The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Toronto Centre, invites new members and their family who are also members, to join an orientation get together – First Light 2019.

Ever wished you could take an 8" Dobsonian telescope on an airplane as onboard luggage? Well Clay Davies has done it and he explains how he designed and built a telescope to do just that.

On November 28, 2018, Dr. Rainer Weiss gave a talk on "Explore the Universe with Gravitational Waves," with Professor Sara Seager as moderator.

Follow #rasclunareclipse on social media for near-live photos of the moon on January 20th and 21st!

Have you recently completed a RASC observing certificate programme?

On December 12, 2018, Chris Vaughan gave a detailed rundown of what astronomical events to keep an eye out for over the next six weeks.

Recording of the November 20, 2018 live stream of the UofT Dept. of Physics J. Tuzo Wilson Lecture "Exoplanets and the Search for Habitable Worlds" by Professor Sara Seager of MIT.

Arushi and Artash Nath gave a presentation on Hubble Space Telescope photographs and how they converted their image data to music.

Charline Norgrove recently took a trip to Namibia, Africa to see the Hoba Meteorite, which is the largest known meteorite (as a single piece) in the world.

For the RAN meeting on Wednesday, December 12, 2018, Chris Vaughan presented The Sky This Month. The attached PDF document contains all of the details and selected images for the events. 

On November 7, 2018, Andy Beaton presented the astronomical highlights of the coming month's night sky. (If only it was clear outside). He spoke at the Recreational Astronomy Night, which was held at the Ontario Science Centre.

On November 7, 2018, Denis Grey gave a presentation on why amateur astronomers should consider getting into observing and recording occultations especially with the new technology that is available.

In preparation for the Annual Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 12 December, this year’s Council is pleased to propose the following slate of candidates for the RASC Toronto Centre Council for the fiscal yea

Chris Gainor is National RASC President and an historian who specializes in the history of space flight and aeronautics.

On October 10, 2018, Dan Falk, a Toronto Centre member, gave a presentation on his recent trip to the historical sites where Nicolaus Copernicus lived and worked in Poland.