STARDUSTNewsletter of the Royal Astronomical Society of CanadaEdmonton Centre

January 2018 Volume 64 Issue 5

M1, the Crab Nebula, in Taurus. Image by Tom Owen. Imager's note: Imaged over two nights, December 8 and 13, 2017. Thirtynine subs totalling 157 minutes total exposure, using the Mallincam Universe and the Takahashi FS 102 with a 1.6x focal extender.

Inside this IssueContact Information................................................................................................................................................page 2Upcoming Events, Meetings, Deadlines, Announcements.....................................................................................page 3President's Message.................................................................................................................................................page 4Gallery.....................................................................................................................................................................page 6

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RASC Edmonton Centre Contact Information see also http://edmontonrasc.com/contact/

Mailing address RASC Edmonton Centre On the web http://edmontonrasc.com788, 10301 104 St. http://www.facebook.comEdmonton, AB, T5J 1B9 https://twitter.com/EdmontonRASCCanada http://www.youtube.com/user/edmontonrasc

Observing Deck 780-452-9100 x2249

Stardust submissions: Submit articles by email to the editor (see above). Please include the word Stardust in the subject.Submission deadline is the 2nd Sunday before the monthly meeting; see following page for dates. Any standard document file typeis acceptable (MSOffice, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, et al.) but plain text is preferred. Do not ayout and format your article. Yourlabour will only be discarded. Submit clearly identified images/graphics as separate files, do not embed them in the document;indicate captions and references to them within the text. Do not consider your article successfully submitted until you receive aconfirmation email from the editor.

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Council Posit ions Name email @ edmont onrasc.com

Honourary President Doug Hube

President Sharon Morsink president

Past President Luca Vanzella past_president

Vice President Geoff Robertson vice_president

General Secret ary Mike Szelewicki secretary

Treasurer Jay Lavender treasurer

Nat ional Council Represent at ive Alister Ling national_rep

Public Educat ion Direct or Clayton Knoll public_education

Fundraising Coordinat or Tom Owen fundraising_coord

Councillor Kent Martens councillors

Councillor Alex Neilson councillors

Councillor John Woolley councillors

Int ernal Communicat ions Of f icer Michael Ward internal_communications

Observing Group Direct or Larry Wood observing_group

Membership Secret ary Tom Owen membership

New Member Advisor Murray Paulson new_member_advisor

Appoint ed Of f icers

Casino Coordinat or vacant casino

Dark Sky Preserve Coordinat or Geoff Robertson dsp.coordinator

Equipment Direct or Kent Martens equipment

Library Coordinat or Mark Zalcik library

Light Pollut ion Abat ement Chair Doug Hube lightpollution

Out reach Coordinat or Bob Lawrence outreach

Public Relat ions Of f icer Geoff Robertson public_relations

Social Media Direct or Bruce McCurdy socialmedia

St ardust Edit or Michael Ward editor

Web Sit e Coordinat or Ryan May webmaster

Upcoming Events, Meetings, and Deadlines

Regular Meetings are held monthly (see below) from Septemberto June at 7:30pm in T ELUS World of Science, 11211 – 142 St.

Admission is free, and everyone is welcome to attend, member or not. Follow the signs from the main entrance.

Observers meetings are held monthly (see below) at Boston Pizza in The Mayfield Common, NE of intersection of 170 Street and Stony Plain Road. Contact the observing_group @ edmontonrasc.com for details.

Council meetings are held monthly (see below) from September to May at 7:15 in room 1-033 of the CCIS * Building on the U of A campus. Any RASC Edmonton member may attend.

* Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science

MEETINGSRegular meetings are free and open the public

* indicates date bumped by statutory holiday

Edmonton Area Astronomy Discussions: astro@mailman. srv. ualberta. caTo subscribe, send a blank email to: astro-request@mailman. srv. ualberta. ca with the subject line: subscribe

The above mailing list is completely independent and is not associated with RASC Edmonton Centre in any way.

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President's Message by Sharon Morsink

The Earth has once again travelled to its closest approach tothe Sun, which means that it's time to wish you a Happy NewYear!

The Franklin Celebration - Last month we celebratedFranklin Loehde's 65th year as a member of the RASC. Franklinhas played an important role both with the RASC and also inEdmonton's science community, helping found the EdmontonSpace and Science Centre, which is now known as TELUSWorld of Science.

At our December 2017 meeting, TWOSE and the EdmontonSpace and Science Foundation joined us in celebrating Franklin.Franklin will be moving to North Carolina soon. If you have notyet had a chance to say good-bye, he will most likely beattending the regular RASC meeting on Monday January 8, soyou can give him your greetings then. Many thanks to AlanNursall and Cathy Barton of TWOSE for organizing thewonderful reception!

Franklin and the Constellation Cake. Photo by Rick Bramm.

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From Left to Right - Ian McLennan (Planetarium Consultant and First Director of the Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium), Alan Nursall (President and CEO of TELUS World of Science Edmonton), Franklin Loehde (Fellow of the RASC), Sharon Morsink (President, Edmonton Centre RASC), Doug Hube (Fellow of the RASC). Photo by Rick Bramm.

RASC 150 - Now that the Canada 150 celebrations are over,it's time to start celebrating the 150th anniversary of the foundingof RASC! As a kick-off for this special anniversary, a nationalcross-Canada Sun-viewing party is being organized for theafternoon of Saturday January 27. We will be participating at theRASC Observatory. More details will be announced soon.

Youth Membership - Do you know of a young person whois interested in astronomy? If so, let them know about theEdmonton Centre's youth membership prize which will pay the

cost of a youth membership. The application form can be foundat:

https://edmontonrasc.com/2018/01/flyouth/

Astro Cafe - Did you or someone you know get a newtelescope from Santa? If you or your friend need help figuringout how to put together and use your telescope (even if it isn'tnew!) come out to the January 17 Astro Cafe: "How to Use ATelescope". This Astro Cafe is free and open to the public. It willtake place at Windsor Park Community League Hall. More:

https://edmontonrasc.com/2018/01/astro-cafe-jan-17-2018-how-to-use-a-telescope/

Clear Skies!

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Gallery

M36 in Auriga, 2017-12-08, by Tom Owen. Imager's note: Consists of 11 subs, total 22 minutes, taken with the Mallincam Universeand the Takahashi Fs102 with a 1.6x focal extender. Processed using Deep Sky Stacker and StarTools.

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M37 in Auriga, 2017-12-08, by Tom Owen. Imager's note: Consists of 11 subs totalling 22 minutes, using the MCU and the Tak at it'snative F8. I also employ a Baader UV/IR filter and an autoguider. Processed using Deep Sky Stacker and StarTools.

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