Tuesday 05 June 2012 at 09:30 pm - Transit of Venus Community Celebration
Solar-filtered viewing of Venus transiting the Sun
Indoor streaming of the transit
Stargazing after sunset
Posted by: Arnold Brody Category: External Posting Contact: arnold_brody@yahoo.ca
When: Tuesday 05 June 2012 at 09:30 pm Ends: Wednesday 06 June 2012 at 02:00 am
Location: Anderson Collegiate and Vocational Institute, 400 Anderson Street, Whitby, Ontario
Witness History! You are invited to see an incredible sight through safe solar-filtered telescopes: the Transit of Venus. We will have many solar-filtered telescopes available to give everyone a chance to see the black silhouette of the planet Venus as it passes in front of the Sun. This is a very rare event. The next Venus transit will not occur for another 105 years, so you won't want to miss it!
There will also be live internet streaming of the transit indoors, giving those unable to look through a telescope an opportunity to witness the event, and to serve as an alternate way to see the transit in case we have cloudy weather.
Venus will begin to enter the face of the Sun a few minutes after 6:00 pm, and will still be transiting as the Sun sets, around 8:40. After sunset, weather permitting, we will look at planets and stars, until 10 pm.
Anderson Collegiate and Vocational Institute is located at 400 Anderson St. in Whitby.
Wednesday 13 June 2012 at 11:00 pm - Monthly Meeting
SAS Symposium
Saving the JWST
What's Up in the Night Sky
Public Outreach Update
Posted by: Michael Cook Category: Monthly Meetings Contact:President
When: Wednesday 13 June 2012 at 11:00 pm Ends: Thursday 14 June 2012 at 01:00 am
Location: Whitby Library - Central Branch Meeting Room 1 A/B 405 Dundas Street West Whitby, Ontario
June 2012 Monthly Meeting Agenda
The Society of Astronomical Sciences (SAS) Presented by Michael Cook and Ian Wheelband.
The presenters will provide an overview of the proceedings of the 2012 SAS Syposium. SAS is a group of amateur and professional astronomers dedicated to doing astronomical research spanning a wide range of fields, from asteroids, to variable stars, to cataclysmic stars, and almost anything between or beyond.
Saving the James Web Space Telescope Presented by Brad Goodspeed
The yet to be launched James Webb space telescope has had its funding challenges, most recently when the US House of Representatives decided to cancel it completely. In stepped a group of astronomers and enthusiasts called SaveJWST, who tried to raise awareness of how tragic the loss of Webb would be. DRAA member Brad Goodspeed created a video to help the effort, and in the process, won an interesting prize.
What's Up in the Night Sky Presented by Jeff Dutton
This month's What's Up takes us on a tour of celestial objects well placed for viewing over the summer months.
Public Outreach Update Presented by Warren Gallagher
Warren provides an update on past and upcoming public outreach activities.
The Whitby Central Library is on the south side of Dundas St at Henry St.
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