Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas is flying past Mars today. Might get some cool views!

skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...

An #asteroid passed just 300 km above Antarctica earlier today. It was not discovered until hours after close approach.

cha-cha-cha

monthly lecture announcement time:

🔗: www.meetup.com/astronomy-13...

Jennie "Starstuff" King will be hanging out with us up at SFU Burnaby on Oct. 9th! She'll be going over some of the latest space news, and a little field trip she took 👀

Come hang out with us!

Tickets are starting to dwindle for tonight's free monthly lecture hosted at the @spacecentreyvr.bsky.social! The lecture will start just after 7:30pm, but doors will be open about 15 minutes ahead of time for folks to find their seats.

(free) tickets here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/rasc-vanco...

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Starry Nights is ON tonight! Join us in person at Burnaby campus, 8:30-11:30pm for views of Andromeda Galaxy, Caroline's Rose cluster and Saturn with @sfuphysics.bsky.social and @rascvancouver.bsky.social! www.sfu.ca/science/comm...

hiiii please look

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but uh. we always hope it IS aliens, because that would be cool.

remember: it's never aliens until it's Actually, Totally, Completely, 100%, "Yup, that's an alien," aliens.

and if you want to keep an eye out for more of our events, here's a link to our meetup page where we post everything we do!

🔗: www.meetup.com/astronomy-13...

#vancouver #yvr #free #astronomy #science #events

hi! our monthly lecture isn't taking place this week, but is instead taking place next week: friday september 19th at the @spacecentreyvr.bsky.social! for this lecture we're asking you to get tickets - which are free - just so we can keep track of seating!

🔗: www.eventbrite.ca/e/rasc-vanco...

honestly, our thoughts exactly. we love the moon! but uh. not when it's shining at close to its peak during one of the big observational astronomy events of the year. very annoying.

rest assured, we've filed a complaint with the moon itself.

also, bug deterrent. bring that. nobody likes mosquitoes - not even us.

as always: you want to make sure you spend a good 30 minutes out in the dark, letting your eyes adjust. hopefully, you're somewhere with skies as dark as possible! finally - remember to use your peripheral vision, your eyes are built to notice movement in the periphery, so take advantage of that!

reminder that the perseid meteor shower will peak over the next few nights. if not for the dastardly moon being close to full, this is usually the marquee meteor shower of the year - unfortunately, we're unable to do anything about the moon. we've tried. but we hope you'll still get out there!

coming up this thursday evening (July 31st)! join our LPA (Light Pollution Abatement) Chair, Leigh, at the Italian Cultural Centre in East Vancouver for a 7pm lecture on light pollution (it's bad) to help close out their *free* exhibition, "The Planets Within: A Fibre Cosmology"

details below⤵️

there's also some fun stuff that's coming up with the perseids coming around again, keep your eyes open because that information is dropping soon!

unfortunately, our speaker for tomorrow night's monthly lecture has come down with something and is unable to present. as such, we'll be postponing this month's talk, sorry for the inconvenience! rest assured, starry nights up at SFU will still be happening if/when possible!

There uh, sure is a lot of stuff going on at the Bad Website! Instead of focusing on that, how about coming out to a free lecture this Thursday night at SFU?

I know you want to.

www.meetup.com/astronomy-13...

There uh, sure is a lot of stuff going on at the Bad Website! Instead of focusing on that, how about coming out to a free lecture this Thursday night at SFU?

I know you want to.

www.meetup.com/astronomy-13...

next thursday!

www.meetup.com/astronomy-13...

NASA solar system ambassador Jennie King joins us for our free monthly lecture, and also our last lecture before our miniature summer break! Come hang out with us up at SFU for a little retrospective on what NASA's been up to 👀🔭🌌

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