by Bettina Forget | Apr 13, 2011 | Events
If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, why don’t you head down to New York for the annual astronomy expo NEAF (Northeast Astronomy Forum). It takes place at the Rockland Community College in Suffern, 30 minutes away from New York City, on...
by Bettina Forget | Apr 13, 2011 | Events
The RASC Montreal Centre commemorated 50 years of human space flight twice: once at Saturday’s Yuri’s Night party and again last night during the Centre’s first “Lunies” meeting of the year. On Saturday, April 9th the Montreal Centre was...
by Bettina Forget | Apr 1, 2011 | Events
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of human space flight! Yuri’s Night is named in honour of Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, who orbited Earth on April 12, 1961. For its 4th edition of Yuri’s Night we are turning a Montreal loft into a spaceport. Dance...
by Bettina Forget | Mar 29, 2011 | Events
Mark your calendars for our next free public lecture: Prof. Emeritus Anthony F. J. Moffat, Université de Montréal, RASC Montreal Centre Massive Stars or: All you need to know about massive stars from birth through evolution to death and why they are important Friday,...
by Bettina Forget | Mar 28, 2011 | Events
The volunteers of the RASC Montreal Centre were out in force during Westmount’s Earth Hour event on March 26th. Despite the bitter cold, we had a lot of fun showing the night sky to the general public. Telescopes were set up in front of Victoria Hall, and...
