We’ve “narrowed” our focus for this month’s Astroimage Editing Contest target, collecting almost 26 hours of glorious narrowband data of NGC 7635, or the Bubble Nebula.
Dec 01, 2021
If you live at a mid-northerly latitude, the coming week will provide a great opportunity to see Comet Leonard, the best-performing comet of 2021
Dec 06, 2021
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Nov 15, 2021
Features
This Week’s Sky: December 6 to 12, 2021
It’s an eventful week — the Moon meets Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune, while Comet Leonard graces pre-dawn skies.
Dec 06, 2021
Register for Subs and Stars: Lesson 4
Register for the fourth session of Subs and Stars, an eight-part instructional online series that teaches people how astrophotos are built and edited.
Dec 03, 2021
Planets at a Glance: December 2021
From toasty Mercury to frozen Neptune, view all the planets in our Solar System this month
Dec 06, 2021
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Comets: What they are and how to see them
The brightest comets are rare, often only visible from Earth for a brief time. How do you catch them?
Dec 06, 2021
This Week’s Sky: November 29 to December 5, 2021
Comet Leonard appears near Messier 3, a crescent Moon meets Mars and the Southern Hemisphere sees a solar eclipse
Nov 29, 2021
Comet Leonard approaches early this December
Comet Leonard is predicted to be bright enough to see with the naked eye this December. Catch it before it disappears.
Nov 29, 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
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
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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