Stellarium introductory course

Monday, January 25, 2021 - 7:00 to 9:00 PM EST

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

Stellarium introductory course

Monday, February 22, 2021 - 7:00 to 9:00 PM EST

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

Class participants will learn how to setup the software for a specific location, date, and time. They will learn how to view the simulated sky, zoom and pan, and search for and select celestial objects. Features such as gridlines, the meridian, sky settings, and red light mode will be explored. This will provide an amateur astronomer a basic overview of the Stellarium program.

DDO: Up in the Sky (ONLINE)

Saturday, February 27, 2021 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

DDO: Ask an Astronomer (ONLINE)

Sunday, February 7, 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Join us, from the comfort of your home! Let us help you explore and understand the night sky! A DDO Astronomer will provide accurate and detailed answers to your astronomy and space-related questions in simple language using pictures, illustrations and sophisticated computer simulations during these live video meetings.

Infrared Transmission and Reflection of Titan Aerosol Analogues

Presented by Ashley Walker

RASC Calgary

Should J.S. Plaskett be a Canadian Icon?

By Peter Broughton

Stargazers 101

RASC Kitchener-Waterloo

The Kitchener-Waterloo Centre will hold its Stargazers 101 meeting this Friday, January 22nd, 2021. There will be a talk from a member on his visit to Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. We will have updates on the Moon, Comets and Astronews. The meeting is open to anyone with an interest in looking up.

The event will take place at 7 pm EST!

The Science Behind Astrology

Planetary alignments, ascending and descending nodes, retrograde and prograde motion, where do all those astrology terms come from? Many astronomers will walk away when they hear someone start talking about it, but astrology's origins are deeply rooted in astronomy itself. We'll be talking about the astronomical origins of astrology, and discussing what is actually happening when people talk about Mercury being in retrograde.