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The Big Sky Astronomical Society was founded in 1998
and was incorporated in Alberta, under the Societies Act, the following year. Originally based in the
Town of Drumheller, the Big Sky Astronomical Society moved, in 2000, to the
Town of Vulcan in order to pursue its goal
of establishing a public observatory dedicated exclusively to education. In 2004, the Big Sky Astronomical
Society signed a 20-year lease agreement with Alberta Environment
that would allow for the construction of an observatory adjacent to the Twin Valley Dam, which is located
in Vulcan County. The Grand Opening of the Big
Sky Observatory occurred on October
18, 2008.
As a non-profit organization, committed to educational pursuits, the Big Sky Astronomical Society must
rely on membership dues, program fees, grants, and donations to sustain and expand its operations. Such
contributions directly support our educational programs and are always greatly appreciated. The Big Sky
Astronomical Society is an officially registered charitable organization (86997 9021 RR0001) and
donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
If you would like to make a donation, you can do so by sending a cheque or money order to the address
below. Please make your cheque or money order payable to the Big Sky Astronomical Society.
You can also make a donation online using your credit card.
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Charitable
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- Big Sky
Astronomical Society
- Box 510
- Vulcan,
Alberta T0L 2B0
- CANADA
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Adopt-A-Star
The colour of the traffic light
above indicates the status of our Adopt-A-Star program. A green light indicates that we are ready to process
Adopt-A-Star requests. A yellow light indicates that we expect to begin processing
Adopt-A-Star requests within a few days. Finally, a red light indicates that we are not able to process any
Adopt-A-Star requests at this time.
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Book of the Day
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Space History
January 1
On this day, back in 1801, Italian
astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the first asteroid. It was named Ceres, in
honour of the Roman goddess of agriculture. Ceres has a diameter of about 950
km, which makes it the largest asteroid in the Asteroid Belt. In 2006, the
International Astronomical Union adopted the term "dwarf planet" and since then
Ceres has been classified as a dwarf planet.
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Big Sky News
The Nanton Legion recently
contributed $1000 to our 2010 Facility Enhancement Project.
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Did You Know?
A light-year is a unit of distance, not time. It is simply the distance that light travels in one year. The speed of light is 299,792,458 metres per second and therefore in one year (365¼ days) light can traverse 9,460,730,472,580,800 metres. In other words, a light-year is equal to about 9.46 trillion kilometres.
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