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The R.A.S.C. Observer’s Handbook

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Roy L. Bishop
Roy L. Bishop*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B0P 1X0, Canada

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Except for two years, 1909 and 1910, the Observer’s Handbook of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada has been published every year since 1907. It was founded by Clarence Augustus Chant, who also was responsible for the founding at the University of Toronto, of Canada’s first and largest department of astronomy, and who established the David Dunlap Observatory, which contains the largest optical telescope in Canada. In addition, Chant served as Editor of the Observer’s Handbook for 50 years, which is the main reason I am only the fourth editor since 1907. I should mention that John Percy, Chairman of the Scientific Organizing Committee of this Colloquium, was the third editor.

Type
7. Teaching Aids and Resources
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 105: The Teaching of Astronomy , 1990 , pp. 225 - 226
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990