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RASC Saskatoon Centre, Public & Media Events
Moon and Jupiter by Mike Dolan on February 19, 2020
Other Centre members' astroimages
All events are free of charge and open to the general public unless otherwise noted
INSTRUCTIONS FOR JOINING ZOOM EXECUTIVE or GENERAL MEETINGS DURING COVID-19
Download the ZOOM app onto your computer or device (if you haven't already.)An email will be sent to you with the meeting link information for your computer or phone. check the newsletter monthy for last minute changes in the link or event scheduling. Email sk_centre@rasc.ca if you did not receive an email and wish to join the meeting.
2022
January 17 - RASC General Meeting
January 29 - Observer's Group Night at the Sleaford Observatory - Observing starts at dusk. Get there early and set up for a great night of observing! Members and their guests only.
February 26 - Observer's Group Night at the Sleaford Observatory - Observing starts at dusk. Get there early and set up for a great night of observing! Members and their guests only.
February 28 - RASC General Meeting
March 21 - RASC General Meeting
March 26 - Observer's Group Night at the Sleaford Observatory - Observing starts at dusk. Get there early and set up for a great night of observing! Members and their guests only.
March 26 (backup night April 2) - Messier Marathon Night at the Sleaford Observatory -
Here is your chance to observer 109 of the 110 Messier objects over once
grueling night, dusk to dawn. Observing starts at dusk, but show up
early as your first objects need to be observed in bright evening
twighlight. Get there early and set up for a great night of observing!
Members and their guests only.
April 30 - Observer's Group Night at the Sleaford Observatory - Observing starts at dusk. Get there early and set up for a great night of observing! This is also the last-chance Messier Marathon Back-up Night. Members and their guests only.
April 18 - RASC General Meeting
May 28 - Observer's Group Night at the Sleaford Observatory - Observing starts at dusk. Get there early and set up for a great night of observing! Members and their guests only.
May 16 - RASC General Meeting
May 22 - Noctilucent Cloud season begins. NLC season begins and lasts until August 22, with the peak in viewing around the summer solstice. 2021 was an exceptional season for these space clouds with displays being
visible almost every night of the year. 2022 is expected to be the same. The clouds are visible when the sun is 8 to 18 degrees below the north horizon. Keep notes on the observations and take photographs. Note that
null observations of the clouds and clouds in conjunction with aurora are also valuable. All observations can be reported
to NLC Can/Am at the end of August. (See Aug 22 entry.)
June 25 - Observer's Group Night at the Sleaford Observatory - Observing starts at dusk. Get there early and set up for a great night of observing! Members and their guests only.
June 20 - RASC General Meeting
July 23 - Observer's Group Night at the Sleaford Observatory - Observing starts at dusk. Get there early and set up for a great night of observing! Members and their guests only.
August 12 - Perseid Meteor Shower (007 PER) - Usually with a ZHR
of 110, but rates can be variable. Meteors are detectable July 17
August 24. The new moon is on the 12th, so this is a very unfavourable year for observing this shower. However, in 2021, an unexpected storm occurred about 30 hours after the traditional peak!
For more information, see https://www.imo.net/files/meteor-shower/cal2022.pdf
August 22 - Noctilucent Cloud season ends. NLC season ends, so it is time to send your observations and photos to Mark Zalcyk of NLC Can/A at
bgg_skymerchant@hotmail.com
August 24 - 29 - 25th Annual Saskatchewan Summer Star Party at Cypress Hills - See Star Party Pages - sidebar.
Open to anyone.
September 24 - Observer's Group Night at the Sleaford Observatory - Observing starts at dusk. Get there early and set up for a great night of observing! Members and their guests only.
October 22 - Observer's Group Night at the Sleaford Observatory - Observing starts at dusk. Get there early and set up for a great night of observing! Members and their guests only.
November 19 - Observer's Group Night at the Sleaford Observatory - Observing starts at dusk. Get there early and set up for a great night of observing! Members and their guests only.
December 17 - Observer's Group Night at the Sleaford Observatory - Observing starts at dusk. Get there early and set up for a great night of observing! Members and their guests only.
August 16 - 21 - 26th Annual Saskatchewan Summer Star Party at Cypress Hills - See Star Party Pages - sidebar.
Open to anyone.
August 17 - 22 or August 22 - 28 - Saskatchewan Summer Star Party 2044 - 47th Annual SSSP at Cypress Hills Provincial Park. Program TBD. Stay tuned!
See our Newsletter
or email us.
For information specifically on Saskatchewan Summer Star Party (SSSP), email us.
Or see Starparty homepage.
Click here to join the Saskatoon Centre.
Something wrong on this page? Email the Events Page editor.
One of the benefits of membership with our Centre is access to our
remote viewing site at Sleaford. The telephone number at the Sleaford site is 255-2045. For users
of our site, here is some reading material (pdf format):
We are fighting light pollution! The Saskatchewan Light Pollution Abatement Committee
is a collaboration between the Saskatoon and Regina RASC Centres and a number of other
key people in the province. See: Light Pollution in Saskatchewan. The RASC Saskatoon Centre has an active Observing Group. Contact the Observing
Group Coordinator
for details of the group's activities.
Observing Aids
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada has many activities nationwide.
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For More Information on Events & the RASC:
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Sleaford Observatory
Light Pollution Abatement Committee
Observing Group
You can earn you binocular certificate by observing 35 of the 40
objects on this list, created by Darrell Chatfield. Once you have
started, register with the newsletter editor, Colin Chatfield, to get your
name added to the challenge list in the Saskatoon Skies newsletter.
This is a description of the Chatfield Binocular List fields that goes beyond just the basic objects. Since you've taken time to
find the Chatfield Objects, you might as well hang around a bit and explore whatelse is visible within the binocular
field of view. The expanded list was produced by Rick Huziak during his run at the challenge.
National RASC Activities
RASC Membership Activities
RASC member contributions to astronomy: