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Nicole Mortillaro

The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) was founded ad hoc in 1868 and incorporated in 1890 with a dual membership of professionals and amateurs. It has 29 Canadian chapters and over 5,000 members. The Journal of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada is entering its 117th year of publication, and the RASC also produces a number of other publications and guidebooks.

Nicole Mortillaro is an avid amateur astronomer, author, editor, Senior Science Reporter for CBC News and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. She is the author of Saturn, and lives in Toronto, Canada.

Books by Nicole Mortillaro

2025 Night Sky Almanac

2024 Night Sky Almanac

Searching Beyond the Stars

2023 Night Sky Almanac

2022 Night Sky Almanac

Science of Song, The

2021 Night Sky Almanac

L' hiver au Canada : Les machines

Winter in Canada: Machines

Willie O'Ree

Jarome Iginla

Hockey Trailblazers

Saturn

Something to Prove

Alertes météo d`hiver