Friday, July 25, 2008
links to club and association sites
RASC http://rasc.ca
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, based in Toronto, contains regional
clubs from coast to coast. Local clubs conduct regular meetings and frequent observing
sessions. Membership has its privileges...
With membership now being "recognised" by some other chapters, it
might prove especially useful whilst I roam.
NYAA http://nyaa.ca
An active astronomy club based in North York. They are also the organisers of
Canada's biggest star party, StarFest, held annually in August near Mount Forest.
Durham Region Astronomical Association http://www.drastronomy.com
The DRAA is active in the region promoting astronomy and science and light pollution
abatement.
Hamilton Amateur Astronomers http://amateurastronomy.org
A group of individuals dedicated to the enjoyment and advancement of astronomy
based out of Hamilton. They conduct star parties at the Binbrook Conservation
Area.
Yahoo!Groups http://groups.yahoo.com/
I am a member in a number of groups in Yahoo, including Talking Telescopes,
Starry Nights, and Newtonian Reflectors. These are excellent spaces to table questions,
share knowledge, exchange tips and tricks and, where relevant, sightings.
USENET newsgroups http://google.com/
The original space in the internet to share ideas. It is harder to get to
this area now with internet service providers dropping this feature. But Google
Groups offer good access and permit posting (for free, as it should be). There
is still a reasonable amount of activity in the science.astronomy.amateur (SAA)
newsgroup.
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