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.

To celebrate Astronomy Day this year, join the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers at Bayfront park for an afternoon of solar observing and evening of stargazing.

It's AstroNuts' annual kids' space club fundraiser!

http://www.rasc.ca/astronomy-day

Astronomers have long known about Mercury and Venus transits of the Sun. However, this technique, now commonly referred to as the Transit Technique, has been amazingly successful in detecting exoplanets, planets around other stars. To date, nearly 6,000 exoplanets or planetary candidates have been detected, the majority of them using the Transit Technique. This talk will deal with some of the historical observations of Mercury and Venus transits and then summarize the state of current exoplanetary observations.

Westfield Heritage Village hosts its annual Star Party on Friday, May 13th from 7 to 10pm and invites you to experience the wonders of the night sky through the eyes of trained astronomers. Presented in partnership with the Royal Astronomical Society and McMaster University, this dazzling event will provide an opportunity to learn about the night sky through a fun and interactive evening of exploration and discovery.

School's out for Summer! NNTO is thrilled to cap the season with guest speakers from the Royal Ontario Museum! Trivia is based on the ROM's collections and we have some delightfully nerdy things for the raffle. You might also get some goodies on the way in. Presentation 1 – “Asteroids: Friend or Foe?” by Dr. Kim Tait

Join Sara Mazrouei as she discusses our Moon and how its history is linked to the Earth’s distant past.

New Members orientation program – First Light - Spring 2016

Join us this week if skies are clear!

You are invited to the transit of Mercury viewing party at the E.C. Carr Astronomical Observatory (CAO) in Blue Mountains.  This daytime event is jointly hosted by the Blue Mountains Library and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Toronto Centre and is open to the public. Monday, May 9, 2016.  Arrive any time after 10:00 am.

Here on earth, we can only see two planets pass between us and the Sun - and it doesn't happen every day! The last time we saw Mercury appear to glide across the face of the Sun was in 2006. The next time it happens is 2019. Join us for this special daytime event at the David Dunlap Observatory. The gates will open at 10:00 a.m. If the weather's clear, stop by for a (safe) peek at the Sun through a variety of solar telescopes. We'll be webcasting too! For obvious reasons, the big telescope will not be in use. There's no charge. Just drop by.