International Year of Astronomy in Calgary Events
- January
- 01 NO STARGAZING TONIGHT! (Jan 1) 08 Friday Night Stargazing 13 Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program 13 "Star Trek — The Music" Concert / Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra 15 Friday Night Stargazing 19 Telescope User's Course 20 Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program 21 Free Lecture: Bev Thirsk "Journey to the Space Station" 22 CANCELLED-Friday Night Stargazing 23 Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope 27 Special Mars Night #1 28 Special Mars Night #2 29 Friday Night Stargazing/Mars Night #3 30 Full Moon Winter Star Party & Open House
- February
- -- NO STARGAZING TONIGHT! (Jan 1) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- "Star Trek — The Music" Concert / Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Telescope User's Course -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Lecture: Bev Thirsk "Journey to the Space Station" -- CANCELLED-Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Special Mars Night #1 -- Special Mars Night #2 -- Friday Night Stargazing/Mars Night #3 -- Full Moon Winter Star Party & Open House 02 RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One 05 Friday Night Stargazing 11 Solar Stargazing Day #1 12 Solar Stargazing Day #2 12 Explore the Sky - Family Course 12 Friday Night Stargazing 13 Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope 15 Solar Stargazing Day #3 18 Free Lecture: "World's Oldest Star Atlas" 19 Friday Night Stargazing 20 Rothney Observatory Open House: Resolving Power—Why Eagles and Telescopes See Better Than Us 23 Science Café on "Arctic Ice" 26 Friday Night Stargazing
- March
- -- NO STARGAZING TONIGHT! (Jan 1) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- "Star Trek — The Music" Concert / Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Telescope User's Course -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Lecture: Bev Thirsk "Journey to the Space Station" -- CANCELLED-Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Special Mars Night #1 -- Special Mars Night #2 -- Friday Night Stargazing/Mars Night #3 -- Full Moon Winter Star Party & Open House -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Solar Stargazing Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing Day #2 -- Explore the Sky - Family Course -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Solar Stargazing Day #3 -- Free Lecture: "World's Oldest Star Atlas" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Rothney Observatory Open House: Resolving Power—Why Eagles and Telescopes See Better Than Us -- Science Café on "Arctic Ice" -- Friday Night Stargazing 02 RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One 05 Friday Night Stargazing 06 "The Globe at Night" Citizen Science Project 07 Stargazing at the Plaza Theatre 10 Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program 12 Friday Night Stargazing 17 Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program 18 Free Astronomy Lecture: "2012: Debunking the Maya Doomsday Prophecy" 19 Friday Night Stargazing (New Time: 9:00 pm) 20 Rothney Observatory Open House - Locating the Edge of Space 20 Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope 24 Explore the Spring Sky Course 26 The "Tonight Show" (BEGINS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT) 26 Friday Night Stargazing 27 "Earth Hour" Stargazing at Banff Springs Hotel 29 The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #1) 29 Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #1 30 The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #2) 30 Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #2 31 The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #3) 31 Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #3
- April
- -- NO STARGAZING TONIGHT! (Jan 1) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- "Star Trek — The Music" Concert / Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Telescope User's Course -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Lecture: Bev Thirsk "Journey to the Space Station" -- CANCELLED-Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Special Mars Night #1 -- Special Mars Night #2 -- Friday Night Stargazing/Mars Night #3 -- Full Moon Winter Star Party & Open House -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Solar Stargazing Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing Day #2 -- Explore the Sky - Family Course -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Solar Stargazing Day #3 -- Free Lecture: "World's Oldest Star Atlas" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Rothney Observatory Open House: Resolving Power—Why Eagles and Telescopes See Better Than Us -- Science Café on "Arctic Ice" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "The Globe at Night" Citizen Science Project -- Stargazing at the Plaza Theatre -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Astronomy Lecture: "2012: Debunking the Maya Doomsday Prophecy" -- Friday Night Stargazing (New Time: 9:00 pm) -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Locating the Edge of Space -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Explore the Spring Sky Course -- The "Tonight Show" (BEGINS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "Earth Hour" Stargazing at Banff Springs Hotel -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #1) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #1 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #2) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #2 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #3) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #3 01 The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #4) 01 Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #4 02 Solar Stargazing on Good Friday 02 The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #5) 02 Friday Night Stargazing - Saturn Night! 06 RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One 06 Spring Break Astronomy Day Camps 09 The "Tonight Show" (FINAL PRESENTATION) 09 Friday Night Stargazing (LAST NIGHT!) 10 Siksika Skies Night at Blackfoot Crossing 15 Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Greatest Unsolved Mysteries in Astrophysics" 17 Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope 23 Public Starnight in Airdrie 24 Solar Stargazing at the Zoo 24 Rothney Observatory Open House - Astronomy Day 24 Astronomy Day & Earth Day: Spring Star Night @ Fish Creek Park
- May
- -- NO STARGAZING TONIGHT! (Jan 1) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- "Star Trek — The Music" Concert / Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Telescope User's Course -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Lecture: Bev Thirsk "Journey to the Space Station" -- CANCELLED-Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Special Mars Night #1 -- Special Mars Night #2 -- Friday Night Stargazing/Mars Night #3 -- Full Moon Winter Star Party & Open House -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Solar Stargazing Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing Day #2 -- Explore the Sky - Family Course -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Solar Stargazing Day #3 -- Free Lecture: "World's Oldest Star Atlas" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Rothney Observatory Open House: Resolving Power—Why Eagles and Telescopes See Better Than Us -- Science Café on "Arctic Ice" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "The Globe at Night" Citizen Science Project -- Stargazing at the Plaza Theatre -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Astronomy Lecture: "2012: Debunking the Maya Doomsday Prophecy" -- Friday Night Stargazing (New Time: 9:00 pm) -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Locating the Edge of Space -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Explore the Spring Sky Course -- The "Tonight Show" (BEGINS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "Earth Hour" Stargazing at Banff Springs Hotel -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #1) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #1 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #2) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #2 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #3) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #3 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #4) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #4 -- Solar Stargazing on Good Friday -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #5) -- Friday Night Stargazing - Saturn Night! -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Spring Break Astronomy Day Camps -- The "Tonight Show" (FINAL PRESENTATION) -- Friday Night Stargazing (LAST NIGHT!) -- Siksika Skies Night at Blackfoot Crossing -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Greatest Unsolved Mysteries in Astrophysics" -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Public Starnight in Airdrie -- Solar Stargazing at the Zoo -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astronomy Day -- Astronomy Day & Earth Day: Spring Star Night @ Fish Creek Park 04 RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One 08 Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope 15 Rothney Observatory Open House - Astrophysics on the Cutting Edge 20 Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Nuke the Moon: The Military Roots of NASA" 24 Solar Stargazing on Victoria Day 25 Science Café - "Light and our Bodies"
- June
- -- NO STARGAZING TONIGHT! (Jan 1) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- "Star Trek — The Music" Concert / Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Telescope User's Course -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Lecture: Bev Thirsk "Journey to the Space Station" -- CANCELLED-Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Special Mars Night #1 -- Special Mars Night #2 -- Friday Night Stargazing/Mars Night #3 -- Full Moon Winter Star Party & Open House -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Solar Stargazing Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing Day #2 -- Explore the Sky - Family Course -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Solar Stargazing Day #3 -- Free Lecture: "World's Oldest Star Atlas" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Rothney Observatory Open House: Resolving Power—Why Eagles and Telescopes See Better Than Us -- Science Café on "Arctic Ice" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "The Globe at Night" Citizen Science Project -- Stargazing at the Plaza Theatre -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Astronomy Lecture: "2012: Debunking the Maya Doomsday Prophecy" -- Friday Night Stargazing (New Time: 9:00 pm) -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Locating the Edge of Space -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Explore the Spring Sky Course -- The "Tonight Show" (BEGINS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "Earth Hour" Stargazing at Banff Springs Hotel -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #1) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #1 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #2) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #2 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #3) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #3 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #4) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #4 -- Solar Stargazing on Good Friday -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #5) -- Friday Night Stargazing - Saturn Night! -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Spring Break Astronomy Day Camps -- The "Tonight Show" (FINAL PRESENTATION) -- Friday Night Stargazing (LAST NIGHT!) -- Siksika Skies Night at Blackfoot Crossing -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Greatest Unsolved Mysteries in Astrophysics" -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Public Starnight in Airdrie -- Solar Stargazing at the Zoo -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astronomy Day -- Astronomy Day & Earth Day: Spring Star Night @ Fish Creek Park -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astrophysics on the Cutting Edge -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Nuke the Moon: The Military Roots of NASA" -- Solar Stargazing on Victoria Day -- Science Café - "Light and our Bodies" 01 RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One 01 RASC and the Mayor's Environmental Expo 01 Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #1 02 Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #2 03 Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #3 19 Rothney Observatory Open House - First Nations Astronomy 26 Partial Eclipse of the Moon
- July
- -- NO STARGAZING TONIGHT! (Jan 1) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- "Star Trek — The Music" Concert / Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Telescope User's Course -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Lecture: Bev Thirsk "Journey to the Space Station" -- CANCELLED-Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Special Mars Night #1 -- Special Mars Night #2 -- Friday Night Stargazing/Mars Night #3 -- Full Moon Winter Star Party & Open House -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Solar Stargazing Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing Day #2 -- Explore the Sky - Family Course -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Solar Stargazing Day #3 -- Free Lecture: "World's Oldest Star Atlas" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Rothney Observatory Open House: Resolving Power—Why Eagles and Telescopes See Better Than Us -- Science Café on "Arctic Ice" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "The Globe at Night" Citizen Science Project -- Stargazing at the Plaza Theatre -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Astronomy Lecture: "2012: Debunking the Maya Doomsday Prophecy" -- Friday Night Stargazing (New Time: 9:00 pm) -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Locating the Edge of Space -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Explore the Spring Sky Course -- The "Tonight Show" (BEGINS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "Earth Hour" Stargazing at Banff Springs Hotel -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #1) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #1 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #2) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #2 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #3) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #3 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #4) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #4 -- Solar Stargazing on Good Friday -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #5) -- Friday Night Stargazing - Saturn Night! -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Spring Break Astronomy Day Camps -- The "Tonight Show" (FINAL PRESENTATION) -- Friday Night Stargazing (LAST NIGHT!) -- Siksika Skies Night at Blackfoot Crossing -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Greatest Unsolved Mysteries in Astrophysics" -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Public Starnight in Airdrie -- Solar Stargazing at the Zoo -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astronomy Day -- Astronomy Day & Earth Day: Spring Star Night @ Fish Creek Park -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astrophysics on the Cutting Edge -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Nuke the Moon: The Military Roots of NASA" -- Solar Stargazing on Victoria Day -- Science Café - "Light and our Bodies" -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- RASC and the Mayor's Environmental Expo -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #2 -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #3 -- Rothney Observatory Open House - First Nations Astronomy -- Partial Eclipse of the Moon 06 RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One 09 RASC Star-B-Q 17 Solar Stargazing on Parks Day 17 Rothney Observatory Open House - 40 Years of Discovering Alberta Skies
- August
- -- NO STARGAZING TONIGHT! (Jan 1) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- "Star Trek — The Music" Concert / Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Telescope User's Course -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Lecture: Bev Thirsk "Journey to the Space Station" -- CANCELLED-Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Special Mars Night #1 -- Special Mars Night #2 -- Friday Night Stargazing/Mars Night #3 -- Full Moon Winter Star Party & Open House -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Solar Stargazing Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing Day #2 -- Explore the Sky - Family Course -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Solar Stargazing Day #3 -- Free Lecture: "World's Oldest Star Atlas" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Rothney Observatory Open House: Resolving Power—Why Eagles and Telescopes See Better Than Us -- Science Café on "Arctic Ice" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "The Globe at Night" Citizen Science Project -- Stargazing at the Plaza Theatre -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Astronomy Lecture: "2012: Debunking the Maya Doomsday Prophecy" -- Friday Night Stargazing (New Time: 9:00 pm) -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Locating the Edge of Space -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Explore the Spring Sky Course -- The "Tonight Show" (BEGINS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "Earth Hour" Stargazing at Banff Springs Hotel -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #1) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #1 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #2) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #2 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #3) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #3 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #4) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #4 -- Solar Stargazing on Good Friday -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #5) -- Friday Night Stargazing - Saturn Night! -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Spring Break Astronomy Day Camps -- The "Tonight Show" (FINAL PRESENTATION) -- Friday Night Stargazing (LAST NIGHT!) -- Siksika Skies Night at Blackfoot Crossing -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Greatest Unsolved Mysteries in Astrophysics" -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Public Starnight in Airdrie -- Solar Stargazing at the Zoo -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astronomy Day -- Astronomy Day & Earth Day: Spring Star Night @ Fish Creek Park -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astrophysics on the Cutting Edge -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Nuke the Moon: The Military Roots of NASA" -- Solar Stargazing on Victoria Day -- Science Café - "Light and our Bodies" -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- RASC and the Mayor's Environmental Expo -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #2 -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #3 -- Rothney Observatory Open House - First Nations Astronomy -- Partial Eclipse of the Moon -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- RASC Star-B-Q -- Solar Stargazing on Parks Day -- Rothney Observatory Open House - 40 Years of Discovering Alberta Skies 03 RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One 06 Astronomy Weekend @ Cypress Hills 07 Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #1 of 5 08 Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #2 of 5 09 Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #3 of 5 10 Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #4 of 5 11 Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #5 of 5 12 Saskatchewan Summer Star Party
- September
- -- NO STARGAZING TONIGHT! (Jan 1) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- "Star Trek — The Music" Concert / Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Telescope User's Course -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Lecture: Bev Thirsk "Journey to the Space Station" -- CANCELLED-Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Special Mars Night #1 -- Special Mars Night #2 -- Friday Night Stargazing/Mars Night #3 -- Full Moon Winter Star Party & Open House -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Solar Stargazing Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing Day #2 -- Explore the Sky - Family Course -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Solar Stargazing Day #3 -- Free Lecture: "World's Oldest Star Atlas" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Rothney Observatory Open House: Resolving Power—Why Eagles and Telescopes See Better Than Us -- Science Café on "Arctic Ice" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "The Globe at Night" Citizen Science Project -- Stargazing at the Plaza Theatre -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Astronomy Lecture: "2012: Debunking the Maya Doomsday Prophecy" -- Friday Night Stargazing (New Time: 9:00 pm) -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Locating the Edge of Space -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Explore the Spring Sky Course -- The "Tonight Show" (BEGINS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "Earth Hour" Stargazing at Banff Springs Hotel -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #1) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #1 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #2) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #2 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #3) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #3 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #4) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #4 -- Solar Stargazing on Good Friday -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #5) -- Friday Night Stargazing - Saturn Night! -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Spring Break Astronomy Day Camps -- The "Tonight Show" (FINAL PRESENTATION) -- Friday Night Stargazing (LAST NIGHT!) -- Siksika Skies Night at Blackfoot Crossing -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Greatest Unsolved Mysteries in Astrophysics" -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Public Starnight in Airdrie -- Solar Stargazing at the Zoo -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astronomy Day -- Astronomy Day & Earth Day: Spring Star Night @ Fish Creek Park -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astrophysics on the Cutting Edge -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Nuke the Moon: The Military Roots of NASA" -- Solar Stargazing on Victoria Day -- Science Café - "Light and our Bodies" -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- RASC and the Mayor's Environmental Expo -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #2 -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #3 -- Rothney Observatory Open House - First Nations Astronomy -- Partial Eclipse of the Moon -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- RASC Star-B-Q -- Solar Stargazing on Parks Day -- Rothney Observatory Open House - 40 Years of Discovering Alberta Skies -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Astronomy Weekend @ Cypress Hills -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #1 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #2 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #3 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #4 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #5 of 5 -- Saskatchewan Summer Star Party 07 RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One 10 RASC Alberta Star Party 16 Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Traveler's Tales" 18 Rothney Observatory Open House - Terror from the Skies 28 Science Café - Topic TBA
- October
- -- NO STARGAZING TONIGHT! (Jan 1) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- "Star Trek — The Music" Concert / Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Telescope User's Course -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Lecture: Bev Thirsk "Journey to the Space Station" -- CANCELLED-Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Special Mars Night #1 -- Special Mars Night #2 -- Friday Night Stargazing/Mars Night #3 -- Full Moon Winter Star Party & Open House -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Solar Stargazing Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing Day #2 -- Explore the Sky - Family Course -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Solar Stargazing Day #3 -- Free Lecture: "World's Oldest Star Atlas" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Rothney Observatory Open House: Resolving Power—Why Eagles and Telescopes See Better Than Us -- Science Café on "Arctic Ice" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "The Globe at Night" Citizen Science Project -- Stargazing at the Plaza Theatre -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Astronomy Lecture: "2012: Debunking the Maya Doomsday Prophecy" -- Friday Night Stargazing (New Time: 9:00 pm) -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Locating the Edge of Space -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Explore the Spring Sky Course -- The "Tonight Show" (BEGINS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "Earth Hour" Stargazing at Banff Springs Hotel -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #1) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #1 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #2) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #2 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #3) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #3 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #4) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #4 -- Solar Stargazing on Good Friday -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #5) -- Friday Night Stargazing - Saturn Night! -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Spring Break Astronomy Day Camps -- The "Tonight Show" (FINAL PRESENTATION) -- Friday Night Stargazing (LAST NIGHT!) -- Siksika Skies Night at Blackfoot Crossing -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Greatest Unsolved Mysteries in Astrophysics" -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Public Starnight in Airdrie -- Solar Stargazing at the Zoo -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astronomy Day -- Astronomy Day & Earth Day: Spring Star Night @ Fish Creek Park -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astrophysics on the Cutting Edge -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Nuke the Moon: The Military Roots of NASA" -- Solar Stargazing on Victoria Day -- Science Café - "Light and our Bodies" -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- RASC and the Mayor's Environmental Expo -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #2 -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #3 -- Rothney Observatory Open House - First Nations Astronomy -- Partial Eclipse of the Moon -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- RASC Star-B-Q -- Solar Stargazing on Parks Day -- Rothney Observatory Open House - 40 Years of Discovering Alberta Skies -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Astronomy Weekend @ Cypress Hills -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #1 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #2 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #3 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #4 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #5 of 5 -- Saskatchewan Summer Star Party -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- RASC Alberta Star Party -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Traveler's Tales" -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Terror from the Skies -- Science Café - Topic TBA 02 Siksika Skies Night @ Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park 05 RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One 09 Darwin and Einstein Exhibits Open 09 Rothney Observatory Open House - Touring Southern Skies 11 Solar Stargazing (Noon to 3 pm) 12 Explore the Autumn Sky 15 The "Tonight Show" (BEGINS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT) 15 Friday Night Stargazing RETURNS! 16 Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope 16 Fall Star Night @ Fish Creek Park 21 Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting (Topic TBA) 22 The "Tonight Show" 22 Friday Night Stargazing 26 Science Café - Topic TBA 26 Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #1 of 5 27 Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #2 of 5 28 Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #3 of 5 29 Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #4 of 5 29 The "Tonight Show" 29 Friday Night Stargazing 30 Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #5 of 5 30 Sci Fi Night at the Rothney Observatory
- November
- -- NO STARGAZING TONIGHT! (Jan 1) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- "Star Trek — The Music" Concert / Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Telescope User's Course -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Lecture: Bev Thirsk "Journey to the Space Station" -- CANCELLED-Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Special Mars Night #1 -- Special Mars Night #2 -- Friday Night Stargazing/Mars Night #3 -- Full Moon Winter Star Party & Open House -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Solar Stargazing Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing Day #2 -- Explore the Sky - Family Course -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Solar Stargazing Day #3 -- Free Lecture: "World's Oldest Star Atlas" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Rothney Observatory Open House: Resolving Power—Why Eagles and Telescopes See Better Than Us -- Science Café on "Arctic Ice" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "The Globe at Night" Citizen Science Project -- Stargazing at the Plaza Theatre -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Astronomy Lecture: "2012: Debunking the Maya Doomsday Prophecy" -- Friday Night Stargazing (New Time: 9:00 pm) -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Locating the Edge of Space -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Explore the Spring Sky Course -- The "Tonight Show" (BEGINS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "Earth Hour" Stargazing at Banff Springs Hotel -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #1) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #1 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #2) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #2 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #3) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #3 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #4) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #4 -- Solar Stargazing on Good Friday -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #5) -- Friday Night Stargazing - Saturn Night! -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Spring Break Astronomy Day Camps -- The "Tonight Show" (FINAL PRESENTATION) -- Friday Night Stargazing (LAST NIGHT!) -- Siksika Skies Night at Blackfoot Crossing -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Greatest Unsolved Mysteries in Astrophysics" -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Public Starnight in Airdrie -- Solar Stargazing at the Zoo -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astronomy Day -- Astronomy Day & Earth Day: Spring Star Night @ Fish Creek Park -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astrophysics on the Cutting Edge -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Nuke the Moon: The Military Roots of NASA" -- Solar Stargazing on Victoria Day -- Science Café - "Light and our Bodies" -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- RASC and the Mayor's Environmental Expo -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #2 -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #3 -- Rothney Observatory Open House - First Nations Astronomy -- Partial Eclipse of the Moon -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- RASC Star-B-Q -- Solar Stargazing on Parks Day -- Rothney Observatory Open House - 40 Years of Discovering Alberta Skies -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Astronomy Weekend @ Cypress Hills -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #1 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #2 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #3 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #4 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #5 of 5 -- Saskatchewan Summer Star Party -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- RASC Alberta Star Party -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Traveler's Tales" -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Terror from the Skies -- Science Café - Topic TBA -- Siksika Skies Night @ Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Darwin and Einstein Exhibits Open -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Touring Southern Skies -- Solar Stargazing (Noon to 3 pm) -- Explore the Autumn Sky -- The "Tonight Show" (BEGINS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT) -- Friday Night Stargazing RETURNS! -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Fall Star Night @ Fish Creek Park -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting (Topic TBA) -- The "Tonight Show" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Science Café - Topic TBA -- Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #1 of 5 -- Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #2 of 5 -- Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #3 of 5 -- Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #4 of 5 -- The "Tonight Show" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #5 of 5 -- Sci Fi Night at the Rothney Observatory 02 RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One 05 The "Tonight Show" 05 Friday Night Stargazing 06 Celestial Celebration @ All-Star Telescope 11 Solar Stargazing (Noon to 3 pm) 12 The "Tonight Show" 12 Friday Night Stargazing 13 Rothney Observatory Open House - Countdown to NEOSat Launch 16 Explore the Winter Sky 19 The "Tonight Show" 19 Friday Night Stargazing 23 Science Café - Topic TBA 26 Friday Night Stargazing
- December
- -- NO STARGAZING TONIGHT! (Jan 1) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- "Star Trek — The Music" Concert / Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Telescope User's Course -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Lecture: Bev Thirsk "Journey to the Space Station" -- CANCELLED-Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Special Mars Night #1 -- Special Mars Night #2 -- Friday Night Stargazing/Mars Night #3 -- Full Moon Winter Star Party & Open House -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Solar Stargazing Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing Day #2 -- Explore the Sky - Family Course -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Solar Stargazing Day #3 -- Free Lecture: "World's Oldest Star Atlas" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Rothney Observatory Open House: Resolving Power—Why Eagles and Telescopes See Better Than Us -- Science Café on "Arctic Ice" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "The Globe at Night" Citizen Science Project -- Stargazing at the Plaza Theatre -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Junior SkyWatcher’s Astronomy Program -- Free Astronomy Lecture: "2012: Debunking the Maya Doomsday Prophecy" -- Friday Night Stargazing (New Time: 9:00 pm) -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Locating the Edge of Space -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Explore the Spring Sky Course -- The "Tonight Show" (BEGINS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT) -- Friday Night Stargazing -- "Earth Hour" Stargazing at Banff Springs Hotel -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #1) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #1 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #2) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #2 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #3) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #3 -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #4) -- Saturn Week - March 29-April 2 - Nite #4 -- Solar Stargazing on Good Friday -- The "Tonight Show" during "Saturn Week" (Nite #5) -- Friday Night Stargazing - Saturn Night! -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Spring Break Astronomy Day Camps -- The "Tonight Show" (FINAL PRESENTATION) -- Friday Night Stargazing (LAST NIGHT!) -- Siksika Skies Night at Blackfoot Crossing -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Greatest Unsolved Mysteries in Astrophysics" -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Public Starnight in Airdrie -- Solar Stargazing at the Zoo -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astronomy Day -- Astronomy Day & Earth Day: Spring Star Night @ Fish Creek Park -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Astrophysics on the Cutting Edge -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Nuke the Moon: The Military Roots of NASA" -- Solar Stargazing on Victoria Day -- Science Café - "Light and our Bodies" -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- RASC and the Mayor's Environmental Expo -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #1 -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #2 -- Solar Stargazing at Environmental Expo-Day #3 -- Rothney Observatory Open House - First Nations Astronomy -- Partial Eclipse of the Moon -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- RASC Star-B-Q -- Solar Stargazing on Parks Day -- Rothney Observatory Open House - 40 Years of Discovering Alberta Skies -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Astronomy Weekend @ Cypress Hills -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #1 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #2 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #3 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #4 of 5 -- Milky Way Nights — Viewing Night #5 of 5 -- Saskatchewan Summer Star Party -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- RASC Alberta Star Party -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting: "Traveler's Tales" -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Terror from the Skies -- Science Café - Topic TBA -- Siksika Skies Night @ Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- Darwin and Einstein Exhibits Open -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Touring Southern Skies -- Solar Stargazing (Noon to 3 pm) -- Explore the Autumn Sky -- The "Tonight Show" (BEGINS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT) -- Friday Night Stargazing RETURNS! -- Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope -- Fall Star Night @ Fish Creek Park -- Free Astronomy Lecture & RASC Meeting (Topic TBA) -- The "Tonight Show" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Science Café - Topic TBA -- Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #1 of 5 -- Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #2 of 5 -- Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #3 of 5 -- Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #4 of 5 -- The "Tonight Show" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Boo at the Zoo Stargazing - Night #5 of 5 -- Sci Fi Night at the Rothney Observatory -- RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One -- The "Tonight Show" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Celestial Celebration @ All-Star Telescope -- Solar Stargazing (Noon to 3 pm) -- The "Tonight Show" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Rothney Observatory Open House - Countdown to NEOSat Launch -- Explore the Winter Sky -- The "Tonight Show" -- Friday Night Stargazing -- Science Café - Topic TBA -- Friday Night Stargazing 03 Friday Night Stargazing 04 Observers Night @ All-Star Telescope 07 RASC astronomy segment on CBC Radio One 10 Friday Night Stargazing 17 Friday Night Stargazing 20 Lunar Eclipse Night (December 2010) 24 NO STARGAZING TONIGHT! (Dec 24) 31 NO STARGAZING TONIGHT! (Dec 31)
