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5 December

[AstroTours] What our Sun can teach us about the plasma-filled universe

Check out the December AstroTour! December AstroTours features Tanisha Ghosal's talk about our own sun!
16 November

DDO Astronomy Speaker's Night - JWST and the Search for Life in Unexpected Places - November 2024

Experience a presentation led by astronomy experts and researchers and tour the observatory. The 74” telescope is under restoration and will not be available for this program.
20 November

RASCTO Speaker's Night: Stellar Siblings: Binary Stars and Star Clusters in the Milky Way and Beyond [Online Only]

Join us as Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier from McMaster University explores binary stars and clusters in the Milky Way.
24 October

[AstroTours] Keynote AstroTour Featuring Dr. Becky Smethurst: It’s not easy growing a supermassive black hole

Check out the May AstroTour! May AstroTours features Shivan Khullar's talk on how stars form, followed by exciting astronomy demos and telescope tours!
16 October

RASCTO Speaker's Night: Galactic Archaeology: Exploring the Galaxy's History with Chemical Abundances [Online Only]

Join us as Cassia Bond from York University explores our Galactic Archaeology.
28 September

DDO Astronomy Speaker's Night - September 2024

Join us at the DDO as we talk about the expansive night sky!
18 September

RASCTO Speaker's Night: Overview of Findings at Tall el-Hammam, Jordan [Online Only]

Join us as Dr. Chris Matthew from Western Sydney University speak about the Findings at Tall el-Hammam and its contributions to Astronomy.
1 June

Commemoration of Life for Blake Nancarrow at the CAO

The Nancarrow Family extends an invitation to friends of Blake Nancarrow to a celebration of his life on Saturday, June 1 at the E.C. Carr Astronomical Observatory (CAO). The event will start at 2:00 p.m. and continue through to 10:00 p.m., or later. We will share stories, laughter, tears as we remember Blake. As Blake loved the rocket launches at the awards picnics, we will be launching some rockets, weather permitting. The event will be recorded, (possibly live streamed), for those who are unable to attend in person.
14 May

Speaker's Night: An Astrophysical Mystery: Galaxy Quenching at High Redshifts [OnlIne]

Join us as Ms Maheen Hemani, York University Undergraduate, explores red-shifts of Galaxies!
2 May

[AstroTours] And then there was (more) light: The violent births of stars

Check out the May AstroTour! May AstroTours features Shivan Khullar's talk on how stars form, followed by exciting astronomy demos and telescope tours!