Fasten your seatbelts and blast off to the stars with Holst’s sonic, celestial showpiece, which vividly portrays each planet’s astrological persona, from menacing Mars to jolly Jupiter and beyond.
Bryon Czarnik presents the Holiday Edition for the astronomical sky highlights for the upcoming month at the Recreational Astronomy Night meeting on Dec 11, 2019. The meeting was held at the Ontario Science Centre.
Here's the 2019-2020 Holiday Edition of TSTM!
Michael Watson recently came back from an astrophotography trip to Australia and discussed the difficulty he had with his new polar mount and the solutions he used to work around this problem.
Ron Macnaughton gives a brief overview of what is happening at SNOLAB and its new PICO experiment that they are building to observe the elusive dark matter.
Dr. Renée Hložek, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, gave a presentation on why supernovae are important in learning how the universe is accelerating.
Even though we are destined to have cloudy skies for the next month, Andy Beaton has given us a few ideas on what to look for in the sky if it clears. What astronomical activities can we pursue if it is cloudy?
Jim Chung shows us how we can image emission nebulae from our backyard without driving 1 or 2 hours to a dark site.
Between Tobermory and South Baymouth on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, the Chi-Cheemaun ferry travels through some of the darkest skies in North America.
Ever wondered what Mars will look like close up? Well Dr. Isaac Smith gave a presentation about his research using high resolution images of Mars and what he has learned from them.
Join our team! The RASC is looking for a new Managing Editor to help take SkyNews - The Canadian Magazine of Astronomy and Stargazing to the next level. Application deadline: October 31, 2019.
Denis Grey highlights the upcoming month's celestial wonders with an emphasis on the November 11 transit of Mercury with the Sun.
Jim Chung shows us some interesting facts about cleaning our telescopic optics that we didn't know.
Ever feel disheartened about the lack of a budget to get into astrophotography? Well, Adrian Aberdeen gives us a few ideas on how to get into astrophotography in a way that is less painful to your wallet.
Immerse yourself in this massive multimedia work by Canadian contemporary artist Director X, renowned director/producer of popular music videos and feature films.