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-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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240719T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240719T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 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:20240717T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240717T223000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20240424T013052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T175534Z UID:3629-1721250000-1721255400@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Riverwood Star Party DESCRIPTION:Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy \nWe’re a GO FOR TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY)!\n\nPlease register on the Riverwood website URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/riverwood-star-party-7/ LOCATION:Riverwood Park\, Mississauga\, 4300 Riverwood Park Lane\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5C 2S7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Star Party END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240621T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240621T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20240515T223749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240605T153154Z UID:3726-1719000000-1719007200@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:To Bennu and back: The OSIRIS-REx mission and the significance to Canada DESCRIPTION:Talk Synopsis\nThe OSIRIS-REx mission is a NASA-lead mission to a carbonaceous Near-Earth Asteroid Bennu and return the sample back to Earth in September 2023. An extended mission will take the spacecraft into orbit around near-Earth asteroid Apophis in 2029. OSIRIS-REx was launched on September 8\, 2016 and rendezvoused with Bennu on December 3\, 2018. It then spent a significant time analyzing the surface of the asteroid\, which several instruments\, including OLA a Canadian instrument. On October 20\, 2020 OSIRIS-REx touched down on Bennu and successfully collected a sample. As part of Canada’s contribution to the mission\, it will receive 4% of the returned mass\, for which we are actively preparing for. As the initial letter in the acronym OSIRIS-REx signifies one of the core mission objectives is to return a sample of an asteroid to help us better understand the origins not only of the solar system but perhaps also ourselves. The material returned is expected to enable scientists to learn more about the formation and evolution of the solar system\, its initial stages of planet formation\, and the source of organic compounds that led to the formation of life on Earth. \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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio: Dr. Tait is the Senior Curator of Mineralogy and oversees all the collections and research programmes related to meteorite\, gem\, mineral and petrology at ROM. She is also a cross-appointed Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Toronto. Dr. Tait started studying geology at the University of Manitoba\, and although many aspects of geology interested her\, her second-year mineralogy course stuck out as her favorite. It gave her the opportunity to learn about different types of minerals\, how to identify them\, and the chemical formulas that apply to each of them. She leads a research program employing diffraction and spectroscopy to characterize phosphate and phosphide minerals and analog synthetic phases at ambient and extreme conditions in terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials. Her program currently has a strong focus on Martian meteorites\, but she is interested in rare achondrites and lunar samples. She is a member of the Mars Sample Return Campaign group\, a joint NASA-ESA group which is planning for the return of Mars samples in the 2030s. She is also a co-investigator on the science team for the Canadian instrument OLA on the OSIRIS-REx mission. \nPhoto credit: ROM/Paul Eekhoff \nBanner Credit: https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/osiris-rex.html URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/to-bennu-and-back-the-osiris-rex-mission-and-the-significance-to-canada/ LOCATION:UTM Davis (DV) 3140 CATEGORIES:Speaker Night ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/osirus_rex.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240618T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240618T223000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20240424T012342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240618T155709Z UID:3627-1718701200-1718749800@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Riverwood Star Party DESCRIPTION:Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy \nPlease register on the Riverwood website URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/riverwood-star-party-6/ LOCATION:Riverwood Park\, Mississauga\, 4300 Riverwood Park Lane\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5C 2S7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Star Party 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:20240607T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240607T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 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:20240524T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240524T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20240311T212618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240321T192305Z UID:3539-1716580800-1716588000@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Speaker Night - John E. Moores - Our Celestial Rosetta Stone DESCRIPTION:JOHN E MOORES\, York University\nOur Celestial Rosetta Stone:Exploring our Family of Planets to Understand Processes Across the Cosmos \nIn the past 30 years\, telescopes in space and on the ground have discovered thousands of extrasolar planets\, providing us with a representative sample of the worlds that orbit other stars in our galaxy for the first time. However\, our knowledge of these planets is limited to no more than a few datapoints for each one by the vast distances that separates us. Yet\, though these places live mainly in our mind’s eye\, we can construct remarkably accurate pictures of the processes which dominate their environments. We can do this because of our understanding of planetary processes that we have gained through 62 years of robotic solar system exploration. This hard-won experience\, like a celestial Rosetta Stone\, allows us to translate our sparse information about the exoplanetary realm into the language of our familiar solar family of planets. However\, unlike the famous artifact\, we can still write new chapters to the translation. Exoplanets tell us about the full diversity of worlds and their circumstances while robotic space exploration missions consider a single representative world from that set up close. Thus\, exoplanetary astronomy and solar system exploration are disciplines in dialogue. By deeply interrogating our nearest neighbors we can expand our understanding of planets everywhere. \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 E Moores is the York Research Chair in Space Exploration and the Director of the Technologies for Exo/Planetary Science NSERC CREATE. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars\, Artists and Scientists and the recipient of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute’s 2022 McCurdy Award. John holds a B.A.Sc. from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in Planetary Science. An author on nearly 80 peer reviewed publications in planetary science\, John has also been a member of five NASA and ESA-led space mission teams. The contributions of his research group to robotic space exploration have been recognized with sixteen NASA group achievement awards. His first popular science book\, Daydreaming in the Solar System\, co-authored with colleague Jesse Rogerson\, will be published by the MIT Press in October. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This will be an in-person meeting only. \nPhoto by Shakeel Anwar \n  URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/speaker-night-john-e-moores/ LOCATION:DV3130 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Speaker Night ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/saturn_jupiter_shakeel.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240514T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240514T223000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20240424T011838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240515T190604Z UID:3621-1715677200-1715725800@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Riverwood Star Party DESCRIPTION:Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy \nWEDNESDAY – IT’S A GO! We will also have a table with monitors showing recent eclipse and aurora images! \nPlease register on the Riverwood website URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/riverwood-star-party-5/ LOCATION:Riverwood Park\, Mississauga\, 4300 Riverwood Park Lane\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5C 2S7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Star Party ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Riverwood-Aug-28.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240510T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240510T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 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:20240426T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240426T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20240311T212139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T020822Z UID:3528-1714161600-1714168800@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Speaker Night - Jellyfish in the Sky: Ram-Pressure Stripping in Galaxy Clusters DESCRIPTION:Jellyfish in the Sky: Ram-Pressure Stripping in Galaxy Clusters\n\nGalaxies are shaped by the environments around them\, resulting in an infinite variety of shapes\, colors\, and dynamics.  Galaxy clusters are one of the most extreme environments in the universe\, whose member galaxies are transformed by the cluster as they fall into its gravitational field. When encountering these dense environments\, interactions with hot gas between members of a cluster can push gas out of a galaxy in a process called ram-pressure stripping\, which results in a metamorphosis into a jellyfish galaxy before shutting off star formation. Jellyfish galaxies keep their stars and dark matter untouched\, but the gas is pulled away from the galaxy resulting in a morphology similar to jellyfish tentacles – beautifully marking the transition between an isolated galaxy and a member of a cluster. This talk will discuss the processes surrounding ram pressure stripping and the dance of galaxies\, dark matter\, and intra-cluster gas\, and will include an interpretive dance performance! \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 \n Bio: Dr. Leo Yvonne Alcorn is a postdoctoral researcher at the David A Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of Toronto and received her doctorate from Texas A&M University in 2019. Her research focuses on all aspects of galaxy clusters\, but particularly the effects of the cluster environment on the properties of their member galaxies. She is expanding her areas of expertise into astronomical pedagogy and the relationship between astronomy and speculative fiction. In her free time\, she screams into the abyss of the night sky\, reads and writes tomes of horror and wonder (she is a cosmic horror fiction enthusiast)\, and dutifully serves her two feline companions\, Eris and Kobu. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This will be an in-person meeting only but will be available on our website a few days later. URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/jellyfish-in-the-sky-ram-pressure-stripping-in-galaxy-clusters/ LOCATION:UTM Davis (DV) 3140 CATEGORIES:Speaker Night ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/galaxy_shape.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240416T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240416T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20231101T134153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T193451Z UID:3142-1713299400-1713304800@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Riverwood Star Party DESCRIPTION:Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy \nPlease register on the Riverwood website URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/riverwood-star-party-4/ LOCATION:Riverwood Park\, Mississauga\, 4300 Riverwood Park Lane\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5C 2S7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Star Party ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Riverwood-Aug-28.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240412T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240412T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 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:20240322T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240322T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20240227T210440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240311T211329Z UID:3432-1711137600-1711144800@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Speaker Event - Astrosleuthing an Aurora: Robin Metcalfe DESCRIPTION:Historical records as old as the first millennium BCE contain reports of mysterious glowing lights in the night sky\, some of which have been attributed to aurorae. But how do we know that celestial phenomena described vaguely as an “unusual red glow”\, “a pre-dawn rainbow” or “a five-coloured light” can definitively be connected to auroral activity? In this talk\, I will explain the science behind the production of an aurora – from its origins at the Sun’s surface to the light show in Earth’s atmosphere – and in the process we will see how the evidence left behind by an aurora can be used to sleuth out its connection to ancient records.\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 Bio: Robin Metcalfe is a professor in the Division of Natural Science at York University\, where she has been teaching physics and astronomy courses for over 20 years. Robin’s PhD research pertained to extragalactic astronomy but her current interests are in the search for life beyond Earth and the implications of such a discovery on humanity. Through her teaching\, Robin shares her passion for the night sky and the outdoors. She teaches students to appreciate what the night sky has to teach us\, to gain perspective from our place in the Universe\, and to value our precious planet Earth. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This will be an in-person meeting only. URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/speaker-event-astrosleuthing-an-aurora/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Speaker Night ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Aurora_banner_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240308T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240308T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 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:20240223T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240223T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20240207T191335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T211449Z UID:3410-1708718400-1708725600@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Speaker Night / Annual General Meeting DESCRIPTION:A short presentation followed by the Centre’s 2023 Annual General Meeting \nSpeaker : Randy Attwood\, President\, Mississauga Centre \nTopic: Some recent solar eclipses. \nWith the April 8 solar eclipse fast approaching\, the speaker will look back at some past solar eclipse many RASC members have witnessed. \nAnnual General Meeting – Members can download the Agenda\, Financial information\, 2022 AGM minutes\, 2024 Council Slate and Secretary’s Report here:  MRASC AGM 2023 Meeting  (Members only – password required) \nZoom info\nMeeting Link \nMeeting ID:  889 0586 7458 URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/speaker-night-annual-general-meeting/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Speaker Night 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:20240209T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240209T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 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:20240126T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240126T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20231013T132411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240122T233625Z UID:3107-1706299200-1706306400@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:The Search for Life on Mars: NASA's Perseverance Rover Mission DESCRIPTION:The Search for Life on Mars: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Mission\nThe talk will provide an overview of the goals of the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission\, progress thus far\, and plans for returning samples from Mars. \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 Short Biography of Chris Herd \nChristopher (Chris) Herd has had the dream of studying rocks from Mars since the age of 13. After an undergraduate degree in Geological Sciences from Queen’s University in Kingston\, Canada\, he studied meteorites from Mars for his PhD at the University of New Mexico\, and then worked at the NASA Johnson Space Center. Since 2003 he has been a professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta. His research includes studies of meteorites of a variety of types\, as well as ways of curating meteorites and future returned samples under cold and clean conditions. He is the curator of the University of Alberta Meteorite Collection—the largest university-based meteorite collection in Canada\, and home to the world’s only meteorite curation facility that operates at cold temperatures. He is a Returned Sample Science participating scientist in the Perseverance rover mission.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This is an in-person meeting at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Dr. Herd will be joining us via ZOOM. URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/the-search-for-life-on-mars-nasas-perseverance-rover-mission/ LOCATION:DV2072 William Davis Building UTM CATEGORIES:Speaker Night ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/search_for_live_mars.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240112T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240112T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 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:20260419T151050 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:20231204T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231204T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20231102T150333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231102T151746Z UID:3146-1701718200-1701718200@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:New Members' Night DESCRIPTION:Great news! Please mark your calendars: The next RASC Mississauga New Members’ meeting is scheduled for Monday\, 4 Dec at 7:30 pm-8:30 pm over Zoom. \nWe are excited to share information about: \n\nThe Centre\nCentre Observing activities (Kirby)\nRASC publications (Betty)\n\nWhile this meeting is geared towards the Centre’s New Members\, everyone is welcome to attend! \nLogistics:\nThis will be a zoom meeting. \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nMeeting ID: 833 0601 9806 \n  \n  URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/new-members-night/ CATEGORIES:New Members' Night END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231124T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231124T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20231026T183052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231111T220157Z UID:3125-1700856000-1700863200@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Speaker Night - Dr. Matthew J.O Svensson / The Artemis Program and the 2023 Expedition to Kamestastin Lake\, Labrador DESCRIPTION:Talk Synopsis\nSince astronauts first explored the Moon during NASA’s Apollo program\, space exploration has been solidified as a crowned jewel of national achievement\, a symbol of technological advancement and international cooperation. NASA’s Artemis program was established in 2017 and its inaugural flight\, Artemis I\, performed an uncrewed flyby of the Moon in 2022.  With the planned launches of Artemis II and III in 2024 and 2025\, respectively\, the return of humans to the Moon is forthcoming. Artemis II will fly the first woman and the first Canadian to the Moon\, performing a flyby and returning to Earth. Subsequently\, Artemis III is planned to facilitate the first landing of humans on the lunar surface since Apollo 17 in 1972. In preparation of this endeavor\, a multinational and interdisciplinary team of astronauts\, scientists and engineers visited the Kamestastin (Mistastin) Lake impact structure in Labrador\, Canada\, in early September 2023. The rocks at Kamestastin Lake are mainly anorthosite\, a relatively rare rock-type on Earth\, but a rock-type that comprises most of the Moon. Additionally\, by virtue of also being an impact structure\, Kamestastin Lake is an ideal training ground for lunar exploration. Guided by members of the Innu Nation\, the team explored key sites at this impact structure\, trialing lessons and exercises with astronauts in the field. Here\, we provide an exposition of this journey\, an important step in the historic return of humans to the Moon. \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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio: Dr. Matthew Svensson is a planetary scientist with a passion for exploring the origins of life and the resources of the solar system beyond Earth. Matthew’s fundamental training is in geology\, focused on the impact cratering process and the nature of the rocks and minerals that it creates on the Earth\, the moon\, and Mars. He studies how diverse environments created in the aftermath of impact events\, such as crater lakes and hydrothermal systems\, can be suitable for microbial life and explores the many possible roles of clay minerals in this process. Matthew also contributes to refining workflow strategies for astronaut-based geological surveys of the lunar surface and for rover operations on the moon and Mars. Contributing a perspective grounded in geology\, Matthew endeavors to advance our understanding of life and to push the frontier of crewed solar system exploration. URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/speaker-night-dr-matthew-j-o-svensson-the-artemis-program-and-the-2023-expedition-to-kamestastin-lake-labrador/ LOCATION:DV2082 William Davis Building UTM\, 3359 Mississauga Rd\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5L 1C6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Speaker Night ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mistastin_impact_crater_Charles_O_Dale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231110T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231110T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 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:20231027T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231027T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20230810T175905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T180548Z UID:3001-1698436800-1698444000@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Speaker Night - Dr. J. Luna Zagorac DESCRIPTION:What we can’t see in the Universe (and why it might be fuzzy)\nSynopsis: Most people look up at the night sky to admire its host of shiny\, glittering objects; and yet\, it’s really the stuff we don’t see that’s shaping our cosmos. Tune in to hear about how so-called dark matter is instrumental in building galaxies and why some scientists think it might be fuzzy. \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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio: Luna Zagorac is a postdoctoral researcher at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo\, ON. Luna received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 2022\, where her dissertation focused on computer simulations and observational signatures of ultralight (or fuzzy) dark matter. When not thinking about the things we can’t see in the Universe\, Luna works on mapping Ancient Egyptian diagonal star tables to observational astronomical data. Apart from research she enjoys science communication and writing for astrobites.org\, playing video games\, and roller skating. URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/speaker-night-dr-j-luna-zagorac/ LOCATION:DV2082 William Davis Building UTM\, 3359 Mississauga Rd\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5L 1C6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Speaker Night ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/black-hole-space-cosmos.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231024T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231024T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20231022T232505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231022T232645Z UID:3118-1698175800-1698184800@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Riverwood Star Party - October 24th DESCRIPTION:Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy\nPlease register on the Riverwood website:  https://theriverwoodconservancy.org/event/astronomy-night-5/ URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/riverwood-star-party-october-24th/ LOCATION:Riverwood Park\, Mississauga\, 4300 Riverwood Park Lane\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5C 2S7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Star Party ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Riverwood-Aug-28.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231013T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231013T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 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:20230926T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230926T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20230812T161248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230824T185350Z UID:3023-1695756600-1695765600@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Riverwood Star Party September 26 DESCRIPTION:Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy\nPlease register on the Riverwood website:  https://theriverwoodconservancy.org/event/astronomy-night-2/ URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/riverwood-star-party-september-26/ LOCATION:Riverwood Park\, Mississauga\, 4300 Riverwood Park Lane\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5C 2S7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Star Party ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Riverwood-Aug-28.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230922T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230922T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20230521T140735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230913T010915Z UID:2812-1695412800-1695420000@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Speaker Night - Alfred Ng (CSA) DESCRIPTION:Understanding Lunar Gateway Orbit\nThe Lunar Gateway will be placed in Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO). This presentation will explain to the audience why this is a fascinating choice. The presenter will walk through the audience first in the basics of Keplerian orbits. He will introduce concepts of halo orbit\, Lagrangian points\, delta-V and station keeping. To make the presentation accessible to all\, no mathematical formulas will be used. \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 Short Biography of Alfred Ng \nAlfred Ng obtained his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 1992. He joined the Canadian Space Agency as the Research Scientist the same year and he is currently Deputy Director in the Engineering & Capability Demonstration Directorate. He served for 6 years as the Chair of International Astronautical Federation Astrodynamics Committee. He is also a member of International Academy of Astronautics. Currently\, he is managing Stratospheric Balloon program and he is also the Technical Lead on Canadian CubeSat Project. He has authored and co-authored 14 journal publications and over 45 conference papers. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This is an in-person meeting at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Dr. Ng will be joining us via ZOOM. URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/speaker-night-alfred-ng-csa/ LOCATION:DV2082 William Davis Building UTM\, 3359 Mississauga Rd\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5L 1C6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Speaker Night ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/lunar_gateway_orbit.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230908T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230908T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 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:20230907T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230907T210000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20230904T173212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230904T173524Z UID:3071-1694115000-1694120400@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:2024 Solar Eclipse Meeting DESCRIPTION:If interested\, join us at 7:30pm to discuss travelling to the United States to observe the 2024 solar eclipse: \nClick here to join Zoom \nMeeting ID: 891 2452 0346\nPasscode: 328935 URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/2024-solar-eclipse-meeting/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:General Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2024_eclipse_path.png ORGANIZER;CN="John Marchese":MAILTO:mbr@mississauga.rasc.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230825T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230825T213000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 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:20230822T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230822T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T151050 CREATED:20230810T142344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230817T200924Z UID:2996-1692736200-1692741600@rasc.optunia.me SUMMARY:Riverwood Public Star Party DESCRIPTION:Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy\nPlease register on the Riverwood website:  https://theriverwoodconservancy.org/event/astronomy-night-4/ \nTuesday August 22\, 2023 (Weather backup date August 23)  8:30 – 10:00 pm URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/riverwood-public-star-party-5/ LOCATION:Riverwood Park\, Mississauga\, 4300 Riverwood Park Lane\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5C 2S7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Star Party ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rasc.optunia.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Riverwood-Aug-28.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR