New Website Launched!

18 June 2023

Welcome to our upgraded website!

We have completed an upgrade our website to do the following:

7 June

The Sky This Month - June 2023

Our resident expert, Chris Vaughan, on all things in Astronomy takes his hand at the Sky This Month for the period of June 7-July 5 2023.
2 August

Recreational Astronomy Night - Aug. 2, 2023

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.
26 July

Age of the Universe

This summer, the University of Toronto and the Dunlap Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics are holding a workshop for grade 11 and 12 students in the GTA which aims to provide a hands-on introduction to coding, lectures on cutting-edge astrophysics, and answers to your questions about university.
5 July

Recreational Astronomy Night - July 5, 2023

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.

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Upcoming & Recent Events

12 September

RHDDO Astronomy Family Night - September 2026 - The Equinox Approaches

Families will see a presentation on a variety of exciting astronomy topics, followed by age-appropriate celestial activities.
14 September

City Star Party: Bayview Village Park - September 2026

Our monthly City Star Party is the place to catch universe from within the city limits at Bayview Village Park. If you don't have a telescope then you will find many astronomers who would love to share a view.
16 September

RASC Speaker Night and Member Awards Presentation

Speaker's Night Join us for another in-person simulcast of our Speaker's Night with Dr Karen Lee-Waddell who is a Project Scientist for WALLABY, an all-sky survey that aims to detect and image the gas distribution in hundreds of thousands of galaxies using CSIRO’s ASKAP telescope. Awards Presentation

FEATURED NEWS

CAO Spring 2026 Work Party

7 May 2026

The Spring Work Party was held at the E.C. Carr Astronomical Observatory (CAO) on Saturday, 2 May. Members of the CAO Committee were joined by other members of the Toronto Centre as well as 7 volunteers from the David A.

Main Telescope at the CAO Upgraded

4 May 2026

During the Spring Work Party from May 2nd - 3rd, the control system on the the main telescope in the Geoff Brown Observatory was upgraded to a new technology platform (MKS 6000 control system). This mini-project involved:

Next Speaker and Social Night at the RHDDO - May 20th

28 January 2026

On May 20th the Toronto Centre will be hosting a simulcast of our Speaker's Night at the historic David Dunlap Observatory in Richmond Hill followed by a s

Winter Access at the CAO

26 January 2026

The Carr Observatory is open this winter on a limited basis as follows:

About us

Welcome to the Toronto Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. We’re Canada’s largest astronomy club with more than 600 members in the GTA who share a love of astronomy and the wonders of the night sky

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The Sky Tonight

Toronto

 Astronomical forecasts for different locations in the GTA and a monthly, free star map.

 

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