Welcome to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Sarnia Centre
Welcome to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Sarnia Centre
Upcoming local events in the Sarnia Lambton area
Cancelled due to poor weather forecast.
We will re-schedule this event in the fall.
Saturday July 26, 2025 from 9pm-12 You are invited as we collaborate with the Oil Museum of Canada and enjoy an evening of star gazing.
We will have observing telescopes and binoculars set up with professionals to assist you in looking up close at astronomical objects in the night sky. There will also be live astrophotography projected onto screens and images taken by local photographers displayed and described for your viewing pleasure.
Oil Museum of Canada location: 2423 Kelly Rd, Oil Springs, Ontario.
Agenda:
What’s up this month – VIDEO – Domonic
What are they doing in space – VIDEO – Massimo
Preparations for out upcoming Star Gazing Evening at the Oil Museum of Canada
Open discussion about the latest astronomy news and astrophotography
Highlight's from any observing or astrophotography you have participated in
Astronomy group share - Prepare a picture or experience to share with the group
Click the pictures below for a link to the latest news and images taken by the best telescopes
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned both as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy.
Hubble features a 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) mirror, and its five main instruments observe in the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Hubble's orbit outside the distortion of Earth's atmosphere allows it to capture extremely high-resolution images with substantially lower background light than ground-based telescopes.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. Its high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments allow it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. This enables investigations across many fields of astronomy and cosmology, such as observation of the first stars and the formation of the first galaxies, and detailed atmospheric characterization of potentially habitable exoplanets.
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) led Webb's design and development and partnered with two main agencies: the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
The Euclid spacecraft is approximately 4.7 m tall and 3.7 m in diameter. It consists of two major components: the service module and the payload module.
The payload module comprises a 1.2-m-diameter telescope and two scientific instruments: a visible-wavelength camera and a near-infrared camera/spectrometer. The service module contains the satellite systems: electric power generation and distribution, attitude control, data processing electronics, propulsion, telecommand and telemetry, and thermal control.
ESA's Euclid mission is designed to explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. The space telescope will create a great map of the large-scale structure of the Universe across space and time by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky.
Welcome to the Sarnia RASC webpage. Here you will find information about our local centre along with past and upcoming events.
The Sarnia Centre of the R.A.S.C. is a non-profit affiliate of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. We are a group of amateur astronomers who share our enjoyment of astronomy.
We encourage everyone to look at the night sky. Binoculars or a telescope help, but are not necessary. The stars, planets and galaxies are a wonder to behold.