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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.

Video: Automate your telescope with Remote Desktop and N.I.N.A.

With these winter months making astro imaging difficult, Claudio Oriani shows us how he solved this problem with a hardware and software solution.

Video: Astrophotography - a personal journey

Manu Mukerji wanted to expand his photography hobby and decided to try astrophotography. In this presentation, Manu explains the joys and the frustrations in becoming a better astrophotographer.

Video: The Sky This Month with Andy Beaton

Although you might not be able to go way down south to Antarctica to see the total eclipse of the Sun, Andy Beaton has other astronomical highlights to look out for in this last month of 2021.

Video: Aurora Chase of October 30, 2021 with Malcolm Park

Malcolm Park is an avid chaser of astronomical phenomena. He is particularly interested in chasing auroras and gives a detailed account of one aurora chase that he wanted to photograph.

Video: Stacking and Processing with Reza Mohamed

Reza Mohamed gives us a step-by-step overview of processing astrophotography images by comparing two different types of stacking software: Deep Sky Stacker and Sequator.

Video: The Sky This Month for Nov 3 - Dec 1, 2021

Denis Grey gives us the upcoming highlights in the night sky for the month of November 2021 with a special emphasis on the partial Lunar Eclipse on November 19.

RASC National Society Videos: Speaker Series

Join us for one of our talks!

Speakers from across the country will be joining us to share their areas of astronomical expertise. Check back here regularly to see who will be speaking next.

Video: Big Binoculars: Prepare to be Amazed with Darren Hennig

Ever wondered how far using binoculars can take you in astronomical observations? Well, Darren Hennig is prepared to show you just how far you can take it.