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Tony has long been interested in the natural world – both terrestrial and celestial; but only tested the astronomy waters in 2022 when he bought a telescope on a whim. Since then he has been enjoying visual observing and astrophotography – both from his Ottawa home, and FLO. He has been a RASC member since 2023, and has enjoyed sharing with, and learning from fellow members.
Tony works in the Aerospace Centre of the National Research Council, and can often be found in Gatineau Park; on foot or on skis!
Bob is an avid and experienced astro-imager, and a frequent and prolific contributor to the monthly observation reports at RASC Ottawa meetings. He has engineered his own observing platform (more than once). A true Renaissance Man, he blends these mechanistic pursuits with an interest in the history of astronomy, and alligators.
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Taras graduated from Lviv Polytechnic University in Ukraine, majored in Computer Science; currently work in IT as Senior Web Developer; RASC member since 2015; interests – astrophotography and visual observations, got some hands-on experience in planetary photography. Remembered for forgetting to remove my solar filters during 2017 total eclipse while imaging.
Experienced Web Developer with a demonstrated history of working in the telecommunications industry. Highly skilled in PHP, Magento, MySQL, Perl, JavaScript, jQuery and Ajax. Strong engineering professional.
An active Ottawa Centre member and visual discoverer of four comets. He received the Chant Medal in 1979.
David Levy’s tribute to Rolf is available at https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/rolf-g-meier-1953-2016/
Amateur astronomer The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) 1990 – present 30+ years
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) Teacher
2001 – Sep 2018 17 years teaching Senior Physics and Junior Science, some Math and Computer Science courses. Ontario curriculum: SPH4U, SPH3U, SPH4C, SNC1P, SNC1D, SNC2P, SNC2D, MPM1D, MBF3C, ICS2O
De La Salle University Manila Part-time Lecturer
2007 – 2008 1 year Lecture course in Physics for non-Science majors, First and Second-year laboratory courses for Physics and Engineering students.
Manila Science High School Part-time teacher
2006 – 2008 2 years Special interest course and contest preparation in Lego robotics.
Paul Klauninger is a graduate of the University of Toronto, where he studied Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences. He has been passionate about astronomy since childhood and involved in astrophotography for over 30 years. Paul has lectured on astronomy, astro-imaging, and space travel at the Canada Museum of Science & Technology as well as teaching undergrad astronomy at Carleton University. Paul is a regular guest speaker on astronomical imaging at Carleton University and has also conducted astronomy workshops and school outreach activities for the Ottawa Board of Education.
I manage all financial matters of the Centre including:
- preparing the Centre’s budget, presenting it to the board for approval, and ensuring that Centre activities adhere to the budget
- maintaining accurate financial records throughout the year to be reviewed at any time by members, other officers, or administration.
- informing the Centre’s directors and members of its financial strengths and weaknesses.
- filing appropriate forms with the Canada Revenue Agency to maintain the Centre’s status as a Registered Charitable organization.
- disbursing funds and paying bills promptly as approved by the board of directors.
- depositing centre funds & reconciling bank statements.
Malcolm Loro is an avid astro-photographer and has been a member of RASC Ottawa since 2023, where he has presented on techniques for narrow-band photography and image processing.
His passion for astronomy began in childhood, inspired by views through his father’s homemade Newtonian telescope.
When not wishing for clear skies he can be found on his bike, at the curling club or at his piano.
His latest astrophotography work can be found at [his Astrobin profile] https://www.astrobin.com/users/Waxing_and_Waning/
Astro-photographer capturing and portraying the real colours of the cosmos.
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Rick’s interests in astronomy cover many fields: he has observed or imaged over a hundred comets, measured the rotation periods of asteroids, imaged trans-neptunian objects and gamma ray burst afterglows, timed exo-planet transits, and completed the Williamson Lunar Certificate, Lunar 1000 Challenge and the Finest NGC certificate.
But photometry – the measurement of the brightness of objects in the heavens and the basis of much of our knowledge of stars and the universe- has been Rick’s focus since building his first observatory in 2007, especially RR Lyrae stars with over 70,000 images. He continues to work at improving the quality of his photometry, developing new observing techniques, writing scripts to reduce the workload and building yet another telescope to collect more data.
Andrea is an Ottawa lawyer by profession and a long time eclipse chaser and amateur astronomer.
Years of star hopping left her unprepared to handle her spanking new computerized telescope. This lay quiet and undisturbed in her basement while she raised her children. However during the lockdowns of the Covid pandemic she set up the scope in her basement and stayed there until she ran through every possible menu in the hand controller.
Andrea enjoys astrophotography of every kind from solar system objects to far away galaxies. Her work has been published various astronomy publications and has won awards. She has completed several RASC astronomical certifications.
She is very grateful to her dear husband who is always willing to provide good company, as well as safety and security during her astronomical adventures.
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