14
May
Public Stargazing at Millennium Square, Pickering (NO GO)
Everyone is invited to join us and Durham Skies this May 14 for stargazing at the edge of Lake Ontario. Take a free look through different kinds of telescopes to get close-up looks at craters on the Moon, brilliant Mars, magnificent Jupiter with its moons, and the spectacular rings of Saturn. Learn the names of springtime stars and the constellation patterns they form. Peer deep into space and try your hand at spotting spot faint star clusters and nebulae.
14
May
Unbelievable Universe Evening Star Party
Celebrate International Astronomy Day with telescope observing, activities, crafts, and ‘Science Slam’ presentations by astronomers about strange, unbelievable, and mind-blowing discoveries in space.
19
May
2016 RASC General Assembly and AstroCATS
Five days of astronomical fun and discovery! Canada's largest astronomy and telescope show - AstroCATS! Check out the 57th annual General Assembly of Canada's Astronomical Society.
For more information: http://events.rasc.ca/
10
June
Public Stargazing at Millennium Square, Pickering (GO)
Everyone is invited to join us and Durham Skies on June 10 for stargazing at the edge of Lake Ontario. Take a free look through different kinds of telescopes to get close-up looks at craters on the Moon, brilliant Mars, magnificent Jupiter with its moons, and the spectacular rings of Saturn. Learn the names of springtime stars and the constellation patterns they form. Peer deep into space and try your hand at spotting spot faint star clusters and nebulae.
15
July
Public Stargazing at Millennium Square, Pickering (GO)
Everyone is invited to join us and Durham Skies on July 15 for stargazing at the edge of Lake Ontario. Take a free look through different kinds of telescopes (including solar-filtered scopes) to get close-up looks at sunspots, craters on the Moon, magnificent Jupiter with its moons, and the spectacular rings of Saturn. Learn the names of summertime stars and the constellation patterns they form. Peer deep into space and try your hand at spotting spot faint star clusters and nebulae.
16
July
Ontario Science Centre: Festival of Flight and Star Party
Join us to mark the arrival of NASA’s Juno spacecraft at the planet Jupiter with a musical performance, activities and special presentations on space flight and exploration - including observing the sky through telescopes (weather permitting). In the event of inclement weather, activities and presentations will proceed indoors.
12
August
Public Stargazing at Millennium Square, Pickering (GO)
Everyone is invited to join us and Durham Skies on August 12 for stargazing at the edge of Lake Ontario. Take a free look through different kinds of telescopes to get close-up looks at craters on the Moon and the spectacular rings of Saturn. Learn the names of summertime stars and the constellation patterns they form. Peer deep into space and try your hand at spotting spot faint star clusters and nebulae. You can even bring your own telescope along and we'll give you expert advice on how to use it better.
9
September
Public Stargazing at Millennium Square, Pickering (GO)
Everyone is invited to join us and Durham Skies on September 9 for stargazing at the edge of Lake Ontario. Take a free look through different kinds of telescopes (including solar-filtered scopes) to get close-up looks at sunspots, craters on the Moon, and the spectacular rings of Saturn. Learn the names of late-summer stars and the constellation patterns they form. Peer deep into space and try your hand at spotting faint star clusters and nebulae.
13
September
Royal Ontario Museum: Mission to Bennu
Meet the Canadians behind NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample return mission!
Join the Canadian Space Agency and the Royal Ontario Museum for an evening with the scientists and engineers behind OSIRIS-REx as they return to Canada just days after the mission’s launch. Learn more about their quest to study the asteroid Bennu, and how Canada is involved. Moderated by Discovery Channel's Ziya Tong.
1
October
Nuit Blanche Toronto: Director X - Death of the Sun, 2016
An immersive experience where the observer will witness a massive sculpture of the sun as it progresses through its life cycle. A deeply personal and highly evocative meditation on human mortality and people's individual place in the universe, this installation portrays the death of the star that sustains this planet.