SFU Trottier Observatory

09/04/2026

September is here, bringing the fall weather with it! 🍂 There will be NO Starry Nights tonight, September 4, on account of the clouds. ☁️ Happy Academic New Year to all those starting a new term, and we hope to see you next week, with our friends at Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Vancouver.

08/28/2026

We hope you caught a glimpse of last nights' lunar eclipse between the clouds! Unfortunately those clouds are still piling up, and there will be no Starry Nights Online tonight, August 28. Looking forward to more clear Fridays to keep the Star Party going, with our friends at the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Vancouver.

08/21/2026

After another hot summer week, there is rain in the forecast! But that means there will be no Starry Nights tonight, August 21. We hope to see you next week, and our friends at the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Vancouver

08/14/2026

Where there is smoke, there are pyrocumulonimbus heat-storms: the hazy air means that there is no Starry Nights tonight, August 14. We hope to see you next week, and our friends at the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Vancouver.

08/07/2026

With incoming clouds predicted for this evening, there will be NO Starry Nights, tonight, August 7. We hope to see you under clearer skies next week, along with our friends at Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Vancouver.

07/31/2026

Starry Nights is ONLINE tonight! Join us on YouTube 10-11pm for views of the ring-ed Rose Cluster (M5), and the gorgeous Iris Nebula, along with brief presentations on the multi-star system Albireo and research on giant star-forming clumps in the early universe.

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07/24/2026

Starry Nights is ON tonight! Join us in person at Burnaby campus 10pm to midnight to view a wetland-themed line up of targets tonight including the Lagoon Nebula, Swan Nebula and Wild Duck cluster, along with Bode's Galaxy.

Observatory guests will sign up for entry using a queuing website (scanning the QR code) for virtual queuing. Last call to sign in to the queue is at 11:30pm.

Thanks to Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Vancouver for helping us make these events happen! https://ow.ly/Lobw50ZstFF

07/17/2026

The forest is getting a much-needed watering today so we are not going ahead with Starry Nights tonight.

07/10/2026

We're in for another cool and cloudy Friday evening here so we will not be going ahead with Starry Nights tonight. Thanks always to Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Vancouver who are on-call every week to help us make these events happen!

07/03/2026

Tonight's forecast is overcast and Starry Nights is unfortunately cancelled for tonight, July 3. We hope to see you next week. Thanks as always to our friends at Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Vancouver for their support of Canada's biggest Star Party!