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Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Edmonton Centre. Promoting public awareness in astronomy, including local meetings & events.
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Joined October 2010
RT @rasc: Planetary Parade: there's still time to see it! The planetary parade lasts several weeks, not just one night. The information bel…
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RASC Meeting. February 10, 2025 @730pm. Cataclysmic variables as a laboratory for physics Guest Speaker: Margaret Ridder, Department of Physics, University of Alberta FREE and open to the public. Hybrid meeting See website for info and zoom link.
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RT @apod: Comets can be huge. When far from the Sun, a comet's size usually refers to its hard nucleus of ice and rock, which typically spa…
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RASC National: Calling RASC astrophotographers, send us your images!! Please read for full rules and submit if you have something. Log into your membership account. Cheers!!
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RT @IssetCa: Our friends from @EdmontonRASC society are specially invited to join us for astronaut Kutryk's talk next week at the @UAlberta…
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Amazing story, alas the link no longer works but do watch -- and listen to! -- the embedded video. The ray pattern around the impact site very much resembles, in miniature, the appearance of some major lunar craters, as best seen around Full Moon when rays are bright.
That's the sound of a little meteorite smashing into Earth, caught on doorcam. video: Joe Velaidum more info: ..
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That bright steady reddish spot of light *right* next to tonight's Full Moon? That is the planet Mars, itself at opposition this week & at its closest & brightest since its last opposition in late 2022. Easily seen with the unaided eye even in the bright lunar glare.
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TONIGHT!
RASC Annual General Meeting & Members’ Night, Monday Jan 13, 2025 7:30 PM (MST) Meeting begins Guest Speakers: Jasper Place High School Student Astronomer Presentations Guest Speaker: SETI - Lori Walton Guest Speaker: Astronomy-themed Parody - Stephen Portillo Hybrid meeting
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RASC Annual General Meeting & Members’ Night, Monday Jan 13, 2025 7:30 PM (MST) Meeting begins Guest Speakers: Jasper Place High School Student Astronomer Presentations Guest Speaker: SETI - Lori Walton Guest Speaker: Astronomy-themed Parody - Stephen Portillo Hybrid meeting
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RT @skymaps: 🌟 The Evening Sky Map celebrates its 25th anniversary today! Over 1,000 issues have been handcrafted and distributed freely to…
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RT @BruceMcCurdy: Gorgeous wide pairing of the waxing crescent Moon with brilliant Venus earlier this evening. By tomorrow (Friday) eveni…
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RT @amazingskyguy: Here’s a quartet of southerly deep sky objects that were among the many targets I shot from Arizona last October. They a…
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RT @BruceMcCurdy: Venus is in its best "Christmas Star" mode this year, adding a brilliant steady gleam of pure white in S-->SW during even…
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RT @earthskyscience: Tonight, bright #Jupiter and the #Pleiades star cluster will be close to the waxing gibbous #moon. Also, look for the…
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RT @EdmontonRASC: RASC Regular Meeting Edmonton. Dec 9, 2024 @730pm Guest Speaker: Dr. Marie-Cécile Piro, University of Alberta Towards d…
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RT @TheRealBuzz: It looks like there is some good news with Voyager 1 – communications have been restored, allowing the spacecraft to keep…
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RASC Regular Meeting Edmonton. Dec 9, 2024 @730pm Guest Speaker: Dr. Marie-Cécile Piro, University of Alberta Towards detecting the invisible: Dark Matter Free and open to public. This is a hybrid meeting also. Check the website for info and zoom link.
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Hello everyone!!! If your free Wednesday Dec 4 at 730pm please come check out What's Up Over Edmonton!! This will be the final edition of What's Up Over Edmonton. We are sad to see it go. This is a zoom event. Please check website for link. Cheers!!
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