#HappyHolidays To all our friends, may you have a wonderful holiday and may 2026 bring you and your family good health… and #CLEARSKIES!!!! - The RASC Montreal Team

Want to know how and where to watch a live rocket launch? Join us with vice president of the #RASC #Montreal vice president: David Shuman and our Social Media Director: Alexei Weins this Saturday! From the best viewing location to the best experience, you will definitely have a "Blast"!

Join Us! On October 4th 2025 for the International #ObserveTheMoon night! This is a free #MontrealEvents that will start at 7 PM EDT rain or "moon" shine! We will have bilingual talks, poetry, music and constellation activities! Snacks will be provided! Donations are welcome!

Here are last nights Aurorae spotted from outside #Montreal and in the #easterntownships, #Sherbrooke!! A suprise indeed, but a welcome one! #Aurora #northernlights #astronomy #astrophotography

Crescent Moon just able to peek it’s head through the clouds tonight

Montréal: looks like it’ll be *just* clear enough to see the thin Crescent Moon Look low in the Western sky between 8:00-8:45 PM

MONTRÉAL MOONRISE WORKSHOP Sun, Sep 7 – 6:20 PM – $20 One of the easiest and most spectacular space events you can see is Moonrise. As the Full Moon comes up over the horizon, it'll appear a reddish-orange colour while looking huge. Learn to see it on Sun, Sep 7: plateauastro.com/events/2025-...

🌌 Townsend Lecture – Sept 27, 7:30PM Join RASC Montreal to explore Hellish Worlds: Lava Planets with Dr. Lisa Dang (UWaterloo, JWST). 📍 John Abbott College, P-204 🔭 Free + telescope observing 👉 bit.ly/Townsend2025 #Astronomy #Exoplanets #Montreal

Tonight’s waxing crescent #Moon. #astronomy

🌠 Join RASC Montreal for Nature’s Fireworks!🌠 Celebrate the Perseids on Tuesday, Aug 12 @ 7:30pm at Morgan Arboretum with a talk + stargazing (weather permitting). 🆓 Free event – donations welcome. 📍150 ch. des Pins, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue #Perseids #Astronomy #Montreal #RASC

🚀AstroFest 2025 – Life in Red 📍Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium 📅June 7–8 Explore Mars with solar observing, science exhibits, crafts, storytelling, and telescopes! Don’t miss Saturday night’s Mars lecture + DJ set Details: calendrier.espacepourlavie.ca/astrofest-20... Contact: [email protected]

Spring cleaning at the Bellevue Observatory! 🌸🧼 New mini computer + monitors installed for public event previews—works perfectly! Dome got a full 5-hour scrub and power wash. Just needs waxing now! 💪🔭✨ #ObservatoryLife #AstronomyOutreach #SpringCleaning #Stargazing #PublicAstronomy #MorganArboretum

🌌 Celebrate International Astronomy Day with @RASCMontreal! 📍 Morgan Arboretum, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue 🗓️ Sat, May 3 – 8 PM EDT 🎤 Talk: Chasing Aurora in Manitoba 🔭 Stargazing (weather permitting) 📺 Livestream: explorescientific.com/RASCAstronomyDay #AstronomyDay #Aurora #RASC

🌠 #Lyrids2025 Night 📅 Wed, Apr 23 | 🕗 8 PM EDT 📍 Morgan Arboretum, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC Discover #Meteorshowers, the Lyrids’ origin & how to observe them—plus #Stargazing after! 🔭 Free event • All welcome #Astronomy #SpaceEvent #MontrealEvents #QuebecAstronomy #ScienceOutreach #RASCMontreal

Wednesday’s #Moon. #astronomy

🌌 Join us on April 11th, 7–9 PM EDT at Dawson College for a talk on Brown Dwarfs with Dr. Clémence Fontanive! 🔭 Telescope views after the talk (weather permitting). 📍 #Freeevent | Dawson College Room 5B.16 🔗 rascmontreal.org #Astronomy #Space #RASCMontreal

☀️🌘 Sunrise Solar Eclipse (Weather Pending) 🌘☀️ Join RASC Montreal on March 29 for a partial eclipse (6:39–7:13 AM), weather permitting! 🔭 Go/No-Go update by Friday 6 PM. FR: Éclipse partielle (6h39-7h13) avec la RASC Montréal! #SolarEclipse #RASCmontreal #Eclipse2025 #AstroMontreal

Today is the Spring Equinox. You made it! The entire Earth gets the same amount of daylight – about 12 hours. A few other neat things: ☀️ The Sun rises exactly East 🌅 The Sun sets exactly West 🌎 The Sun is directly above the Equator at Solar Noon (if you were there, you'd see no shadows!)

This morning’s Lunar Eclipse from Montréal Perfectly clear and calm skies. We’ve lucked out with the weather for eclipses over this last year.

Join RASC Montreal for the Total Lunar Eclipse overnight on March 13-14 at Morgan Arboretum!🌕 🕛 Peak: 2:26–3:31 AM | Event: 11:45 PM – 6:15 AM 📍 150 chemin des Pins, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC ☕ Free tea & coffee, snacks by donation A free public event—don’t miss it!🔭🌙 #LunarEclipse #RASCMontreal

Don't let the cold discourage you from observing! We sure didn't! #astrophotography #nebula #space #telescope #RASC

#NGC1499, the "#CaliforniaNebula" — captured over the only two truly clear nights of 2025 from my Bortle 9 balcony in the Plateau. Combined dual narrowband and full-color data for stars and depth. - Khoa Tran (RASC #Montreal Member) #Astrophotography #Space #Astronomy #DeepSky

🚀 How the Sky Will Change 🌌✨ 📅 Feb 21, 7 PM 📍 John Abbott College Agora Join us & @plateauastro.bsky.social for a mobile planetarium show, telescopes & citizen science! FREE event! 🔭🌠 #Astronomy #Space #MontrealEvents

Big Dipper rising in the early evening. 13sec exposure with an OM-5 camera.

Bottom part of the constellation Orion. Taken from the dark skies at Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, QC. You can see the Horsehead Nebula, Flame Nebula, Orion Nebula and even the Witch's Head Nebula!

Waxing Crescent next to Venus never ceases to impress. #astrophotography #astronomy #moon #space #waxingcrescent #Montreal #RASC

Venus shining bright in early evening. Charlevoix, QC.

Join us on Wed Feb 5th for the 5th annual Astronomy Public LiveStream with RASC Montreal & @uofguelph.bsky.social ! 🌌 Bryan Delodder (Ten Telescopes) will showcase his 3D designs for accessible telescope viewing & outreach gear. 📺 Watch live on our YouTube channel! 🎥 #Astronomy #RASC

Beautiful #Mars and #Jupiter shots from a chilly night #montreal "It wasn't warm last night." -Khoa Tran (#RASC member) #Astrophotography #planetparade #Space

First time in weeks the night sky was not hidden by evil clouds! I went out in the snowy backyard for an hour tonight. Mars looked high up in the sky, shining bright and red and virtually at opposition!

Jupiter and Europa in infrared. Celestron C6 + ASI 585mc camera + IR 685 nm bandpass filter. Taken in backyard in Montreal. @rascmontreal.bsky.social

Super widefield image Auriga, Perseus, Taurus, Pleiades & Jupiter. Dec 20 from Parc Mont-Tremblant. OM-5 with #omsystems 17mm f/1.8 lens. 71x13s exposures. On a tripod (no tracker). Stacked in @siril.org , processed with calibration frames in Pixinsight @rascmontreal.bsky.social

Mars high over Parc Mont-Tremblant at 5h00 Dec 21. Last quarter moon gave a nice ghostly look to the snow on the trees. Super quiet and a bit chilly at -15C. OM-5 with 17mm f/1.8 lens. 13s exp. as ISO 1600. @rascmontreal.bsky.social

The Board of Directors and Executive of the Montreal Centre wishes everyone all the best over the holidays! May 2025 bring you clear skies and new astronomical adventures! #holidays #AI #RASC #Space #astronomy

Are you curious if there is life out there? Join the Astrobiologist Dr. Michael L. Wong on Saturday, Jan 11th at 7:30 pm EST @JAC_Montreal or register on Zoom and discover possible life beyond the stars! This is a FREE event!! Register ➡️ bit.ly/11Jan2025 #Montreal #freeevent #space #astrobiology

Messier 33. One of my favourites! It is always #2 after the glamorous M31. Maybe I just like underdog galaxies. Skywatcher Evostar 80 and Canon SL3 DSLR.

Here is not one, not two but THREE versions of NGC 7822 captured with one of our members FSQ 106, QSI 683 and WD-20. #astronomy #astrophotography #Space #NCG

RASC Montreal invites everyone to an informative presentation about the upcoming Geminid meteor shower! Join us at the Morgan Arboretum Conservation Centre 150 rue Pins in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC This is a free event! Dec 14th at 7:30pm EST #Montreal #geminid #meteorshower #free #space

We are so proud of our members' #astrophotography images! On November 16, the #Moon and #Jupiter were super visible and magnificent! They were taken with a Starfield 8-inch manual Dobsonian Telescope and Canon EOS R50 camera.

This is what happens with a jet flies through your carefully planned image of Messier 33.

This incredible close-up #astrophotography of the Mare Crisium on our beloved #moon was taken by our awesome member, @rfralich.bsky.social

Flipping through some astrophotos from our family trip to New Zealand about this time two years ago. This is the spectacular Eta Carina region taken with a Canon SL3 DSLR and a 50 mm lens. Nothing fancy, just lots of short photos stacked together. Lake Tekapo, NZ.

Around this time of year, the Double Cluster in Perseus (NCG884 and MGC869) are very visible and are absolutely gorgeous. Even in the #montreal light pollution and an almost full moon, are immune from being blocked out. Taken by one of our members #astrophotography details in the alt text