Meetings of Halifax Centre are from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM on the FIRST SATURDAY of the month (except July and August). There may be exceptions if the date falls on a holiday weekend. All meetings and special sessions are recorded and are accessible on the RASC Halifax Centre YouTube channel.
Place: Room AT101, The Atrium,Saint Mary's University or by Zoom
We would love to see you at Saint Mary's University. However, if you are a distant member or would prefer not to attend at this time, you can attend via Zoom. If there is a change in location at SMU, we will notify members beforehand.
Register for the Zoom meeting using this link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Public Meeting
Welcome & Introductions - David Hoskin
Photo Montage - David Hoskin
Keynote Speakers - Blair MacDonald
Finding Exoplanets
With the advent of modern CMOS one shot colour (OSC) cameras and razor sharp optics, it has become possible to track down targets that were once the purview of professional equipment and observatories. Join us as Blair MacDonald recounts an urban driveway observation of the exoplanet HD189733-B and the science possible with modern OSC cameras. With a simple data set we can determine quite a few things about the HD189733 system, including the detection of the exoplanets atmosphere. Indeed, this was the main purpose of the experiment, to see of an exoplanet's atmosphere could be detected with an OSC camera as opposed to a more complicated spectrograph and monochrome imaging system.
Mary Lou Whitehorne -
SCO: Crap-tastic Toilet Training. If astronauts can do it, so can astronomers.
