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Stargazing!Thursdays (November - June), as listed below
Times are as listed below
Format: In-Person
Instructor: Trevor Chandler and / or Michael Wright
Fee: $19 +HST per person, per session*
Come, enjoy a calm outdoor evening, and see the stars! Members of the Kitchener-Waterloo Royal Astronomical Society of Canada will be setting up astronomical telescopes for private viewings. Come see winter constellations like Taurus, Gemini, and Orion, as well as star clusters, nebulae, and many other curious objects in the beautiful winter Milky Way. Later, as winter melts into spring, we may even view a few distant galaxies.
Our goal is to run 3 of the following programs:
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 6 PM to 8 PM (Moon and Saturn)
Thursday, January 14, 2027, 6 PM to 8 PM (Moon and Saturn)
Thursday, February 11, 2027, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars at their best)
Thursday, March 11, 2027, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars)
Thursday, April 8, 2027, 8 PM to 10 PM (Moon, Jupiter, and Mars)
Thursday, May 13, 2027, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM (Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, and Mars)
Thursday, June 10, 2027, 9 PM to 11 PM (Moon, Jupiter, and Mars)
The information in the brackets indicates the principal solar system objects visible at the time.
The weather makes stargazing very unpredictable and therefore hard to schedule. Instead of opening up registration for all of these dates and having to cancel some of them, we are instead going to have everyone who is interested sign up on a list (there is no fee to do this). To sign up on the list click on the link to register for workshops and you will find the link for the list in the list of workshops.
The morning of each of the above listed dates we will send an email out by 10:30 AM to let you know whether the instructors are going to run the program or not. Their decision will be based both on the sky and the weather (i.e., if it is forecasted to be excessively cold the program will not run). The registration will open when we send the email out. Anyone can register for the program regardless of whether they are on the sign up list or not.
*Please note these programs are non-refundable once you register and pay for them.
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