Informal Frozen Banana Star Party at Mew Lake Campground Who can attend: members / everyone including non-members Fee: Algonquin fee only depending on campsite You can make a reservation on the Ontario Parks website  Organized by: RASC members

The annular Solar Eclipse will begin in western Australia, then move east across the central pacific ocean.

Want to learn to image? Want to see galaxies and the milky way naked eye? Want to do it less than an hour from Toronto? Then join us for our monthly Dark Sky Star Party at the Long Sault Conservation area. We meet around dusk once a month in the parking lot for views only seen in dark sky conditions. Check our homepage for Go/ No-Go calls as this event is weather dependant. We hold this event on the first clear night of our week-long window, so the date and time are determined closer to.

Join us at the Ontario Science Centre for our monthly Solar Observing on the TelusScape observing pad. We meet the first Saturday of every month with our 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 dependant.

Look to the east after midnight, under dark skies, and you should be able to catch this light meteor shower. At its peak, May 5 & 6, you should be able to catch 10 per hour out of the constellation Aquarius.

The ringed planet will be at its closest approach to the Earth. This is the best time to observe and photograph the planet and its moons.

There is a partial lunar eclipse visible from Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. Sorry North Americans, we're out of luck for this one. But if you're travelling over seas, you could have a neat sight if you look up!

Galaxies are groupings of billions of stars and make for some of the most stunning visuals in amateur astronomy. But how do they form? PhD Candidate Aaron Maxwell of McMaster University joins us to talk about how these stellar neighbourhoods come together. Who can attend: everyone including non-membersFee: free, free parking after 6pmReservation not needed Location: Ontario Science Centre (Imperial Oil Auditorium)

The Lyrids are a fairly average shower producing about 20 meteors an hour. You should probably be able to see bright dust trails (giving that 'fireball' effect) for several seconds. The shower begins around April 16th, peaking on April 21st & 22nd, then finally tapering off on April 25th. The gibbous moon could hide some of the fainter meteors, but it sets just before sunrise. The 2013 Lyrids are best seen after midnight, and during the short dark sky window just before dawn.

Join us for our monthly recrational astronomy night meeting at the Ontario Science Centre. Our presenters this month are: Francois van Heerden - The sky this month Allard Schipper - Ipad and Iphone astronomy apps review Blake Nancarrow - Visit the Carr Astronomical Observatory this summer Andy Blanchard - AstroCATS telescope show And this is our annual equipment swap table

See: http://www.rasc.ca/

Astronomical knowledge from ancient Egypt has survived to the present day carved and painted in tombs and temples along the Nile.  In this talk, Dr. Sarah Symons describes three types of ancient text from which we can learn how the ancient Egyptians viewed the sky, now they depicted and described celestial objects, and how they explained the phenomena they observed.