The Halifax Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) is an active association of amateur and professional astronomers, united by their appreciation of the night sky and the wonders it contains. 

 

October 4th - Halifax Centre Monthly Public Meeting  Open to Members and the Public - see the details

Time: 1:00 PM Atlantic (12:00 Noon, Eastern)
Place: Room AT101, The Atrium, Saint Mary's University, Halifax

Dr. Sara Seager, OC. "From Lab to Cosmos: Three Frontiers in the Search for Life Beyond Earth"

For more information on this meeting is available here - RASC Events. See you there!
Upcoming Meeting Dates 

  (no meetings July/August)
November 1 - Pat Kelly - Telling time in Scotland: From Stones to Sundials
December 6 (+ AGM)

 
How Lunar Impact Craters are Formed (Paul Heath)

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What's Up For Sept 2025 

 

The Halifax RASC YouTube Channel
April 2023 mtg

RASCHalifax Facebook Group

 RASC Astro Imaging Certificate Submissions. 

RASC eNews Service 

 
Looking for a telescope? There is a local telescope supplier in Dartmouth. Atlantic Photo Supply has been a long-time supporter of our Nova East Star Party.

Read the Welcome Guide to Astronomy. (pdf)

Check out our Observing Aids, including the Clear Sky Chart, a sky map, and observing lists.

Visit our Dark Skies page.

Find out more About Us.

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BQ at SCO postponed
 
Because our St. Croix Observatory is in Hants Country where the woods ban remains, our annual BBQ is postponed. Members will be advised of a revised date or cancellation until next year once known.
 

At the 2024 AGM, Michelle Lane has established the Dave Lane Memorial St. Croix Observatory Property Endowment (SCOPE) Fund with an initial and substantial gift of $10,000. Details are here

   

 

Laser Pointer (LP) Training documents

 

Paul Gray receiving the Fellowship award from President Tony McGrath at the June 7th Meeting. The Fellowship award is "intended to be the Society’s most senior award and the highest honour the Society can pay to a member. The service and contributions to the Society must have had a significant positive impact on the work of the Society over an extended period beyond that of the Service Award, and they must have contributed to the Society’s success in attaining its stated objectives, mission, and vision." 

Members of the Halifax Centre are invited to join our email discussion list.  This is by far the best way to keep up to date with late-breaking astronomical news and gatherings of fellow observers at the St. Croix Observatory. Our mechanism (email discussion list) for subscribing to this Halifax listserv was broken for some time, but it should be functioning now. You can also request removal from the list using the same link. Note that some or all of the email from that server might be considered junk/spam, so please check those folders for submissions. We have yet to figure out how to make the mail not be considered spam. Sorry about that.

The Search menu has been enhanced to include PDF documents.

Following the AGM on December 7, 2024, 2025 Board Positions (beginning in Jan. 2025). Anyone wishing to volunteer should let the board know.

Halifax Centre Goals and Objectives. Members are invited to review the proposed work plan, to provide comment, and to volunteer to assist where and if they can. 

 

David Hoskin's April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse in the Maritimes in a YouTube Video.

April 8th 2024 eclipse.

 

 

Photos of
Past Meetings and Events...

 

 

 

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