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Video: Matt Russo - Harmony of the Rings

Recorded live stream of Dr. Matt Russo's talk “Harmony of the Rings” and live performance of Saturn's B Ring at the Ontario Science Centre “Celebration of Saturn” Star Party on October 7, 2017.

Video: Dr. Jill Tarter - A Cosmic Perspective: Searching for Aliens, Finding Ourselves

On September 23, 2017, Dr. Jill Tarter discussed the SETI Institute's search for extraterrestrial intelligence and how it reflects on ourselves in Ontario Science Centre's Great Conversation Series.

Video: Solar Eclipse Trip Roundup - Part 1

In late August some members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Toronto Centre headed west and south to view the total eclipse of the sun on August 21st, 2017.

Video: Sky This Month Sept 13th - Oct 13th 2017

Andy Beaton presented the up-coming Sky This Month for Sept 13th to October 13th 2017. He covered The Big Picture, Planetary Highlights, Globular Clusters, Comets and Meteors, A Variable Star Campaign and Spaceflight Highlights.

Video: RASC-TO Total Solar Eclipse Expedition Report Aug 21st 2017

On September 13th 2017, Dr. Ralph Chou presented his report of the expedition to Salem, Oregon to view the total eclipse of the sun, at the Recreational Astronomy Night.

Video: How Ancients Predicted Eclipses

Ever wonder how past civilizations predicted eclipses and how accurate they were?

Video: Time Lapse 3D Imaging in the Antarctic Dry Valleys

Prof. David Nobes of the Department of Geophysics at the East China University of Technology led a team of scientists to Antarctica to study Polygonal Patterned Ground in the McMurdo Dry Valley.

Video: Sky This Month - August 2017

Denis Grey outlined the coming month's Celestial Highlights at the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Toronto Centre's Recreational Astronomy Night Meeting on August 9th 2017 at the Ontario Science Centre.

Video: Still Hooked: Chasing Solar Eclipses

David Makepeace introduced his recent film, "Still Hooked," on his experiences chasing solar eclipses.

Video: Solar Cycle 24 Update

RASC Toronto Centre member Frank Dempsey updated where we are in Solar Cycle 24 and our probable destination to a solar minimum.

Video: Light Pollution Update 2017

Peter Hiscocks, Chair of the Toronto Centre's Light Pollution Committee, presented an update on the projects we are working on to reduce Light Pollution in Ontario.

Video: Fire in the Sky - Reporting Fireballs

RASC Toronto Centre member Bryon Czarnik discusses why and how to report a fireball in the sky.

Video: Creation and Evolution of an Observatory - Pic du Midi

RASC Toronto Centre member Charline Norgrove discusses the enormous challenges astronomers faced in building an observatory on the top of the Pic du Midi mountain, in France, and how it evolved from 1851 onward to the present day.

Video: Astronomical Adventures with the Naked Camera

RASC Toronto Centre member Patrick McDonald explains how anyone can take amazing astronomical photographs with a simple DSLR camera and a few extra pieces of equipment.

Video: The Sky This Month June 21 to July 19, 2017

Video and handout of The Sky This Month, from the June 21, 2017 Recreational Astronomy Night meeting.