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April / avril 2009Vol. 103, No. 2 Whole Number 735contentstable des matièresFEATURE ARTICLES / ARTICLES DE FOND52 Helen Sawyer Hogg Memorial Lecture: TheArt of Gentle Persuasionby Phil Plait54 A New Major Observatory in Canadaby Frank P. RoyThe Helen Sawyer Hogg Memorial Lecturep. 5261 Exploring the Pingualuit Impact Craterby Charles O’Dale65 Aboriginal Sky Lore of the ConstellationOrion in North Americaby Frank Dempsey70 A Handwritten Copy of a Report by WilliamWales and Joseph Dymond of ObservationsTaken of the 1769 Transit of Venus at Princeof Wales Fort, Hudson’s Bay, Canada,Attributed to William Walesby Rita Griffin-ShortPen & Pixelp. 6674 Edmonton Centre Observers MeasureAsteroid 111 Ateby Alister LingAstrocryptic Answersp. 86The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of CanadaLe Journal de la Société royale d’astronomie du Canada
46 Editorialby Ralph Croning47 Society NewsDEPARTMENTS48 News Notes/En manchettesU of T Professor Collects Cosmology Prize at Harvard-Smithsonian Event/ Gold Medal for Exemplary Workin Astronomy/ Canadian Component of ALMAInitiative Progresses to Next Step50 Executive Perspectivesby Mary Lou Whitehorne86 Astrocryptic Answersby Curt Nason88 Discover Saskatchewan’s Living Skies90 Obituary: Jim McLeod, Winnipeg Centre90 Where is This Telescope?by Ed Majden91 Donation Reportby Denis GreyCOLUMNS66 Pen and Pixel: Clearwater Bay Moon/Moonand Venus Together/Buzzard CouleeMeteorite in Polarized Light/Orion Stepfocusby Mark Burnell/Ralph Croning/University of Alberta/John Mirtle76 On Another Wavelength: M81/M82 & Arp’sLoopby David Garner77 Through My Eyepiece: Perception andRealityby Geoff Gaherty79 Orbital Oddities: Buzzard Bolideby Bruce McCurdy82 Carpe Umbram: Amazing Tools for PlanningYour Occultationsby Guy Nason84 Quick Picks for Observingby Kim Hay85 A <strong>Moment</strong> With . . . Dr. Christian Maroisby Phil Mozel87 Gizmos: Springwater Observatoryby Don Van AkkerOn the Cover:IC432, is a large, round 12th-magnitude spiral type Sc galaxy inCamelopardalis. Visually, it appears as a small fuzzy nucleus surroundedby a very large and faint hazy glow. Serge Théberge took this image on2005 October 29 from Thornbury, Ontario. He used an SBIG ST-10XMEcamera with a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4.6 Newtonian reflector. Exposure was6 x 10 minutes in each of R, G, and B filters on a Losmandy G11 mount.April / avril 2009JRASCCelebrating the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009)45
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