Speaker: Dr Laurie Rousseau-Nepton is a resident astronomer at the Canada-France-Hawaii Observatory and was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hawaii between 2017 and 2019. First indigenous woman in Canada to obtain a PhD in astrophysics, she received her diploma from Université Laval by studying regions of stellar formation in spiral galaxies.
Dr Michelle Thaller of the Goddard Space Center, NASA talks about Space’s Scariest Monsters: Neutron Stars and Black Holes
Join us for this special Halloween Space Treat!
Getting The Most Out Of Your Beginner Telescope
Join Nova Scotia author and astronomer John A. Read as we explore the three most popular RASC certificate programs and using a finder and a star map to find the required targets (star hopping 101).
Speaker: Dr Lea Hirsch, University of Toronto - Mississauga
Here Come the Suns: The statistics and habitability of planets in binary star systems
Most planet searches focus on single stars, like the sun. But half of all sun-like stars actually live in binary or multiple stellar systems, whose planet-hosting capability may be quite different. In binary systems, planets can occupy either circum-stellar or circum-binary orbits, but many orbital configurations are thought to be unstable due to the effects of the binary companion. Binaries are also thought to affect the proto-planetary disks of their companions, potentially disrupting their ability to form planets at all.
2021 Annual Meeting
A review of the Mississauga Centre's activities during 2021.
Speaker: Dr JJ Kavelaars, University of Victoria
Topic: Exploring a new world on the Edge of the Solar System: New Horizons and Arrokoth.
Speaker: Dr Chris Impey Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
Topic: Astrobiology- How strange life might be?
Speaker: Dr. Samantha Lawler, University of Regina
Title: Megaconstellations of satellites are about to ruin the night sky for everyone
Speaker Night
Topic James Webb Space Telescope
Prof. John Percy: Misconceptions about the Universe: From Everyday Life to the Big Bang
Chris will discuss his experiences while observing the moon: for fun, for outreach, and for completing RASC's lunar observing programs. He'll share observing tips and target suggestions, and highlight some of the best books, apps, and web tools for exploring the moon from your driveway.
Speaker: Max King
Talk title: Space Exploration and Spacecraft Design