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30
September
Capture the Night Sky Astro-Photography Weekend
Gordon's Park RASC Dark Sky Preserve on Manitoulin Islandhttp://gordonspark.com/astronomy-and-stargazing/http://gordonspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016-CtNS1.pdf
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30
September
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30
September
New Moon - 8:11pm EDT
Moonless night allowing to see deep sky objects
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29
September
Granite Ridge Star Party (Cancelled for 2016)
PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING ISSUES AT THE GRANITE RIDGE PARK, THE STAR PARTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THIS SEASON
Granite Ridge Campgroundhttp://www.gatewaytotheuniverse.org/star-parties-special-events.htmlhttp://www.graniteridge.com/
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28
September
Speaker's Night: New eyes on our origins: the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
With 66 radio dishes operating as a single telescope located 5 km above sea level on the Chajnantor plateau in northern Chile, the ALMA observatory was designed to probe fundamental questions about our universe.
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28
September
Hamilton Amateur Astronomers: Gaze at the Stars
Join John Gauvreau of the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers as he takes us on a virtual tour of the universe.
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27
September
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.
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27
September
St. Lawrence Library: Common Misconceptions about the Universe: From Everyday Life to the Big Bang
Dr. John Percy delivers a fun introduction to astronomy as he "corrects" common misconceptions, from space aliens to black holes and the birth of the universe. No science or math background is needed! Lots of time for Q&A.
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23
September
RASC Mississauga: There and Back Again
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way to asteroid Bennu on a sample return mission. What questions are mission scientists hoping to answer? Who gets to play with the space dirt? Why was Bennu chosen? Will we need Bruce Willis to blow it up? Learn the answers to these questions and more!
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23
September
McMaster Space Initiative: Science Café
In honour of Science Literacy Week, the McMaster Space Initiative Science Café is a night of learning filled with talks from local scientists in the McMaster community
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23
September
Northern District Library: Cosmic Origins of Everyday Life
Our life on Earth, and the Earth itself, are products of cosmic events that happened long ago and far away, but are still on display in the night sky.
How are the ingredients of life and the environments for life being made? Is the Earth special or typical? Is our Universe especially good at making life? Who else might be circling one of the stars in our sky?
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22
September
ASX Star Talk: Planets Around Expired Stars
Professor Yanqin Wu investigates the formation and evolution of planets, both inside and outside our own Solar System. Her current attention is devoted to a recently discovered puzzle, the presence of planetary systems around white dwarf stars, stars that have lived through their lives and are cooling off quietly in their cemeteries. The observational evidence is difficult to square with our current knowledge about the extra-solar planetary systems, and perhaps a new picture is required.