The July 18 meeting of the RASC Mississauga Centre will feature talks on the recent General Assembly in Victoria, the upcoming Starfest weekend, light pollution in Mississauga and the centre's new solar telescope.
Leslie Strike - RASC GA Update
John Marchese - Review of Chris Hadfield's book - "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth"
Andrew Opala - Prepping for the Perseid Meteor Shower
Chris Malicki & Allan Connery - Our new Solar Telescope Show & Tell.
Leslie Strike & John Marchese - Starfest Update
The meeting will be held from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. at The University of Toronto,Mississauga Campus, in lecture hall SE2082 in the William Davis Building.
Potpourri meetings feature a series of short presentations on various astronomy and space topics given by members of the Mississauga Centre. The meeting is open to the public and is free.
Enter off of Mississauga Road. Park in lot 4 or the parkade, across from the fitness centre south of theDavis Building. Enter through the Fitness centre, walk up the stairs untilyou reach the main corridor then turn right. (If you need an elevator,follow the corridor to the right of the stairs, then go up to the mainfloor.) Look for the Mississauga Centre sign in front of the lecture room.
The centre's new solar telescope is checked out by Chris Maliicki and Gerard Foraie.
Post meeting plans: we usually continue the discussion post-meeting at a local bar – please join us!
