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Submit your articles for the SCOPE newsletter to the SCOPEeditor@rascto.ca.

Submit your articles for the SCOPE newsletter to the SCOPEeditor@rascto.ca.

Submit your articles for the SCOPE newsletter to the SCOPEeditor@rascto.ca.

This was originally planned to be next week but we're moving it one week forward to take advantage of a first quarter moon and clear skies.

Join us to view the Perseid Meteor shower on Thursday evening August 11, 2016  WEATHER PERMITTING Please check our website www.theDDO.ca after 6pm on August 11 to check if the weather and sky conditions permit viewing of the meteors. This event will be cancelled if weather conditions are poor. If the weather permits observing the meteors, the gates will open at 9:00 pm, EDT. Event ends at Midnight.

Star Talk nights offer great talks by great speakers on astronomy, space science and sometimes, science fiction. You'll also have a chance to tour the Observatory and (weather permitting) check out the night sky through a variety of telescopes set up on the lawn and through the big scope in the Main Dome.  If the weather gods are angry, you can check out the (virtual) night sky in our special Skylab. Star Talk nights run regardless of weather conditions.

Dr. Rachel Ward-Maxwell, Ontario Science Centre

Apollo 11 - Some things you probably didn't know about the moon landingRandy Attwood, Executive Director, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Star Talk nights offer great talks by great speakers on astronomy, space science and sometimes, science fiction. You'll also have a chance to tour the Observatory and (weather permitting) check out the night sky through a variety of telescopes set up on the lawn and through the big scope in the Main Dome.  If the weather gods are angry, you can check out the (virtual) night sky in our special Skylab.