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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 Moment 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