Royal Astronomical Society Of Canada

• Beauty of the night sky protected in Kelowna, B.C. as Canada’s 3rd Nocturnal Preserve named

  In fall of 2019, the regional board approved a recommendation to seek the Dark-Sky Site designation for the regional park, located along the south slopes outside of Kelowna.

  Environment

  May 5, 2023
  
• ‘Super weird’: Mysterious object in sky over Calgary explained

  Calgarians looked up to the sky to see something quite mysterious on Saturday, but one man solved the mystery and identified the object as a plane soaring through the night.

  Environment

  Sep 11, 2022
  
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• Manitoba provincial park gets dark-sky designation from astronomical society

  Spruce Woods Provincial Park was designated as Manitoba's first 'dark-sky preserve,' parks minister Jeff Wharton said Wednesday.

  Science

  Aug 31, 2022
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• Saskatchewan meteorologists call northern lights a ‘one-in-100-year solar event’

  Global News meteorologist Peter Quinlan says this current cycle of northern lights is rare: “This is what's being called a one-in-100-year solar event."

  Environment

  Nov 4, 2021
• Meet the aurora borealis chasers in Alberta: ‘It’s like nothing else in the world’

  Ratzlaff said early in 2021, the Alberta Aurora Chasers Facebook group had 30,000 members. That number has since tripled to more than 100,000.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2021
• Meteor streaking across Saskatoon caught on video

  A meteor was spotted entering the atmosphere above Saskatoon on Saturday night.

  Canada

  Dec 30, 2019
• Mercury transit provides interstellar views and introspection

  One amateur astronomer said seeing the Mercury transit made her feel small but connected with everything else.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2019
• Richmond Hill’s David Dunlap Observatory houses Canada’s largest telescope

  This summer the observatory, which contains the largest telescope in Canada, reopened to the public after 10 years.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2018
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• ‘It’s never been done before’: Outdoor planetarium in Quebec uses augmented reality to view the night sky

  Using a special headset, they look up and view illustrated images of stars and constellations which overlap the actual night-time sky.

  Education

  Jun 30, 2018
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• Solar eclipse viewing event attracts large crowd in Kelowna

  A crowd numbering in the thousands turned out Monday morning in Kelowna for a public viewing of the partial solar eclipse.

  Aug 21, 2017