightens us to recent news stories from the world of astronomy.

Observer's Handbook

 

 More Moons; More Squiggles by Pat Kelly. Previously, he had explained the diagrams of the moons of Jupiter. He thought the diagrams for Saturn would be just as simple but he discovered two factors that make the moons of Saturn more complicated.

HEADS UP - Future Meeting Dates:

Last meeting until 1 September, 2019. See you then!