Bluewater Astronomical Society
The Bluewater Astronomical Society is an incorporated non-profit organization that strives to promote basic and advanced astronomical knowledge among its members, and promote astronomy interest in the general public.
We have members ranging from beginners with small telescopes or binoculars to experts with state-of-the-art observing and imaging equipment. The club itself owns a large 28-inch Webster Dobsonian reflector which we use at the E.S. Fox observatory at the Bluewater Outdoor Education Centre near Oliphant, Ontario. The Bluewater Outdoor Education Centre was granted Dark Sky Preserve status in November of 2012 by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
Picture of the month
Tools for observers
- Date/time in Owen Sound, ON:
- Date/time in Greenwich (UTC):
- Sky & Telescope - Weekly sky events
- in-the-sky.org - Comet viewing
- Canadian Space Weather Prediction Centre
- Clear Sky Chart for ES Fox observatory
- Real time satellite cloud view
- ES Fox Asgard camera
- Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
- Fred Espenak's site for solar eclipses - including info on the 2024 eclipse
- Climatology and weather for eclipses
- Predictions and information on eclipses of the Sun and Moon
Information for visitors
Next regular meeting - December 6
Our next meeting will be Dec. 6 at 19:00 at the New Life Centre in Owen Sound.
Some recent updates
- Nov. 13: New images uploaded to the Media/Gallery page
- Oct. 10: New Event Added
- Sept. 21: New Event Added
- Sept. 18: New images uploaded to the Media/Gallery page
- Sept. 09: New images uploaded to the Media/Gallery page
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