Join us for our monthly recreational astronomy night meeting. This is where our members get to show their latest projects or give tutorials and tips on just about everything to do with astronomy.
RASC Mississauga: Astronomy Night at the Riverwood Conservancy
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 -
8:30pm to 10:00pm
Explore the universe with members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Telescopes will be set up to provide amazing views of the Moon, the planets and more!
Telescopes will be available to view the Moon, the planet Jupiter with its moons, the planet Venus, and various deep-sky wonders. A local astronomer with a sky pointer will be on hand to trace out constellations. Dress warmly!
S. Walter Stewart Library: Toronto's Astronomical Heritage
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 -
6:30pm to 7:30pm
In this profusely-illustrated, non-technical presentation, you will discover how Toronto became a "centre of the universe" for astronomical research, education, and outreach, in parallel with the growth of our city and country, from 1840 to the present.
Monday, April 16, 2018 to Thursday, April 19, 2018
See the milky way and galaxies with the unaided eye. Point your telescope to find the many dim deep space objects that sprinkle the sky. Away from Toronto's light polution, there is so much to see.
Sunday, April 15, 2018 - 6:00pm to Monday, April 16, 2018 - 8:30pm
Solar System Social is a space-themed speaker series that brings exciting ideas and research from the field of planetary science to the general public in the form of short, informative, and interesting talks that last about 20 minutes each.
Hamilton Amateur Astronomers: Archaeoastronomy: The Astronomy of Civilizations Past
Friday, April 13, 2018 -
7:30pm to 9:30pm
For millennia, people (including our First Nations) have used the sky as a clock, calendar, and compass. Astronomy thus became deeply rooted in their spirituality, mythology, and culture.
SSEA Toronto: Shadows and Droplets: Timekeeping Instruments in Ancient Egypt
Friday, April 13, 2018 -
7:00pm to 8:00pm
How were the ancient Egyptian day and night divided? What do we know about keeping time during the span of pharaonic history? Have many objects used for timekeeping survived? Do we know who made and used them and why?
In the late 1990s, A Canadian research team played an important role in proving something we all should know about neutrinos: they are almost — but not quite — massless.
RASC Mississauga: Explore the Night Sky Astronomy Course
Thursday, April 5, 2018 -
7:00pm to 9:00pm
This four-night course (April 5, 12, 19 & 26) is open to budding astronomers ages 12 and up! The course is taught by members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada – Mississauga Centre.
Join us as particle physicist and Nobel Laureate Arthur McDonald takes us on a journey through the underground Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNOLAB) to measure the smallest and most elusive particles in the universe.
RASC Mississauga: Astronomy Night at the Riverwood Conservancy (CANCELLED)
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 -
8:00pm to 9:30pm
Explore the universe with members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Telescopes will be set up to provide amazing views of the Moon, the planets and more!
