Dr. William Bottke, Southwest Research Institute

Join us for our monthly recreational astronomy night meeting at the Ontario Science Centre. This is where our members get to show their latest projects, or give tutorials and tips on just about everything to do with Astronomy. Talks start at 7:30 socializing starts at 7:00.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_eclipse

Uranus is closest to earth for the year, giving the best views in a telescope.

Hover above the moon like an astronaut and get eye-to-eye with the planets. Find colourful stars, star clusters, bright nebulae and even another galaxy. Our monthly City Star Party is the place to catch universe from within the city limits at Bayview Village Park. If you don't have a telescope then you will find many astronomers who would love to share a view. If you are thinking of buying a telescope, viewing with other people's equipment is the best way to make a good choice. If you have a telescope or binoculars, please bring it!

Speaker: Randy Attwood, Executive Director, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 2014 marks the 45th anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon. In this talk, we will describe the landing, the landing site and the first moonwalk. If the skies are clear this evening, visitors will have the opportunity to see this corner section of the Sea of Tranquility through our telescopes. (Note: No ground based telescopes can see the landing craft or footprints on the moon.)

Join us at the Ontario Science Centre for our monthly Solar Observing on the TelusScape 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.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy_Day

Speaker: Dr. Michael Williams http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/astrotours/?page_id=392

http://toronto.nerdnite.com Presentation 1: “Increasing the Awesome: NASA’s Next Huge Space Telescope” by Dr. Amber Straughn

Julielynn Wong, B.Sc. M.D., M.P.H., Founder, Center for Innovative Technologies and Public Health, RCI Council Member Star Trek Replicators are here! Unleash your inner designer and discover how 3D printers are revolutionizing space travel and life here on Earth. Need surgical tools on a long space mission? If you can’t take everything with you, then you’ll have to print on demand. With this in mind, Dr. Julielynn Wong has created ten 3D printable designs of surgical instruments for space missions.

Dr. Duy Cuong Nguyen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics The existence of other worlds like our own has fired the imagination of humankind for centuries. Join us as Dr. Duy Cuong Nguyen describes the exciting discovery of hundreds of exoplanets–planets beyond our Solar System–and talks about the search for another life-bearing planet like Earth. This Toronto Public Library Thought Exchange Talk is part of the Astronomy Adventures Around the World series. Everyone welcome. No registration required.