15
February
City Star Party (GO for Wednesday)
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!
24
February
Recreational Astronomy Night
* * * Note: this event is a GO for tonight. We considered canceling this event because of the weather but conditions seem ok. Safe travels to all. * * *
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.
• Chris Vaughan - The sky this month• Ron Macnaughton - How Kepler did it• Ed Treijs - The sky in 13,372 AD and other things to look forward to
9
March
Speaker's Night: Two Galaxies to Rule Them All
George Conidis, PhD Candidate in Physics & Astronomy, York University
30
March
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.
4
April
Dark Sky Star Party (GO for Monday)
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.
11
April
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!
13
April
Speaker's Night: The life and death of (relatively) small stars
Dr. Christina Smith, Centre for Research in Earth and Space Sciences, York University
27
April
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.
Blake Nancarrow - The sky this month
Tony dos Santos - The Carr Astronomical Observatory, yours to discover
Razvan Peteanu - Visiting the south Arizona observatories
SPECIAL EVENT: Annual Toronto Centre equipment swap table (after the presentations)
2
May
Dark Sky Star Party (GO for Thursday)
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.
9
May
Transit of Mercury at the OSC
Join us at the Ontario Science Centre for Astronomy Week with a special event on Monday—a rare Transit of Mercury. We will be set up on the TELUSCAPE observing pad in front of the Science Centre's entrance with specialized telescopes that are safe to aim at the Sun.
http://www.space.com/32476-mercury-transit-may-2016-rare-event.html
In the event of inclement weather, a live stream of the event will be presented in the Gemini Room.