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MEETINGS

Our meetings are held generally twice per month on Friday evenings.  They consist of two "themes"; Members Nights & Speakers Nights.  All are welcome to attend the meetings.

On Members Nights, various topics of interest and knowledge are discussed and presented by MAS members including Introduction to Astronomy, Observing Techniques, The Sky Tonight and other related information.

Invited guests participate in our Speakers Nights.  These guests represent many different areas of the Astronomy and Space Sciences fields.

The location for our meetings is the University of Toronto at Mississauga.  Meetings will be held in the room SE2082 located in the South Building.  Parking is $5 - tickets are available from machines which accept credit cards or cash.  Meeting start time: 8:00 pm

Map to the meeting location: UTM MAP


Upcoming Meetings:

 
 
 
 
 

2010 Meetings

 

Friday September 10, 2010         Members Night

James Crombie: Astronomy in the news

Roy Swanson: The sky in September

plus...

Constellation of the Month

and more...

 

Friday September 24, 2010         Speaker Night

Speaker:  Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn

Title: Adventures in Astrophotography

An accomplished astro-photographer, Kerry-Ann will share her experiences in getting started in photographing the heavens.  She will describe things that she has learned and areas where she has improved her techniques along the way.  

         

For examples of her work see the following pages:

 
Kerry's interest in astronomy started from a fairly young age. After getting her first telescope at the age of 11 and then her first serious film camera as a teenager she began to think of the possibilities of astrophotography.  Over the course of more than 15 years she dabbled in it but it wasn’t until the beginning of 2007 that she started to make some huge leaps in the hobby. While enjoying this intensive hobby, Kerry lives in Grimsby with her husband and two little girls.  She works at The Weather Network as a senior meteorologist.

 

 

Friday October 15, 2010         Members Night

Friday October 29, 2010         Speaker Night

Friday November 12, 2010         Members Night

Friday November 26, 2010         Speaker Night

Friday December 10, 2010         Members Night

Link to ARCHIVE OF PAST MEETINGS


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