… or, How the University of Saskatchewan Got its First Robotic Telescope Nearly two years ago, in July 2018, I attended the joint Astronomy Teaching Summit & Robotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education conference in Hilo, Hawaii. It was a wonderful conference in a beautiful place, and I was fortunate to have a few extra […]

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By Ron Waldron (This article originally appeared the May 2019 issue of Saskatoon Skies, the RASC Saskatoon Centre monthly newsletter. Reprinted here with permission from the author.) My connection with the U of S Observatory began in May of 1970.  I was a grade 12 student about to graduate from Aden Bowman Collegiate when one […]

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