An Evening of Exoplanets

RASC Montreal

The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) Montreal Centre invites you to join us on Tuesday, Jan 26th at 7:00 pm EST for a discussion on Exoplanet Research. In conjunction with our friends from Guelph Physics and the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREX), we’ll be joined by some of Canada’s top researchers probing the depths of space focusing on planets external to our solar system, or as they’re known to scientists, exoplanets. Planned topics include:

Two Eyed Seeing: Navajo (Dine) Astronomy & NASA Moon to Mars

Native Skywatchers

Join the Native Skywatchers for an exciting session on Navajo (Dine) little known ancient astronomy! Learn how the Coyote created chaos as the Holy Beings were naming the stars. See how Navajo star knowledge is still used today, and what is the Navajo protocol for telling stories of the sky. They will focus on the skies of the Navajo winter months. Learn from Navajo traditional knowledge holders, and visit actual classrooms in the American Southwest.

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.

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

with Hilding Neilson

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. In this talk, Dr. Hilding Neilson will discuss Indigenous methods of science and how sky stories reflect observations and knowledge of different peoples.

Women of Aerospace

Speaker: Natalie Panek, MDA, Senior Engineer (Systems Design)

University of Toronto's Aerospace Team (UTAT)

The University of Toronto Aerospace Team invites you to attend our Women of Aerospace Speaker Series! Our next event will be held on January 15th, 2021 at 7pm EST with Natalie Panek, Senior Engineer in Systems Design at MDA.

Monthly Virtual Meeting

RASC Calgary

Folks, Happy New Year!

The upcoming virtual meeting is on Friday, January 8th at 7:30 PM EST.

The agenda for this meeting is as follows:

- Ottawa Skies - Dave Chisholm

- Astrophotography using your cellphone

- Loïc Bellemare-Alford

- M&M Challenge (over the 5-minute break)

- Meteors - Pierre Martin - Observations

- Observing Challenges