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Video: Upgrade Options for Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes

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.

Video: High School Astronomy in the Digital Age

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?

Video: The Sky This Month, May 4 - May 31, 2022 with Arnold Brody

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

Video: Retro Look at the 2009 Texas Star Party

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.

Video: Encouraging Durable Astronomy Clubs in High School

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

Video: The Sky This Month, Apr 6 - May 4, 2022

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.

Video: What's in a Name? - minor planet edition

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.

Video: Celestron Starsense Explorer Telescope Review and a Tour of the Deep Sky Eye Observatory

With Tim Doucette's presentation, we get two for the price of one. First, Tim gives us a wonderful overview of his excellent Deep Sky Eye Observatory, which is open to the public. Next, he gives us a review of the Celestron Starsense Explorer Telescope and how it could make your visual observing fun and easy.

Video: The Sky This Month, Mar 2 - Apr 6, 2022

Denis Grey takes the helm to point out the highlights in the night sky for the coming month that we need to look out for.

Video: Thirty Meter Telescope: The New Generation Ground Based Observatory

Denis Zaytsev, a Toronto Centre member and a TMT Software QA Engineer, takes us through some marvellous and mind-blowing features that we can look forward to once the TMT is in full operation.

Video: 110 Things to See with a Telescope by John Read and Chris Vaughan

John Read, with Chris Vaughan, set out to write the definitive book on how to view the 110 Messier astronomical objects. We think they succeeded.

Video: The Sky This Month Feb 2 - Mar 2, 2022 with Andy Beaton

Well, Andy Beaton had his work cut out for him this month trying to come up with some astronomical observing highlights in a quiet month, but he was up to the task and provided some good targets.

Video: Astronomy Logbook App

Have you had trouble recording and organising your astronomical observations? Well, Krishna Vedela has you covered.

Video: Newcastle Observatory - Relocation and Expansion

Michael Cook wanted to relocate his original "Newcastle Observatory" in Newcastle, Ontario to a new location in the country, north of Port Hope.

Video: The Sky This Year with Chris Vaughan

For our first meeting of 2022, instead of doing The Sky This Month, Chris Vaughan presented The Sky This Year.