BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada – Mississauga Centre - ECPv6.15.11//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada – Mississauga Centre X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://rasc.optunia.me X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada – Mississauga Centre REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250912T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250912T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133231 CREATED:20250610T222425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T201225Z UID:4736-1757707200-1757714400@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:September 2025 Potpourri DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\nVarious talks by our members.  Details to be announced closer to the date. URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/september-2025-potpourri/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250815T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250815T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133231 CREATED:20250610T222146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250610T222151Z UID:4733-1755288000-1755295200@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:August 2025 Potpourri DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\nVarious talks by our members.  Details to be announced closer to the date. URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/august-2025-potpourri/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250718T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250718T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133231 CREATED:20250610T221906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250610T222235Z UID:4729-1752868800-1752876000@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:July 2025 Potpourri DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\nVarious talks by our members.  Details to be announced closer to the date. URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/july-2025-potpourri/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250613T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250613T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133231 CREATED:20250408T140921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250610T223135Z UID:4634-1749844800-1749852000@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:June 2024 Potpourri DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\n\n\nHaricharan Amuthan: \nMeasuring distances to celestial objects.\n \nJohn Marchese:\nStarfest 2025 – What to expect and how to get the most out of Southern Ontario’s biggest astronomy festival.\n \nDavid Maynard\nTax advantaged ways of contributing to the National RASC\n \nAlan Connery & Jo Vandendool\nAdditions to the Equipment Loan Program\n \nRaghav Dewett\nKahoot! Quiz URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/june-2024-potpourri/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250509T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250509T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133231 CREATED:20250318T233244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T224108Z UID:4504-1746777600-1746810000@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:May Potpourri DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\nStay tuned. URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/may-potpourri/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250411T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250411T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133231 CREATED:20250108T013648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250331T170800Z UID:4362-1744401600-1744408800@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri - April DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\nStay tuned… URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/porpourri-april/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250307T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250307T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133231 CREATED:20250108T012246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T162131Z UID:4344-1741377600-1741384800@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri - March DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\nChris Malicki presents a Travel Story: \nAstronomy in London art: Astronomical themes in paintings from the great London museums. \n \nChris McNeely presents a Book Review:\nA History of the Universe in 21 Stars (and 3 imposters) by Giles Sparrow\n \nPurvesh Dave presents a Travel Story:\nMy trip to Australia: Sharing pictures of the southern hemisphere night sky.\n \n\nRon Macnaughton\nTrips to Mars – getting there and surviving there: After the Apollo landings many thought a trip to the solar system’s second best planet for life would happen soon. Ron will explain various issues which will have to be resolved before the next “giant leap”. \n \nSwapna Shrivastava \nSneak peak of the Seestar S30 (Astronomy equipment) URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-march/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250207T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250207T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133231 CREATED:20250108T011653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T153923Z UID:4338-1738958400-1738965600@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri - January DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members + 1 Professor\n\nProf. John Moores – Book Review – “Daydreaming in the Solar System” which combines science and story to explain what it might feel like to be immersed in other planetary environments. Books will be signed and available for sale ($40).\nRandy Attwood – The Moon’s path through the ecliptic changes over time. The recent occultations of the Pleiades occur in groups with long gaps in between. We’ll look at why this is.\nChris Malicki – A tale of two eclipses\nRob Neill & Swapna Shrivastava – New Equipment hands-on URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-night-10/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250110T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250110T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20250101T143429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250108T012909Z UID:4278-1736539200-1736546400@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri - January DESCRIPTION:Various talks by our members:\nWendy Belcher – Travel story \nEgypt and the stars \nAnagha Samaga – Calculating the age of the universe! \nA layman’s guide to calculating the age of the universe using nothing but Excel and the InternetElijah D’Souza – York University Visit \nRagav Dewett \n“Kahoot: Put your knowledge of night sky and space facts to test in a MCQ format trivia and learn something new.Smartphones & Internet connection required” URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-2/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241206T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241206T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20240828T135145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241203T193307Z UID:4042-1733515200-1733522400@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:December Potpourri Meeting DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\nSwapna Shrivastava – Ireland from the perspective of the Neolithic and Star Wars Mayank Ghai – Wind tunnels: Wind Engineering giving wings to fly Dennis Gasparotto – Dwarf Galaxies: The mystery of Leo Dwarf Galaxy \nHoliday Celebration with Moon cookies and more! \nRyan Zhu (Svbony) & Kevin and Noor (Telescopes Canada) – The Svbony telescope donation & telescope equipment discussion URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/december-potpourri-meeting/ LOCATION:DV2080 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241108T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241108T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20240828T134855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T225137Z UID:4036-1731096000-1731103200@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:November Potpourri DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting \nUTM student talks:\nJoseph Tang:  Searching for Stellar Streams with 10 Million Stars in the Milky Way \nAlyssa Atkinson: Very Long Baseline Interferometry Timing for Localizations \nMember talks:\nDalisay Perez: Northern Lights from an airplane \nKeith Jarvie and Fred Benedikt: Light Pollution Abatement – As Easy as a Walk in the Park?  URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/november-potpourri/ LOCATION:DV2080 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241004T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241004T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20240828T134557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240930T180626Z UID:4029-1728072000-1728079200@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:October Potpourri DESCRIPTION:Raghav:  Building a Dobsonion base (15 mins) \nDavid: Yerkes Observatory (15mins) \nPurvesh Dev: Common myths in astronomy \nRaghav: Kahoot (15-20 mins) URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/october-potpourri/ LOCATION:DV2080 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240906T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240906T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20240828T134328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240902T224046Z UID:4026-1725652800-1725660000@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:September Potpourri DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\n  \nRandy Attwood: Canada’s First Astronaut – 40 year anniversary \nOn October 5\, 1984\, Marc Garneau became Canada’s first space traveler when he was launched on the Space Shuttle Challenger during the 13th Space Shuttle mission\, STS 41-G. Randy will show some pictures of the event to celebrate this special anniversary.\nChris Malicki: A solar system project in Anstruther\, Scotland \nSwapna Shrivastava: My experience with my new telescope: the Seestar S-50\nSmart All-In-One APO Telescope \nKeith Jarvie: Starfest experience URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/september-potpourri/ LOCATION:DV2080 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240816T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240816T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20240605T153943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T151354Z UID:3917-1723838400-1723845600@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:August Potpourri DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\n\nRizkallah Botros – First observations to successful astrophotography from an aspiring astrophysicist\nRaghav Dewett – Starfest 2024 highlights and A two wheeled journey to Aurora\nStarfest talks from various members  URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/august-potpourri/ LOCATION:UTM Davis (DV) 3140 CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240719T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240719T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20240605T153804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240701T154431Z UID:3912-1721419200-1721426400@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:July Potpourri DESCRIPTION:Kirby: update on dark sky observing sites for the Centre\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n John and Leslie: Starfest 2024\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Randy: a talk on the 55th anniversary of the Apollo mission.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Raghav: Trivia quiz using Kahoot (requires smartphones) URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/july-potpourri/ LOCATION:UTM IB 120\, Instructional Centre\,\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5L 1J7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240607T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240607T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20240602T180301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240608T004458Z UID:3897-1717790400-1717797600@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:June Potpourri DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\n\n2023 Astrophotography Contest\nAurora Chasing\nAurora Photos\nPlanning your astronomy sessions. URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri/ LOCATION:UTM IB 120\, Instructional Centre\,\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5L 1J7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/potpourri_meeting_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240510T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240510T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20240311T212418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T175536Z UID:3535-1715371200-1715378400@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri Meeting DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – Eclipse Experiences by members\nWe’ll have a number of short talks by members relating their eclipse travel experiences! \nThere will be snacks at the break. URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-meeting-26/ LOCATION:UTM Davis (DV) 3140 CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rasc_logo_mississauga.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240412T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240412T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20240311T211900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240412T191658Z UID:3523-1712952000-1712959200@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri Meeting DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – Special Eclipse Recap by members\n***** NOTE ROOM CHANGE TO DV2072 ***** \nThis meeting will feature a number of reports from members on their total solar eclipse experiences. \nThere will be snacks at the break! \n  URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-meeting-25/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240308T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240308T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20240207T193800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240304T160743Z UID:3417-1709928000-1709935200@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri Meeting DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\n\nGetting Ready For the Solar Eclipse – Randy Attwood – This talk will review a few things we can do to get ready for a solar eclipse.  This is a talk mainly directed at those who will be seeing their first total solar eclipse.\nA Book review: The Origin of Time\, Stephen Hawkings Final Theory by Thomas Hertog – Reviewed by David Maynard\nSolar filters – Allan\n2017 eclipse journey – Shakeel Anwar\nInteractive component – Centre’s Solar scope demo – Shakeel Anwar\nIntro to Astrophotography course– Dennis Gasparotto URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-meeting-24/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MRASC-COLOUR-250.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240209T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240209T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20240112T162913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240205T181001Z UID:3391-1707508800-1707516000@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri Meeting DESCRIPTION:Dr Chris Malicki  “Observing the flash spectrum at a solar eclipse”    \nRon Macnaughton     “How Ancients Predicted Eclipses”. It describes patterns observed by Babylonians and Greeks\, with comments on modern techniques. \nMatteo Statti   I have put together a presentation about the Antique Telescope Society Convention I attended in Italy in October. \nJohn Marchese   An update on the Centre’s Solar Eclipse Group’s plans to drive to the US to see the eclipse URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-meeting-23/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/230623142359-05-solar-eclipse-2017-file-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240112T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240112T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20240106T215706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240112T154820Z UID:3339-1705089600-1705096800@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri Meeting DESCRIPTION:Meeting cancelled due to inclement weather. URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-meeting-22/ LOCATION:UTM Davis (DV) 3140 CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/230623142359-05-solar-eclipse-2017-file-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231208T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231208T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20230812T153411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231206T214451Z UID:3021-1702065600-1702072800@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri Meeting Friday December 8 DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\n Talk information to come\n Location information to come \n ZOOM link to come   URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-meeting-friday-december-8/ CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MASLOGOOVAL-RASC.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231110T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231110T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20230812T152857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231107T160924Z UID:3019-1699646400-1699653600@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri Meeting Friday November 10 DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\nRobin Metcalfe – The Astronomer in Residence (AIR) program at Killarney Provincial Park\, an outreach program jointly created and administered by Ontario Parks and the Allen I. Carswell Observatory at York University. I will describe the program and the criteria for applying and share some tales from my recent  AIR gig.\nSwapna Shrivastava  – A visit to European Space Agency (ESA)- ESTEC\, Netherlands\nRon Macnaughton  – “A low tech way to observe the partial solar eclipse”  /   “Finding aliens means studying new sorts of planets”.\nAnnular Eclipse  October 14\nChris Malicki   The annular eclipse from Utah and New Mexico\nKirby Alguire    The annular eclipse as seen from Kerrville\, TX URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-meeting-friday-november-10/ LOCATION:DV2082 William Davis Building UTM\, 3359 Mississauga Rd\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5L 1C6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Eclipse_smaller.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231013T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231013T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20230812T151847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T161204Z UID:3017-1697227200-1697234400@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri Meeting Friday October 13 DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members \nTalk information to come  \nLocation information to come \n ZOOM link to come   URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-meeting-friday-october-13/ CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MASLOGOOVAL-RASC.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230908T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230908T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20230905T164322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230905T164514Z UID:3077-1694203200-1694210400@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri Meeting Friday Sept. 8 DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\nSpeaker: Swapna\nTitle: A visit to the European Space Agency-ESTEC in the Netherlands\nDescription:   Highlights of the ESA facility in the Netherlands \nSpeaker: Dana Adhis & Ruyi Xu\nTitle: Enhancing Astronomy Education with Digital Telescope Labs\nDescription:  Our project explores integrating the eVscope to create astronomy labs for students in order to improve their self-efficacy\, confidence in the material\, and learning outcomes which include comprehension\, communication and critical thinking. \nSpeaker: Joseph Tang\nTitle: The 3D Dust Temperature Map’s Correlation with 3D Stellar Luminosity Fields\nDescription: Using Gaia DR3 data\, the 3D stellar radiation field around star formation regions was calculated and correlated with a 3D temperature map of the Interstellar dust in the Milky Way.” \nThis meeting is in-person only at University of Toronto in room DV2082. URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-meeting-friday-sept-8/ LOCATION:DV2082 William Davis Building UTM\, 3359 Mississauga Rd\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5L 1C6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/polaris_double_star.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230825T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230825T213000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20230809T202534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230824T185239Z UID:2993-1692991800-1692999000@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri Meeting Friday\, August 25 DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\nReports from Starfest\nRon Macnaughton – the Indian and Canadian Lunar Rover programs\nThis is a ZOOM only meeting – Link to Zoom meeting     URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-meeting-friday-august-25/ LOCATION:Zoom meeting CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/india-Chandrayaan-3-moon-landing-48643.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230721T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230721T210000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20230718T173727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230719T142647Z UID:2981-1689967800-1689973200@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri Meeting - Starfest Preview and more! DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members  (note 7:30 pm start time) \nJohn Boyd – Amateur Radio Astronomy – A Quick Look       This talk briefly explores the opportunities and challenges of amateur radio astronomy in 15 minutes. Advances in electronics make it possible to carry out experiments with a  modest investment  today.  Is anyone else in the club interested ? \nRick Veregin –    Imaging Two Galaxies and One Supernova  I will share my imaging setup and protocol and my recent images of M101 (The Pinwheel Galaxy) with SN2023ixf \,as well as M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy). \nJohn Marchese & Leslie Strike – Starfest 2023 Preview. \nStarfest 2023 will be on Aug 17-20. This talk is for anyone who’s planning to go\, thinking about it or just curious. If you’ve never been to this or any other star party\, we’ll tell you what it’s about and how you can share the experience with the many Mississauga Centre members who attend. Starfest2023 Registration \nJoin Zoom meeting URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-meeting-starfest-preview-and-more/ LOCATION:Zoom meeting CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/100-worlds_spotlight-radio_feat_vla.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230512T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230512T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20230430T144048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230512T144352Z UID:2763-1683921600-1683928800@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri Meeting DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting \nHost: Randy Attwood\nChris Malicki – Some Favourite Spring Galaxies\nRon Macnaughton –   A failed attempt to get a star trails photo\nStephen Mallia  NEAF\, The Return!  Four years in the making. 4 years later\, NEAF returns and didn’t disappoint.  With vendors\, merchants\, talks from legends and more.  \nDavid Maynard – A Book Review – A Student’s Guide to the Mathematics of Astronomy  by Daniel Fleisch and Julia Kregenow\nMatteo Statti   “The Mystery of the Marsh Telescope”  “This presentation is about how I found an antique telescope and the journey of finding it’s maker.”\nZOOM link to join the meeting  URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-meeting-21/ LOCATION:DV2082 William Davis Building UTM\, 3359 Mississauga Rd\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5L 1C6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Matteo-Scope.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230414T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230414T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20230404T012415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T022013Z UID:2686-1681502400-1681509600@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri Meeting DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members \nTalk information to come \nZOOM link to come URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-meeting-20/ LOCATION:Room DV 1142 William Davis Building CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MASLOGOOVAL-RASC.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230310T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230310T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T133232 CREATED:20230307T174803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230310T204212Z UID:2566-1678478400-1678485600@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Potpourri Meeting DESCRIPTION:Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members\nHost: Allan Connery \nNOTE: THIS MEETING WILL BE ZOOM ONLY DUE TO WEATHER\nPresentations \nDr. Lea Hirsch: “The most distant galaxies ever discovered?” A discussion about the high-redshift galaxies newly discovered by JWST \nKirby Alguire: “Astronomy Travelogue:  Lick Observatory in California” … and some shots of the recent Jupiter-Venus conjunction. \nRandy Attwood: “Chasing Solar Eclipses” \nDr. Robin Metcalfe: Book Recommendation for Historical Sci-Fi Fans: Galileo’s Dream\, by Kim Stanley Robinson \nJake Benbihy: “Capturing Sunrises and Sunsets“  Photographing sunsets and sunrises with polarizers and filters. \n  \nZOOM link – click here to join URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/potpourri-meeting-19/ LOCATION:Room DV 1142 William Davis Building CATEGORIES:Potpourri Meeting ORGANIZER;CN="Allan Connery":MAILTO:memmtg@mississauga.rasc.ca END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR