Join Canadian Space Agency experts as they speak about Canada’s role in the exploration of the Universe with the James Webb Space Telescope.
Oct 26, 2021
Our Photo of the Week on August 27, 2021, is Monika Deviat’s image of the Perseid meteor shower over Waterton Lakes National Park.
Oct 14, 2021
You did last month’s Messier 8 project, and now you’re ready for something more colourful. Download our Messier 20 data and create your own version of the Universe.
Oct 01, 2021
Features
This Week’s Sky: October 25 to 31, 2021
A third quarter Moon, greatest elongations for inner planets and rising Messier objects — check out what you can see in This Week’s Sky.
Oct 21, 2021
Watch Subs and Stars: Lesson 2
Watch the second session of Subs and Stars, an eight-part instructional online series that teaches people how astrophotos are built and edited.
Sep 22, 2021
Planets at a Glance: October 2021
From bright Venus getting brighter to the Moon passing gas giants, find out what’s going on in our Solar System this month.
Oct 12, 2021
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The Latest
Astroimage editing winner: September 2021
Lenard Velensky’s edit of Messier 8 data won for September 2021 in the SkyNews Astroimage Editing Contest.
Oct 18, 2021
This Week’s Sky: October 18 to 24, 2021
Look for the full Hunter’s Moon and the Orionids meteor shower this week.
Oct 14, 2021
Canadian actor William Shatner becomes oldest person to go to space
Canada’s corps of spaceflyers diversified today as actor William Shatner — the Star Trek star turned comedian — took a suborbital space flight this morning.
Oct 13, 2021
This Week’s Sky: October 11 to 17, 2021
Watch as the Moon passes gas giant planets and Venus meets Antares in the night sky this week.
Oct 07, 2021
This Week’s Sky: October 4 to 10, 2021
Look for deep-sky objects in dark skies this week with new Moon on Wednesday.
Oct 01, 2021
This Week’s Sky: September 27 to October 3, 2021
Look for the old crescent Moon in Leo, and the zodiacal light in the pre-dawn sky.
Oct 01, 2021
Explore the current issue
- 01. 2021 Photos of the year
- 02. A grand eclipse adventure
- 03. Fire in the sky
- 04. Catch falling stars & dance with aurora
- 05. An astrophotography journey
Observing
Summer night sightseeing: The Coathanger, Tweedledee and Tweedledum
Take a tour of the summer night sky, through the Coathanger asterism, as well as the Tweedledee and Tweedledum clusters.
Jun 30, 2021
Photos of the solar eclipse: June 10, 2021
A beautiful eclipse greeted northern and eastern Canadians as they woke up on June 10, 2021. Here’s what our readers saw.
Jun 10, 2021
Planets at a glance: June 2021
Jupiter and Saturn will start rising before midnight this month, while Mars and Venus start to spend more time in evening twilight.
May 28, 2021
Lunar X marks the spot
What is the Lunar X? Learn more about this lunar phenomenon and when you can see it on the Moon.
May 13, 2021
About the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) began as the Toronto Astronomical Club on December 1, 1868. The eight men who gathered to share their interests were not professional astronomers, just working-class citizens with a passion for astronomy.
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