At the Members Night held at the DDO on February 6, 2016, Chris Vaughan presented some suggested targets for February observing. The list is available as a PDF and a Sky Safari observing List. Clear skies!

At the Members Night held at the DDO on January 9, 2016, Chris Vaughan presented some suggested targets for January observing. The list is available as a PDF and a Sky Safari observing List. Clear skies!

Come visit the Ylab Maker Space at the David Dunlap Observatory. Every Wednesday from 7:00 to 10:00pm.

This winter's 2016 NOVA (New Observers to Visual Astronomy) course will be held at the Toronto Public Library, Fort York Branch.

http://www.ylab.ca/changing-gears-to-become-a-maker-space/

As noted in the recent SCOPE newsletter and on this website, after our lecture meeting on Wednesday, November 25th we will convene our Annual General Meeting.

Note: The fall course has now sold out but you can sign up to receive email updates about the Spring 2016 NOVA course.

General  Information

Analemma:   Sun’s elevation sinking fast,  most rapid at equinox.

Local noon is 1:15 pm on Sep. 9.

New Members orientation program – First Light - Fall 2015

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.

RASC member Benjamin Lappalainen presented his recipes for editing astrophotos in Lightroom and Photoshop at our Recreational Astronomy Nights over the summer of 2015.

Sometimes objects like the moon, planets or asteroids move in front of a star. An observer in the right location can see the star disappear or dim for a few seconds then brighten again.

On Wednesday, August 5, Chris Vaughan presented the astronomical highlights for the next month. Highlights include the Perseid Meteor Shower and an asteroidal occultation observable in the GTA.

The New Horizons spacecraft passed Pluto on July 14. It will not send much information to Earth right away because all the instruments and the high gain antenna dish are fixed to the spacecraft.

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Imaged from Grafton, Ontario, on June 21 and June 23 2015 by Lynn Hilborn.

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Member Ian Wheelband on June 21, "I did some imaging from our Carr Astronomical Observatory (CAO) near Collingwood earlier this week, using my telescope.