Join us online to learn basic astronomy that you can do on your own from your backyard! In honour of March Break and better weather, we'll look at the best sights to see in the late winter / early spring evening sky using a backyard telescope, binoculars, or just your eyes.

The Solar System with all its planets, moons, and asteroids are all around us -- even in your own home!

Safely observe the sun with us, from the comfort of your home! During these family-friendly sessions, a DDO Astronomer will answer your questions about our closest star: the sun!

Join us online to learn basic astronomy that you can do on your own from your backyard! We'll explain the dance of the inner planets in the evening sky, talk about conjunctions, elongations, and transits, and share some tips for safely viewing the inner planets. Galileo did it - so you can, too!

Join us as we discuss the philosophical definitions of life, the complexities of biosignature, and life as we don’t know it as we reach beyond Earth on our journey to discover if we’re alone in the universe.

Join us for an evening of free public stargazing along the north shore of Lake Ontario at Millennium Square. Observe the Moon, stars, and an excellent opportunity to observe Venus through our telescopes!

Learn about the search for elusive dark matter using observations of the cosmic web and the relic radiation from the Big Bang from Dr. Rogers, a Dunlap Fellow at the University of Toronto, tour the observatory and view a celestial object through the 74” telescope

Enter a Digital Portable Planetarium and take a journey through the universe led by a DDO astronomer.

Join us for the wonders of astronomy through a presentation on a variety of exciting astronomy topics, followed by an age-appropriate celestial activities and a demonstration of the 74” telescope.

Speaker Info: L. Arielle Phillips, PhD, Associate Dean College of Science Associate, Professor of the Practice of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame