• Speaker Night – Dr. Lea Hirsch

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    Speaker: Dr Lea Hirsch, University of Toronto - Mississauga

    Here Come the Suns: The statistics and habitability of planets in binary star systems 

     Most planet searches focus on single stars, like the sun. But half of all sun-like stars actually live in binary or multiple stellar systems, whose planet-hosting capability may be quite different. In binary systems, planets can occupy either circum-stellar or circum-binary orbits, but many orbital configurations are thought to be unstable due to the effects of the binary companion. Binaries are also thought to affect the proto-planetary disks of their companions, potentially disrupting their ability to form planets at all. 

  • Potpourri Meeting

    Potpourri Meeting – talks on the February Skies, As Astrophotography Journey, a book review and the James Webb Space Telescope

  • Public Star Party

    An evening of Stargazing at the Riverwood Conservancy

  • Speaker Night – Dr Chris Impey

    Speaker: Dr Chris Impey Steward Observatory, University of Arizona   
    Topic: Astrobiology- How strange life might be?

  • Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy

    An evening of Stargazing at the Riverwood Conservancy

    Cost is $5 per person for the general public.

    RASC members are free but you must register at the Riverwood website.

    If the weather is cloudy, the event will be postponed 24 hours.

  • Potpourri Meeting

    Potpourri Meeting – several short talks by members. A review of a filter for astrophotography,  Astronomy Clubs in High Schools, an Equatorial Platform for Short-Duration Tracking, upcoming astronomical events in May

  • Speaker Night – Dr Samantha Lawler

    Speaker: Dr. Samantha Lawler, University of Regina
    Title: Megaconstellations of satellites are about to ruin the night sky for everyone

  • Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy

    Riverwood Park, Mississauga 4300 Riverwood Park Lane, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

    An evening of Stargazing at the Riverwood Conservancy

    Due to forecast of clouds Thursday evening, we will cancel the public viewing session this week.  We will try again July 5.