RASC Calgary: 10 years of ALMA

On 08 Mar, 2022 By outreach@rasc.ca
Event Date: 
Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 9:30pm to 11:30pm

10 years of ALMA: transforming our understanding of planet formation in circumstellar disks

Presented by:  Dr. Brenda Matthews

RASC Calgary

Thursday March 17, 2022 @ 7:30 pm MDT ( 9:30 pm EDT)

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RASC Mississauga: Speaker Night

On 07 Mar, 2022 By outreach@rasc.ca
Event Date: 
Friday, April 22, 2022 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm

Astrobiology- How strange life might be?

Presented by: Dr Chris Impey Steward Observatory, University of Arizona   

RASC Mississagua

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The Sky This Month - March, 2022

On 01 Mar, 2022 By garyboyle@xplor...

The Messier Marathon

Charles Messier (1730 – 1817) was one of the most prolific comet hunters of his time. Over his career, he used a 100 mm telescope and discovered 13 new comets, and co-discovered seven more. During many observing sessions, he would come across objects that were not comets such as nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies which he plotted on his star charts. With the collaboration of Pierre Mechain, the first version of the Messier catalogue contained only 45 entries. Other revisions saw more entries for a total of 110 objects we see today. From this list, 76 objects are bright enough (some challenging) to be seen in a pair of 10 X 50 binoculars from a dark sight on a moonless night.

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Stellarium intermediate course

On 27 Feb, 2022 By hotair@computer...
Event Date: 
Thursday, March 24, 2022 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Stellarium intermediate course (ONLINE)

Thursday 24 March 2022

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Eastern time

Stellarium is a powerful planetarium application available for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux computers. 

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Pilon-DS

On 23 Feb, 2022 By hotair@computer...

Double Stars

Denis Pilon

Regina

16 Feb 2022

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Stellarium intermediate course

On 21 Feb, 2022 By hotair@computer...
Event Date: 
Monday, April 18, 2022 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Stellarium intermediate course (ONLINE)

Monday 18 April 2022

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Eastern time

Stellarium is a powerful planetarium application available for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux computers. 

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Stellarium introductory course

On 21 Feb, 2022 By hotair@computer...
Event Date: 
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 - 9:30pm to 11:30pm

Stellarium introductory course (ONLINE)

Wednesday 13 April 2022, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Mountain Time. 

Stellarium is a powerful planetarium application available for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux computers. 

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Stellarium advanced course

On 21 Feb, 2022 By hotair@computer...
Event Date: 
Monday, April 11, 2022 - 9:30pm to 11:30pm

Stellarium advanced course (ONLINE)

Monday 11 April 2022

7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Mountain time

Stellarium is a powerful planetarium application available for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux computers. 

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Stellarium introductory course

On 21 Feb, 2022 By hotair@computer...
Event Date: 
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Stellarium introductory course (ONLINE)

Wednesday 23 March 2022, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Eastern Time. 

Stellarium is a powerful planetarium application available for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux computers. 

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Stellarium intermediate course

On 21 Feb, 2022 By hotair@computer...
Event Date: 
Monday, March 21, 2022 - 9:30pm to 11:30pm

Stellarium intermediate course (ONLINE)

Monday 21 March 2022

7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Mountain time

Stellarium is a powerful planetarium application available for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux computers. 

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