{"id":6195,"date":"2026-06-08T22:23:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calgary.rasc.ca\/wp\/?page_id=6195"},"modified":"2026-06-09T19:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:28:47","slug":"6195-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/calgary.rasc.ca\/wp\/?page_id=6195","title":{"rendered":"Ask An Astronomer (CTV News &amp; RASC Calgary)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#162546&#8243; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; 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