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10 October

Recreational Astronomy Night

Watch the recorded video: https://youtu.be/dY4TEXpzwFE
9 October

Dark Sky Star Party (GO for Tuesday)

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.
26 September

Speaker's Night: The Dark Universe

Watch the recorded video: https://youtu.be/A1DNSteIVho
29 September

OSC: Nuit Blanche 2018 - STEAM-Powered Stories

Enter into a world where science, technology, engineering, art and math collide to create STEAM-Powered Stories. Take in and create new narratives through interactive experiences. You’ll quickly see the potential for STEAM to fuel creativity. STEAM-Powered Stories is a free event. During Nuit Blanche Toronto, select areas of the Ontario Science Centre are open to the public. Parking is $10 (member discount applies) before 12:00am, and parking is free after 12:00am. Food and beverages are available for purchase.
29 September

SYSTEM Sounds: Nuit Blanche 2018 - One Sky

On Saturday September 29th from 7:00pm to 7:00am, experience the universe through new eyes and new ears with One Sky, a Nuit Blanche Toronto installation. This exhibition created by astrophysicist-musician Matt Russo and SYSTEM Sounds, and presented by the Dunlap Institute. With One Sky, you’ll enjoy a sunrise to sunset, multi-sensory experience of the celestial sphere.
15 November

Chris Hadfield's Generator 2018

Generator is back! Chris Hadfield’s famed comedy, music and ideas extravaganza is returning to Roy Thomson Hall. Past years saw Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer, Mythbuster Adam Savage, Destin Sandlin from Smarter Every Day, architect Moshe Safdie, poets, cyborgs, exoskeletons, bionic Ironman hands for children, and much, much more. It isn’t an easy show to describe – you just have to experience it to understand.
12 November

York University Observatory: Leonid Meteor Shower (first clear weeknight)

Come view the 2018 Leonid Meteor Shower with the Allan I. Carswell Observatory Team at York University! With up to 15 meteors visible every hour, multiple telescopes available for viewing celestial objects and a constellation tour, it will be a fun, astronomy filled night! Weather updates will be posted by 4:00pm on social media. Hope to see you there!
15 October

York University Observatory: Orionid Meteor Shower (first clear weeknight)

Come view the 2018 Orionid Meteor Shower with the Allan I. Carswell Observatory Team at York University! With up to 15 meteors visible every hour, multiple telescopes available for viewing celestial objects and a constellation tour, it will be a fun, astronomy filled night! Weather updates will be posted by 4:00pm on social media. Hope to see you there!
26 September

ASX Star Talk: Astronomical Alchemy

Calling all space enthusiasts! Come on down to ASX's first Star Talk of the school year on Wednesday, September 26th where U of T astrophysicist Dr. Maria R. Drout will be illuminating the origins of all the elements in the universe!
27 October

Toronto Space Apps Challenge 2018 Youth Program

Come use your hands and brains to learn about and explore through NASA's Space Apps Toronto Youth Program. As the official youth branch of the Toronto NASA Space Apps Challenge, youth ages 7–13 will explore and learn about space like never before.