June Potpourri

UTM IB 120 Instructional Centre,, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members 2023 Astrophotography Contest Aurora Chasing Aurora Photos Planning your astronomy sessions.

Riverwood Star Party

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

Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy Please register on the Riverwood website

To Bennu and back: The OSIRIS-REx mission and the significance to Canada

UTM Davis (DV) 3140

Talk Synopsis The OSIRIS-REx mission is a NASA-lead mission to a carbonaceous Near-Earth Asteroid Bennu and return the sample back to Earth in September 2023. An extended mission will take the spacecraft into orbit around near-Earth asteroid Apophis in 2029. OSIRIS-REx was launched on September 8, 2016 and rendezvoused with Bennu on December 3, 2018. […]

Riverwood Star Party

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

Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy We're a GO FOR TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY)! Please register on the Riverwood website

July Potpourri

UTM IB 120 Instructional Centre,, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members

Riverwood Star Party

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

Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy Please register on the Riverwood website

August Potpourri

UTM Davis (DV) 3140

Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members

September Potpourri

DV2080 William Davis Building UTM

Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members   Randy Attwood: Canada’s First Astronaut – 40 year anniversary On October 5, 1984, Marc Garneau became Canada’s first space traveler when he was launched on the Space Shuttle Challenger during the 13th Space Shuttle mission, STS 41-G. Randy will show some pictures of the event to celebrate […]

Riverwood Star Party

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

Public Star Party at The Riverwood Conservancy Please register on the Riverwood website

October Potpourri

DV2080 William Davis Building UTM

Raghav:  Building a Dobsonion base (15 mins) David: Yerkes Observatory (15mins) Purvesh Dev: Common myths in astronomy Raghav: Kahoot (15-20 mins)