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2 November

Ryerson STEAM Café

The Ryerson Faculty of Science is launching the STEAM Café on 10 Thousand Coffees. Like LinkedIn, it’s a place for computer science, biology, chemistry, medical physics and math alumni and industry professionals (like members of the RASC) to mentor current students, make connections and build relationships. Think of it as the casual coffee chat instead of the dreaded cold call.   Join Ryerson on November 2nd from 6pm-8pm at the Mattamy Athletic Centre, for the Welcome to the STEAM Café Launch Party, hosted by the Faculty of Science and Ryerson Science Society. 
31 October

Dark Sky Star Party (NO GO)

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.
30 October

New Moon - 1:38pm EDT

Moonless night allowing to see deep sky objects
28 October

RASC Mississauga: Amateur Astronomy Today – A Status Report

Speaker: Randy Attwood, Executive Director - The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Amateur astronomy has changed drastically over the past 50 years. Telescopes made in the basement have been replaced with high quality instruments capable of performing astronomical research. Those new to astronomy are confronted with computerized telescopes and unfortunately, disappearing skies due to light pollution.
28 October

UofT Planetarium: Voyager’s Odyssey: A Small Probe’s Adventures into Interstellar Space

Showtimes: 7:00pm, 8:00pm, and 9:00pm In 1977 two small probes, Voyager 1 and 2, were launched from Earth with a mission to study the outer solar system. Both spacecraft visited Jupiter and Saturn, and Voyager 2 passed by Uranus and Neptune, returning images to Earth which allowed us to make surprising discoveries about these distant planets. Now these probes are entering interstellar space, making them the furthest man-made objects from the Earth!
21 October

UofT Planetarium: Voyager’s Odyssey: A Small Probe’s Adventures into Interstellar Space

Showtimes: 7:00pm, 8:00pm, and 9:00pm In 1977 two small probes, Voyager 1 and 2, were launched from Earth with a mission to study the outer solar system. Both spacecraft visited Jupiter and Saturn, and Voyager 2 passed by Uranus and Neptune, returning images to Earth which allowed us to make surprising discoveries about these distant planets. Now these probes are entering interstellar space, making them the furthest man-made objects from the Earth!
21 October

Globe at Night

Measuring light pollution of your sky, see www.globeatnight.org
21 October

Orionids Meteors

Meteor Shower
20 October

ASX Star Talk: Variable Stars: Action in the Sky!

Presented by John Percy, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Dunlap Institute
17 October

YorkU: Ada Lovelace Day 2016: How men in STEM can be allies to women

A talk by Professor Bryan Gaensler, University of Toronto Bryan Gaensler is the Canada Research Chair in Radio Astronomy, and Director of the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto. His research is in cosmic magnetism, time-domain astrophysics and the diffuse Universe.
15 October

Solar Observing (GO)

Join us at the Ontario Science Centre for our monthly Solar Observing on the TELUSCAPE observing pad. This is the area in front of the Science Centre's entrance. We use specialized telescopes that are safe to aim at the Sun. Check our home page on the Friday prior for go/no-go calls as this event is weather dependent.
14 October

Hamilton Amateur Astronomers: Exploring the ghostly side of galaxies with the Dragonfly Telephoto Array

Dr. Roberto Abraham, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto