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Astronomy Day 2003
Discoveries of Jurassic Light


 

Ammonites were very common in the oceans of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, approximately 400 to 65 million years ago. They flourished in the Devonian and went belly-up with the dinosaurs.

Where was our solar system? Imagine ... we take about 200 million years to make one wild and crazy trip around our galaxy. Imagine ... what did our night skies look like even a few million years ago? The bright Pleiades (a mere 370 light years away) emerged out of its star cloud as the dinosaurs faded away.
 


CCD Imaging at the Plaskett Telescope 2002


Solar Eclipse - David Lee




Photo Credit: David Lee

Text: Sandy Barta

 

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International Astronomy Day 2003

Saturday, May 10, 2003
Royal BC Museum

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Program


The Royal British Columbia Museum

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10:00am - 4:30pm Poster Displays - Clifford Carl Hall (Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, National Research Council of Canada, University of Victoria, Pearson College of the Pacific)

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10:00am - 4:00pm Ecliptic Calendar - Clifford Carl Hall

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10:00am - 4:00pm Telescope Making Workshop - Clifford Carl Hall

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10:30am - 4:00pm Ask the Professional Astronomer - Clifford Carl Hall

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11:00am - 3:30pm Children's Activities - Clifford Carl Hall

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11:00am - 4:00pm Solar Observing through special filters - Front Courtyard

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10:00am - 4:30pm Walk through the Scale Model of the Solar System - Front Courtyard

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11:30am - 12:15pm Multimedia Presentation - Class Room

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12:30pm - 1:15pm Wizard of the Stars - Clifford Carl Hall

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1:00pm - 1:45pm Asteroids and Extinction of Dinosaurs - Speaker: Scott Mair (Lecture Abstracts) - First Lecture - Newcombe Conference Hall

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2:00pm - 2:45pm Finding New Objects in our Solar System - Speaker: J.J. Kavelaars (Lecture Abstracts) - Second Lecture - Newcombe Conference Hall

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2:45pm - 3:15pm Wizard of the Stars - Clifford Carl Hall

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3:00pm - 3:45pm Search for Life around other Suns - Speaker: Gordon Walker (Lecture Abstracts) - Third Lecture - Newcombe Conference Hall

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3:15pm - 4:00pm Multimedia Presentation - Class Room

The Centre of the Universe

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7:30pm - 11:00pm Night Sky Observing - Dominion Astrophysical Observatory,
Little Saanich Mountain


For event information, please call Sid Sidhu at (250) 391-0540.

 

Astronomy Day

Last Year - 2002


The Wizard!

Solar observing

Solar observing

Solar observing

Model of the solar system

Kid's activities

Telescope making

Ecliptic calendar

Historic brass telescope
Photo Credit: David Lee
 
To: RASC Member volunteers

The preparations for Astronomy Day are in full swing. See the above schedule for details. All we need now are the Volunteers. If you have not already given your name to Sandy Barta, please do so as soon as possible. We need all the help you can provide:

bulletSetup on Friday (from 3:00pm to 6:00 pm).
bulletCleanup on Saturday (from 5:00pm to 6:30pm).
bulletDaytime on Saturday - any length of time you can afford will be greatly appreciated.

Please call Sandy Barta at (250) 642-0205.

Astronomy Day Links

bullet HubbleSite - NewsCenter - 2003 - 11 - Iridescent Glory of Nearby Planetary Nebula Showcased on Astronomy Day
bulletThe Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Astronomy Day Page
bullet Astronomy Day - The Astronomical League
bullet SETI Searching for Giant Planets on Astronomy Day - Space.com
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