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10 May

Astronomy Week Solar Observing

Join us this week if skies are clear!
14 May

AstroNuts: Fifth Annual "What's Up in Space?" Camp & STEM Contest

It's AstroNuts' annual kids' space club fundraiser!
11 May

Speaker's Night: Earth's Battered Moon: Understanding how impacts from space have shaped our planet

Join Sara Mazrouei as she discusses our Moon and how its history is linked to the Earth’s distant past.
14 May

Public Stargazing at Millennium Square, Pickering (NO GO)

Everyone is invited to join us and Durham Skies this May 14 for stargazing at the edge of Lake Ontario. Take a free look through different kinds of telescopes to get close-up looks at craters on the Moon, brilliant Mars, magnificent Jupiter with its moons, and the spectacular rings of Saturn. Learn the names of springtime stars and the constellation patterns they form. Peer deep into space and try your hand at spotting spot faint star clusters and nebulae.
14 May

Unbelievable Universe Evening Star Party

Celebrate International Astronomy Day with telescope observing, activities, crafts, and ‘Science Slam’ presentations by astronomers about strange, unbelievable, and mind-blowing discoveries in space.
14 May

Astronomy Day (at night) at the DDO

Cloudy or clear, join us for programs including presentations in our Skylab and space-themed arts & crafts (Space Crafts!) and tours of the big telescope.
16 May

City Star Party (GO for Tuesday)

Hover above the moon like an astronaut and get eye-to-eye with the planets. Find colourful stars, star clusters, bright nebulae and even another galaxy. Our monthly City Star Party is the place to catch universe from within the city limits at Bayview Village Park. If you don't have a telescope then you will find many astronomers who would love to share a view. If you are thinking of buying a telescope, viewing with other people's equipment is the best way to make a good choice. If you have a telescope or binoculars, please bring it!
19 May

2016 RASC General Assembly and AstroCATS

Five days of astronomical fun and discovery! Canada's largest astronomy and telescope show - AstroCATS! Check out the 57th annual General Assembly of Canada's Astronomical Society. For more information: http://events.rasc.ca/
25 May

Recreational Astronomy Night

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. Talks start at 7:30, socializing starts at 7:00. • Ron Macnaughton - How David Thompson Did It. Celestial Navigation Around 1790• Jim Chung - How to make your own cooled DSLR for less than $200!• Michael Watson - 2016’s Celestial Rarity: Mercury crosses the Sun
30 May

Dark Sky Star Party (GO for Monday Night)

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. We observe from the Long Sault Conservation area, an hour outside of Toronto. We meet around dusk once a month in the parking lot for views only seen in dark sky conditions. We hold this event on the first clear night of our week-long window, so the date and time are determined closer to.