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Geminid Meteor Shower – Dec. 13th
Please join us for the Geminid Meteor Shower. Robert Vanderwee, John Abbott College Astro President and RASC Montreal Member will give a short presentation about the Geminid Shower and how to observe them. Date: Thursday Dec. 13thTime: 8PM (Doors open at...
Comet 46P/Wirtanen is predicted to become a naked eye comet reaching magnitude 3 in December
. Below is an artists impression of Comet 46P on Dec 16 2018 as it passes between Taurus and the Pleiades. In 2018, comet 46P/Wirtanen is predicted to become a naked eye comet reaching magnitude 3 in December. Closest approach of the icy object occurs on...
Newborn Stars Blow Bubbles in the Cat’s Paw Nebula
The Cat's Paw Nebula, imaged here by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope using the MIPS and IRAC instruments, is a star-forming region that lies inside the Milky Way Galaxy. New stars may heat up the surrounding gas, which can expand to form "bubbles." Image Credit:...
SPOOKY NIGHTS – Friday Oct. 26th
The Montreal Centre will be hosting"Spooky Nights - Halloween Under the Stars" Time: 6:30 PMLocation: Conservation Centre, Morgan Arboretum, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue The Star guides will be from the John Abbott College Astro Club. Following the Outdoor fun will be...
NASA Voyager 2 Could Be Nearing Interstellar Space
This graphic shows the position of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes relative to the heliosphere, a protective bubble created by the Sun that extends well past the orbit of Pluto. Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause, or the edge of the heliosphere, in 2012....
RECENT ARTICLES
Geminid Meteor Shower – Dec. 13th
Please join us for the Geminid Meteor Shower. Robert Vanderwee, John Abbott College Astro President and RASC Montreal Member will give a short presentation about the Geminid Shower and how to observe them. Date: Thursday Dec. 13thTime: 8PM (Doors open at...
Comet 46P/Wirtanen is predicted to become a naked eye comet reaching magnitude 3 in December
. Below is an artists impression of Comet 46P on Dec 16 2018 as it passes between Taurus and the Pleiades. In 2018, comet 46P/Wirtanen is predicted to become a naked eye comet reaching magnitude 3 in December. Closest approach of the icy object occurs on...
Newborn Stars Blow Bubbles in the Cat’s Paw Nebula
The Cat's Paw Nebula, imaged here by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope using the MIPS and IRAC instruments, is a star-forming region that lies inside the Milky Way Galaxy. New stars may heat up the surrounding gas, which can expand to form "bubbles." Image Credit:...
SPOOKY NIGHTS – Friday Oct. 26th
The Montreal Centre will be hosting"Spooky Nights - Halloween Under the Stars" Time: 6:30 PMLocation: Conservation Centre, Morgan Arboretum, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue The Star guides will be from the John Abbott College Astro Club. Following the Outdoor fun will be...
NASA Voyager 2 Could Be Nearing Interstellar Space
This graphic shows the position of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes relative to the heliosphere, a protective bubble created by the Sun that extends well past the orbit of Pluto. Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause, or the edge of the heliosphere, in 2012....