This month, SkyNews has gone intergalactic. Our focus? NGC 7331 and its neighbours.
Oct 28, 2021
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Nov 15, 2021
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Nov 09, 2021
Features
This Week’s Sky: November 15 to 21, 2021
The highlight of this week is an almost-total lunar eclipse, visible from all over Canada. Also, look for meteors as the Leonids peak.
Nov 15, 2021
This Week’s Sky: November 22 to 28, 2021
This week’s new Moon means it’s an excellent time for deep-sky gazing. Also, look for dwarf planet Ceres at opposition.
Nov 24, 2021
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Oct 29, 2021
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vdB 152 by Chris Parfett
Chris Parfett’s image of vdB 152 wins the Photo of the Week title on September 10, 2021.
Nov 15, 2021
Andromeda Galaxy by Roger Menard
Roger Menard wins the Photo of the Week title on September 3, 2021, for his image of the popular Andromeda Galaxy.
Nov 15, 2021
Astroimage editing winner: October 2021
Mark Germani’s edit of our Messier 20 data has won the October 2021 SkyNews Astroimage Editing Contest.
Nov 15, 2021
This Week’s Sky: November 8 to November 14, 2021
The first quarter Moon sets the stage this month, joining Jupiter and Saturn in their monthly meetup. Also, look for the Lunar X, and a meteor shower peak.
Nov 08, 2021
A radio ‘tunnel’ might surround our cosmic neighbourhood
New Canadian research suggests that a magnetic “tunnel” may surround our Solar System and tell us more about how magnetic fields behave.
Nov 04, 2021
Planets at a Glance: November 2021
Uranus reaches opposition; Mars climbs away from the Sun. Find out what the planets are up to this month in Planets at a Glance.
Nov 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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