About-Monthly Meetings

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Next meeting

Next meeting is Friday, August 6, 2010.

Admission

Admission to RASC meetings is free, and meetings are open to the general public. Visitors are welcome -- you do not have to be a RASC member to attend.

Future Meetings

Meetings are generally held the first Friday of the month at 8:00 PM. This year's meeting dates are:

Jan 8, 2010	Jul 9, 2010
Feb 5, 2010	Aug 6, 2010
Mar 5, 2010	Sep 10, 2010
Apr 9, 2010	Oct 1, 2010
May 7, 2010	Nov 5, 2010
Jun 4, 2010	Dec 3, 2010

Members' Presentations

Members are invited to make presentations on subjects of interest at the meetings. A presenter's guide is available here.

Meeting Time and Location

Meetings are held in the Main Auditorium of the Canada Science and Technology Museum, 1867 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa. Parking is free during the evening hours of the meetings (but the museum is closed at those times, and access is available only to the auditorium).

The Helen Sawyer Hogg Observatory

The Helen Sawyer Hogg observatory is located on the grounds of the museum, and contains a classic 15-inch refracting telescope. (This is the instrument formerly located in the Dominion Observatory building on the grounds of the Central Experimental Farm, near Carling Avenue.) The observatory and telescope are open to the general public after some of the meetings (weather permitting).

The museum also offers a variety of astronomy education programs throughout the year.