James Durbano 🇨🇦
@durbano.bsky.social
I'm a Canadian astronomer who is always working hard to promote #astronomy education by encouraging people, especially young people, to spend some time looking up. 🔭
I'm also the owner and operator of a small portable planetarium.
I'm also the owner and operator of a small portable planetarium.
Happy New Year!! 🥳
…2024 has been a horrible year!
I’m hoping 2025 will be better. Perhaps I’ll post more in the new year.
…2024 has been a horrible year!
I’m hoping 2025 will be better. Perhaps I’ll post more in the new year.
January 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Happy New Year!! 🥳
…2024 has been a horrible year!
I’m hoping 2025 will be better. Perhaps I’ll post more in the new year.
…2024 has been a horrible year!
I’m hoping 2025 will be better. Perhaps I’ll post more in the new year.
The total solar eclipse is now less than a month away. Are you still looking for solar eclipse glasses? I have 3000 of them in stock and ready to ship, but only to Canadian addresses. Here is the link…
www.astrodome.ca/galactic-gif...
#Toronto #Canada 🔭
#Montreal 🧪
www.astrodome.ca/galactic-gif...
#Toronto #Canada 🔭
#Montreal 🧪
March 10, 2024 at 1:45 AM
The total solar eclipse is now less than a month away. Are you still looking for solar eclipse glasses? I have 3000 of them in stock and ready to ship, but only to Canadian addresses. Here is the link…
www.astrodome.ca/galactic-gif...
#Toronto #Canada 🔭
#Montreal 🧪
www.astrodome.ca/galactic-gif...
#Toronto #Canada 🔭
#Montreal 🧪
Tonight, the Moon and Jupiter are having a celestial rendezvous in Aries. 😉
Happy Valentine’s Day! 💘
Keep Looking Up!! 🔭
Happy Valentine’s Day! 💘
Keep Looking Up!! 🔭
February 15, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Tonight, the Moon and Jupiter are having a celestial rendezvous in Aries. 😉
Happy Valentine’s Day! 💘
Keep Looking Up!! 🔭
Happy Valentine’s Day! 💘
Keep Looking Up!! 🔭
Reposted by James Durbano 🇨🇦
Students can build their own model of Orion with low-cost material, understanding that constellations aren't really formed by stars near one to the other and learning about mythology and astronomical distances with this astroEDU activity from our NAEC Team Morocco astroedu.iau.org/en/activitie...
September 26, 2023 at 11:48 AM
Students can build their own model of Orion with low-cost material, understanding that constellations aren't really formed by stars near one to the other and learning about mythology and astronomical distances with this astroEDU activity from our NAEC Team Morocco astroedu.iau.org/en/activitie...
So, getting back to my last post, regarding using a CF-104 StarFighter as a giant gnomen and creating the world’s largest sundial, this is what it would sort of look like. Thanks Google Maps! 🔭
January 26, 2024 at 12:11 AM
So, getting back to my last post, regarding using a CF-104 StarFighter as a giant gnomen and creating the world’s largest sundial, this is what it would sort of look like. Thanks Google Maps! 🔭
Today, I brought the AstroDome Planetarium to the small town of Innisfail, Alberta, Canada. This town is home to a rather impressive CF-104 StarFighter. I’ve encouraged the citizens of this town to turn it into the world’s biggest sundial. 😆
January 25, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Today, I brought the AstroDome Planetarium to the small town of Innisfail, Alberta, Canada. This town is home to a rather impressive CF-104 StarFighter. I’ve encouraged the citizens of this town to turn it into the world’s biggest sundial. 😆
Today, more than 100 Grade 6 students at Crossing Park School in Calgary, Alberta, Canada looked at the Moon, next to Jupiter, inside my portable planetarium. In just one hour, they will get to see both of them in the evening sky.
Keep Looking Up! 🔭
Keep Looking Up! 🔭
January 18, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Today, more than 100 Grade 6 students at Crossing Park School in Calgary, Alberta, Canada looked at the Moon, next to Jupiter, inside my portable planetarium. In just one hour, they will get to see both of them in the evening sky.
Keep Looking Up! 🔭
Keep Looking Up! 🔭
Reposted by James Durbano 🇨🇦
18 done, 780 to go! 🔭
First segments of ELT’s main mirror arrive in Chile
First segments of ELT’s main mirror arrive in Chile
www.eso.org
January 17, 2024 at 9:48 AM
18 done, 780 to go! 🔭
Reposted by James Durbano 🇨🇦
Breaking News: NASA said it would delay its first crewed moon missions in decades, moving a trip around the moon to September 2025 and a landing to 2026.
NASA Delays Artemis Astronaut Moon Missions
The space agency said that Artemis II, a trip around the moon, will now occur in September 2025, while a moon landing, Artemis III, will move to 2026.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Breaking News: NASA said it would delay its first crewed moon missions in decades, moving a trip around the moon to September 2025 and a landing to 2026.
Are you in Toronto and looking for something to do with your kids this week? If so, maybe you would like to watch "Asteroid Hunters" on the big screen at the Ontario Science Centre. This IMAX movie is narrated by Star Wars star Daisy Ridley. It also features a "cameo appearance" by me! 😆
#YYZ
#YYZ
January 2, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Are you in Toronto and looking for something to do with your kids this week? If so, maybe you would like to watch "Asteroid Hunters" on the big screen at the Ontario Science Centre. This IMAX movie is narrated by Star Wars star Daisy Ridley. It also features a "cameo appearance" by me! 😆
#YYZ
#YYZ
NASA will be launching the Europa Clipper in October, if all goes according to schedule. You can send your name to Jupiter onboard this spacecraft. 🚀
The deadline to add your name was supposed to be December 31, 2023. However, for some reason, they're still accepting names, but you better hurry!
The deadline to add your name was supposed to be December 31, 2023. However, for some reason, they're still accepting names, but you better hurry!
January 2, 2024 at 8:20 PM
NASA will be launching the Europa Clipper in October, if all goes according to schedule. You can send your name to Jupiter onboard this spacecraft. 🚀
The deadline to add your name was supposed to be December 31, 2023. However, for some reason, they're still accepting names, but you better hurry!
The deadline to add your name was supposed to be December 31, 2023. However, for some reason, they're still accepting names, but you better hurry!