29
May
Stargazing Night - May 2023
Join us at sunset to learn to use star charts and basic observing techniques, then use your binoculars to follow a guided tour through the night sky, and stay after the tour to practice your new skills.
25
March
AstroTours - Earth Hour 2023 Event
Each year on the last Saturday of March, we at AstroTours honour Earth Hour and hope to bring awareness to issues impacting our planet.
This year is no exception! Join us on March 25 for an evening of short talks and a Q&A panel with three scientists at the forefront of environmental research.
Speakers:
- Devon Gray, member of the Hydrometallurgy group at Hatch
22
March
Speaker's Night: "From dust grains to stars and shots in the Dark."
Star formation is incredibly inefficient. Compared to the available amount of gas in molecular clouds, only a few percent of the cloud forms stars. In this talk, I will talk about how dust is created, grows, and destroyed in the interstellar medium (ISM). Understanding the size and evolution of dust grains in ISM is significant in answering why star formation is a very inefficient process in the universe.
1
March
The Sky This Month - March 2023
Wondering what's happening above your head in the sky this month?
Find out more about the Zodical Light to the Messier Marathon to everything in between, including comets, planets and spaceflights!
7
March
Public Stargazing in Courtice (GO for Tuesday)
Come out to learn the late-winter/early-spring constellations and enjoy stargazing behind the Courtice Community Complex.
7
March
Sky Cultures and Knowledges
Learn about the World Asterisms Project and hear from expert panelists about storytelling and astronomy.
9
May
RASC National Society: The Insider's Guide to the Galaxy - Women in Astronomy (ONLINE)
Join us online to learn basic astronomy that you can do on your own from your backyard!
We'll share tips on encouraging girls to engage in astronomy and highlight the women of Harvard who laid the foundation of modern astronomy.
25
April
RASC National Society: The Insider's Guide to the Galaxy - De-Mystifying Magnitude and Brightness (ONLINE)
Join us online to learn basic astronomy that you can do on your own from your backyard!
The spring sky hosts both very bright stars and very dim galaxies.
We'll talk about the system astronomers use to measure and report the brightness of celestial objects - from luminosity to absolute and apparent brightness, to surface brightness.
28
February
RASC National Society: The Insider's Guide to the Galaxy - Touring the Imbrium Basin (ONLINE)
Join us online to learn basic astronomy that you can do on your own from your backyard!
With the moon waxing in the evening sky, this is the perfect time to watch the terminator slide across the giant and ancient lunar basin of Mare Imbrium.
26
March
DDO: Sunday Sungazing (Online)
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!