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Posted on May 29, 2012 at 1:27pm 0 Comments

A note from a lady who attended our recent Moon and Saturn viewing in Maffeo Sutton:

Hello Garland and others whose names I didn't get.
It was a PLEASURE to meet you!
 
Thank you for your patience with my daughter and her questions, for being open minded to listen and look at our Iphone's Skyview App (that is the closest I can get us to a somewhat decent telescope thus far). 
Our neighbour…
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Nanaimo Astro Photography Group

Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:28pm 0 Comments

Want to take pictures of the night sky, either with or without a telescope?


As we mentioned at our last meeting, we are forming an astrophotography group within our club 

that will get together regularly to share knowledge, teach others and to have astrophoto sessions 

at our observatory.…

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Blue and Orange Craters On Mercury

Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:15pm 0 Comments

NASA's Mercury' Messenger has found some intriguing colors to some craters on Mercury - blue and orange!  

The blue crater is thought to be dark subsurface rock.

The orange colour around this crater is thought to be because…

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Dark Skies Debate on Nanaimo Forum

Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:10pm 0 Comments

When we announced our new Nanaimo Dark Skies Project, it caused a lot of debate in the Nanaimo Information forum.  Have a look at what people are saying about Nanaimo Dark Skies and join the conversation.

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This is why I love outreach

A note from a lady who attended our recent Moon and Saturn viewing in Maffeo Sutton:Hello Garland and others whose names I didn't get.It was a PLEASURE to meet you! Thank you for your patience with my daughter and her questions, for being open minded to listen and look at our Iphone's Skyview App (that is the closest I can get us to a somewhat decent telescope thus far). Our neighbour the tall young man that was with us, also enjoyed himself, considering it wasn't a video game that in itself is…See More
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Nanaimo Astro Photography Group

Want to take pictures of the night sky, either with or without a telescope?As we mentioned at our last meeting, we are forming an astrophotography group within our club that will get together regularly to share knowledge, teach others and to have astrophoto sessions at our observatory.This group is open to Nanaimo Astronomy Society members only and is free to belong to. If you would like to get notices of the astrophotography group, let me know.  If you have not yet joinedthe Nanaimo Astronomy…See More
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Partial Solar Eclipse at Maffeo Sutton Park

May 20, 2012 from 4:30pm to 7pm
On May 20, there will be a partial solar eclipse viewable from Nanaimo as the moon moves between us and the sun.Unfortunately the weather forecast is not favourable now, but if it clears, we are giving the public a chance to view thepartial eclipse safely from Maffeo Sutton Park. We will have a few solar telescopes set up and we have a large number of eclipse glasses that people can use at the event to view the eclipse.  The eclipse should be visible just before 5 PM and will remain visible…See More
May 16
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StarWalk & Telescopes at Westwood Lake at Westwood Lake

May 11, 2012 from 9pm to 11:45pm
Hello fellow stargazers,We are doing a "StarWalk" at Westwood Lake on Friday, May 11 where we will give people a tour of the night sky, pointing out constellations and objects with green laser pointers.In addition, our volunteers will have a few telescopes out to show Venus, Mars, Saturn and deep sky objects.We will be on the gravel area just to the left when you are in the parking lot facing the lake. We will be setting up at about 9PM but it won't be dark for a while after that.Families…See More
May 10
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Visual Observing, Star Parties, Outreach, Planets, Moon, DSO's

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At 8:22am on April 15, 2011, William George Weller said…
Hi, Garland.  For the records... I attended the "Opening the Door" exercise put on by the Vancouver Science Centre, and talked to about 30 high school kids re: astronomy. I handed out cards to them all, and several expressed an interest in joining. I don't think that any were aware of our existence, should we prepare a letter or flyer to send to the high schools?
At 11:17am on March 4, 2011, arynne hempstock said…
Thank you. So far only my oldest daughter has an interest in the night sky :)
At 10:41pm on September 30, 2010, William George Weller said…
Hi, Garland.

here it is.................

Over the history of Astronomy amateur astronomers have made great contributions to the science, and continue to do so to this day. Dr. Weller will review these past contributions, and will describe how and why amateurs are now working in fields that only a couple of decades ago were the sole property of the major observatories.

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Hope that the above is good enough for the newsletter,

Bill
ps tried to send it via email but no server.
At 5:33pm on February 8, 2010, William George Weller said…
Hi, Garland.

I approved Keith Gosselin, a long time member. I'll dun him for payment if he has not already submitted a cheque. Also I got a cheque from Brian Altman, Ill pass it on to James.

Cheers, Bill
At 8:32pm on November 27, 2009, Laurence Harry said…
Great system and very easy to upload images, just have to resize them to under 1 mb and it loads quite easy. I will get a photo of myself and upload it, hope it doesn't scare people off ha ha.
At 11:33am on November 21, 2009, William George Weller said…
Hi, Garland. Lots of activity! My photo now included, I'm looking at project and outreach stuff now.
 
 
 

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