RASC Toronto | Astronomy and space events, observing the night sky from Toronto, GTA and Southern Ontario

Video: The Sky This Month for January 6, 2021 to February 2, 2021

Chris Vaughan gives us a detailed overview of important historical astronomy dates, special Moon features to look out for as well as interesting deep sky objects for the month of January 6 - February 2, 2021.

The Sky This Month: January 6 to February 2, 2021

The attached PDF contains the notes for the Sky This Month presented by Chris Vaughan at the Recreational Astronomy Night Meeting on January 6, 2021.

DDO: Up in the Sky (ONLINE)

Saturday, January 23, 2021 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Join us, from the comfort of your home! This program provides an illustrated one-hour presentation and discussion about what exciting celestial events to look for each season.

DDO: Ask an Astronomer (ONLINE)

Sunday, January 24, 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Join us, from the comfort of your home! Let us help you explore and understand the night sky!

Recreational Astronomy Night (ONLINE)

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm

Join us for our monthly recreational astronomy night meeting. This is where our members get to show their latest projects or give tutorials and tips on just about everything to do with astronomy.

ASX Annual Symposium: Mysteries of the Universe (ONLINE)

Monday, February 15, 2021 - 11:30am to Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - 8:00pm

Learn astronomy from leading research scientists across the globe!

Speaker's Night: Indigenous astronomies, stories of the sky and Indigenizing the Drake Equation (ONLINE)

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm

Astronomy has been practised on the land we call North America since time immemorial and the peoples across this land had and have their own ways of understanding the sky and the Universe.

Artist’s impression of a fast radio burst, Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

RCIScience: Strange Signals: Fast Radio Bursts (ONLINE)

Sunday, February 28, 2021 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm

Astronomy is a science of eons. In the cosmos, things change over millions or billions of years. Most transient events in the sky are due to happenings in our own solar system.

Tips for New Telescope Owners

This article was prepared for people attending the telescope clinic, organised by the RASC, Toronto Centre. But it contains information useful for any new or novice telescope user.

Stellarium Training Series

For RASC members, we offer computer software training on Stellarium. It is a popular and powerful planetarium application available for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux computers. The full software for computers is free.

Speaker's Night: Searching for the mysterious dark matter with Prof. Nassim Bozorgnia (ONLINE)

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm

Watch the recorded video: https://youtu.be/SPyuwDN7ajk

Recreational Astronomy Night (ONLINE)

Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm

Watch the recorded video: https://youtu.be/9Vx8hsgATgI

Space Place Canada: Canada & the Final Frontier: Looking Forward to Canada's Future in Space (ONLINE)

Thursday, December 10, 2020 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Watch the recorded video: https://youtu.be/oLbM-XYsYhs

RASC National Society Videos: The Insider's Guide to the Galaxy

Join us online to learn basic astronomy that you can do on your own from your backyard! We'll be hosting introductory astronomy courses on Tuesdays from 3:30-5:00pm EDT.

RASC National Society Video: The Stars Belong to Everyone: Gender and Sexual Diversity in Astronomy

The RASC Inclusivity and Diversity Committee presents a profile of gender-diverse members of the astronomy and astrophysics communities.

Video: DDO Astronomy Night: Unravelling the Mysterious Fast Radio Burst with CHIME

Dr. Cherry Ng is a post-doctoral researcher at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics. During her PhD study, she discovered 60 rapidly-spinning neutron stars with the Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia.

RASC National Society Videos: Explore the Universe

Join us online as we Explore the Universe together! We'll be hosting sessions every other Thursday from 3:30-4:30pm EDT.

Video: Physically Distanced Astrophotography of Michael Watson

Even in the world of a pandemic, Michael Watson continues to enjoy his pursuit of astrophotography. He showed his recent physically distanced work at the October 14, 2020 Recreational Astronomy Night meeting.

RASC National Society Videos: Self-Isolation Star Parties

Do you miss those wonderful Star Parties hosted by RASC, where you get to look at the night sky and learn about what's up there? We do too! That's why we're hosting online star parties!

Videos: DDO Mars Madness

These presentations were recorded as part of the David Dunlap Observatory Mars Madness online event held on October 11 and 12th, 2020 and produced by RASC, Toronto Centre.

Video: The Stars Belong to Everyone: Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in Astronomy

Join us as we discuss expanding diversity and inclusion in astronomy in Canada with panelists Dr. Sarah Gallagher, Dr. Sara Mazrouei, Nicole Mortillaro and Dr. Hilding Neilson.

Video: 30 Astronomy Book Suggestions

Joel Dick reviewed "30 Astronomy Book Suggestions" from his reading experience and personal library. Joel recommended these books at the online Recreational Astronomy Night meeting, which was held on September 16, 2020.

popular astronomy book recommendations

On September 16, 2020, during the Recreational Astronomy Night for the Toronto Centre, Joel Dick showed his bookshelf and provided 30 (plus) popular astronomy book recommendations.

Video: My Travels Around the Universe for 6 years to Complete the RASC Explore the Universe Certificate

Arushi Nath, a grade 6 student and member of the RASC, Toronto Centre, gave an impassioned presentation on why she is interested in Astronomy and what interested her to work on getting the RASC Explore the Universe Certificate.

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.