JAC Space Club Archives - RASC Montreal Centre https://rascmontreal.org/tag/jac-space-club/ THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:57:36 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://rascmontreal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/RASC-favicon.ico JAC Space Club Archives - RASC Montreal Centre https://rascmontreal.org/tag/jac-space-club/ 32 32 EVENT: Friday, Oct 25th, 2024 – Space Themed Halloween Activities for kids https://rascmontreal.org/2024/10/event-friday-oct-25th-2024-space-themed-halloween-activities-for-kids/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:57:36 +0000 https://rascmontreal.org/?p=5891 Friday, Oct 25th – Space Themed Halloween Activities for kids Calling all young aliens, astronauts, goblins and monsters for a Spooky & Starry Haunted Evening: design your own planet, explore night sky constellations, create a Moon lander… these, and many more wonders are in store for the kids in your family. Sweet treats await as […]

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]]> EVENT: Total Solar Eclipse 2024 – April 8th, 2024 – Multiple Sites https://rascmontreal.org/2024/03/event-total-eclipse-2024/ Sun, 24 Mar 2024 14:54:45 +0000 https://rascmontreal.org/?p=5744 Experience a Total Solar Eclipse with the RASC Montreal Outreach team on Monday, April 8th. Join us at our main event, held with John Abbott College, the JAC Space Club, MDA, McGill Macdonald Campus, the city of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and others for a great afternoon of solar observing if weather allows. The solar eclipse will begin […]

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]]> EVENT: What can we see in Montreal – Friday, Feb. 16th, 2024 @ 7PM https://rascmontreal.org/2024/02/event-what-can-we-see-in-montreal-friday-feb-16th-2024-7pm/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:10:08 +0000 https://rascmontreal.org/?p=5754 Join us Feb 16th at 7pm for an Astronomy Experience! What night sky objects can we enjoy in Montreal – with light pollution under urban skies? How does our hobby change with the new telescopes and tools entering the market? AND… What will the April 8th Total Solar Eclipse look like? RASC Montreal Centre and […]

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]]> EVENT: Spooky Nights – Friday, Oct. 27th, 2023 @ 6:30PM https://rascmontreal.org/2023/10/event-spooky-nights-friday-oct-27th-2023-630pm/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 23:42:14 +0000 https://rascmontreal.org/?p=5697 Calling all aliens, astronauts, goblins and monsters for a Spooky & Starry Haunted Evening: design your own planet, explore night sky constellations, create a Moon lander… these, and many more wonders are in store for the kids in your family. Sweet treats await as they pass through these Astronomy activities in the early evening during […]

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]]> EVENT: Annular Solar Eclipse – October 14th, 2023 @ NOON https://rascmontreal.org/2023/09/event-annular-solar-eclipse-2023/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 23:00:17 +0000 https://rascmontreal.org/?p=5680 Oct 14th is the first of two solar eclipse events in the next six months. While some parts of the USA, Central & South America will experience an annular “Ring of Fire” eclipse, in Montreal we will see a 28% coverage of the Sun by the Moon. Join RASC Montreal & the JAC Space Club […]

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]]> Astronomy Event for Kids: Spooky Nights – October 28th @ 6PM https://rascmontreal.org/2022/10/astronomy-event-for-kids-spooky-nights-october-28th-6pm/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 22:52:28 +0000 http://rascmontreal.org/?p=5440 Halloween Space-Themed Activities for Kids Calling all aliens, astronauts, goblins and monsters! Join us for a Spooky & Starry Haunted Evening: design your own planet, explore night sky constellations, create a Moon lander… these, and many more wonders await the young (and young-at-heart) with their “star guides” the JAC Space Club. Sweet treats await as […]

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]]> 2 Weeks at Mount Wilson, Public Zoom Event Aug 28th 4pm EDT https://rascmontreal.org/2022/08/2-weeks-at-mount-wilson-public-zoom-event-aug-28th-4pm-edt/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 01:20:13 +0000 http://rascmontreal.org/?p=5420 Register in advance to join this Zoom event: https://bit.ly/2WksMtWilson Over 100 years ago George Ellery Hale founded Mount Wilson Observatory in California, which became the preeminent Astronomical Observatory of its time with a 60″ and a 100″ telescope along with an incredible set of solar observing tools. In its first decades of operation Edwin Hubble […]

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]]> AstroFest 2022 @ The Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium – Saturday, May 7th 2022 https://rascmontreal.org/2022/04/astrofest-2022-the-rio-tinto-alcan-planetarium-saturday-may-7th-2022/ Sun, 01 May 2022 01:01:39 +0000 http://rascmontreal.org/?p=5379 AstroFest 2022 at the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium The RASC Montreal Centre Outreach team will be part of AstroFest 2022 on Saturday, May 7th at the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium. Join us along with our friends at Science Yourself!, the JAC Space Club, BrightDot, iREx, PlateauAstro, Bettina Forget, Discover the Universe, and many others for […]

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]]> Fusing Art & Astrobiology on Sat June 5th 7pm EDT https://rascmontreal.org/2021/05/fusing-art-astrobiology-on-sat-june-5th-7pm-edt/ Fri, 28 May 2021 23:52:51 +0000 http://rascmontreal.org/?p=5098 On Saturday June 5th at 7pm EDT, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) Montreal Centre hosts former Centre President, current SETI Institute Artist-In-Residence Program Director and Educational Researcher Bettina Forget for a presentation and discussion on Encouraging Girls into STEM fields of study. Bettina will present her current PhD research where she explains how […]

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