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The Ottawa Centre is one of 29 centres of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada — an organization dedicated to the advancement of astronomy and allied sciences. The Ottawa Centre, formed in 1906, has approximately 400 members. Centre facilities include the Fred P. Lossing Observatory, near Almonte. The Centre also operates an astronomical book library and a telescope loan library. Membership in the Ottawa Centre is $70 per year for regular members (outside Canada, US $112) and $41 for junior members. Members receive the annual Observer's Handbook, the bimonthly electronic RASC Journal, the Canadian bimonthly magazine SkyNews, and 10 issues of the Ottawa Centre's newsletter, AstroNotes. Get in touch with the Ottaewa Centre at P.O. Box 33012, 1363 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa ON K2C 3Y9, or visit the Web site at http://www.ottawa.rasc.ca.