Information for the 2022 Annual Meeting

This members-only page contains information regarding the upcoming Annual Meeting of the RASC Toronto Centre.

Andy Beaton takes us through his usual excellent tour of what to keep an eye out for in the astronomical observing world.

Join us online to learn basic astronomy that you can do on your own from your backyard!

Claudio Oriani, a Toronto Centre member, successfully tries his hand for the first time at presenting this month's celestial highlights for Sept 7 - Oct 5, 2022.

François van Heerden takes us through the highlights of the upcoming month's night sky with an emphasis on binocular viewing. He also highlights which upcoming rocket launches to look out for.

With his usual dry wit, Andy Beaton presents the upcoming astronomical highlights of interest.

Chris Vaughan, a member of the Toronto Centre, gives us an in-depth look at the highlights worth viewing in the night sky for the upcoming month.

The attached PDF contains the notes for The Sky This Month presented by Chris Vaughan at the June 1, 2022 Recreational Astronomy Night meeting. It covers the period June 1 to July 6, 2022, and includes more material than was presented.

Denis Grey takes us through a couple of upgrades he made to his Celestron SCT telescope and thought other amateur astronomers would be interested in what he did.

Have you ever wondered what it would have been like if you had a high school astronomy class that really went all-in for astronomy in this digital world?

Arnold Brody, with his May the 4th greeting, highlights which celestial gems to look out for this month in the day and night sky.

Even though star parties are coming back again after the pandemic, Denis Grey reminisces about a trip he took in 2009 when he visited the Texas Star Party.

Ron Macnaughton, a member of the Toronto Centre, has taken on the worthy task of encouraging more astronomy clubs in high schools.

If the skies will ever be clear this month, Andy Beaton has picked out some celestial gems to watch out for from April 6 - May 4, 2022.

Dave Chapman, supported by Peter Jedicke, gives us an overview as to how minor planets (asteroids) are named and how the naming procedure can also be used to honour people or places on Earth.