The RASC Speaker Directory is a service of the Society to help link qualified and enthusiastic astronomy speakers with your local Centre, service club or other group. If you want to find out about astronomy then we're happy to share the wonders of the universe with you. Use the listings below to identify candidates and contact them.
Getting the most out of your beginner Telescope, Gems of the Summer Skies, Explore the Moon
Astronomy Ambassador
Meteorites: The fossil remnant of our solar system's formation., Meteorite hunting at Buzzard Coulee SK and Whitecourt AB, Expeditions to Darkness, my life as a solar eclipse chaser., 30 years of Astrophotography
Pro-Am Presenter
"The Discovery of Our Galaxy", "All About Globular Clusters", "Neutrinos and Astronomy"
Astronomy Ambassador
Who was J.S. Plaskett?, Aspects of the history of astronomy in Canada up to 1950
Astronomy Ambassador
Stellar Evolution the birth and Death of Stars (incl. Variable Stars), Telescope 101, The Motion of the Earth and the Sky: Diurnal Motion, Zodiac, Coordinate Systems, Introduction to the Science of the Auroras
Astronomy Ambassador
"Under Southern Skies", Sept. 2018 (a tour of the southern skies as photographed from Australia, May 2018), "There's No Place Like Home", July 2018 (astrophotographic presentation about our milky Way galaxy delivered at the General Assembly in Calgary), "Astrophotography with portable mounts", 2016 (astrophotography from handheld to equipment such as tripods, tracking mounts, and larger equatorial mounts), "Photographing the Moon", 2015 (techniques and equipment for producing good quality photographs of Earth's natural satellite)
Astronomy Ambassador
Major Migrations: Rearranging the Solar System, Exoplanets: The Weird and Wonderful, What is a Planet?, Loony Moons
Astronomy Ambassador
high-energy astrophysics, stellar evolution, , gravitational radiation, , galaxy evolution,, neutron stars, black holes
Astronomy Ambassador