Observatories
Saint Mary's University's Burke-Gaffney Observatory is the world's first fully-automatic Twitter-controlled observatory.
The Deep Sky Eye Observatory, located in North America's first Starlight Tourist Destination, is operated by Tim Doucette in Quinan, NS.
The Abbey Ridge Observatory (ARO), originally built in 2003 by deceased member Dr. David Lane, it is named for the granite ridge that rises above Elbow Lake and along Abbey Road in Stillwater Lake, NS where it was built. It has been moved to Stargaze Nova Scotia (https://www.learntostargaze.com), owned and operated by RASC Halifax Centre member John Read. Coming soon - the plan is for the telescope to be used visually (with an eyepiece atop a ladder), or with an astronomy camera either live (Electronically Assisted Astronomy) or remotely over the internet.
Here are links to other groups and observatories:
- Gairloch Mountain Observatory, operated by Tim Donovan (Cape Breton)
- Hall's Harbour Observatory, operated by Kathy Walker (Hall's Harbour)
Other Resources
The RASC Halifax Youtube Channel provides access to numerous educational video resources and records of some of our activities.
The Facebook group Astrophotography Nova Scotia has numerous contributions from local astronomers and photographers as does the group Queens Country Astronomy Group.
Learn about the four supernovae discovered by Centre member Dave Lane, Paul Gray, (then 10 year old) Kathryn Aurora Gray and Nathan Gray.
Michael Boschat's huge compendium of Astronomy Sites.
The Canada-Wide Astronomy Buy & Sell is Canada's trading post for new and used telescopes & accessories. Site maintained by Paul Markov.
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