Trottier Observatory
Aurora Borealis lights up the Lower Mainland
June 9, 2024By: Yashita Dhillon, News Writer A solar storm hit BC on May 10, which allowed for a display of aurora borealis in the sky. The Peak spoke with Matthew Cimone, head interpreter at the HR MacMillan Space Centre and member of the Space Science Outreach team at SFU’s Trottier Observatory, and Martin Curic, president of the SFU Astronomy Club. “The sun is a gigantic flaming ball of fusion, and essentially, there are so many magnetic forces going on, that these charged particles cause an emission of plasma right within the earth’s atmosphere. And it’s essentially just magnetic forces hitting our…
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Learning about the wonders of the stars at Starry Nights
March 9, 2022By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer On a clear evening in February, the Trottier Observatory held its first in-person Starry Nights event in 2022. As the sun dipped and the night sky revealed the winter constellations, it was clear the break…
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SFUnexplained: Vampire hunters unfairly overtook the observatory
November 16, 2020By: Carter Hemion, Peak Associate We already know there are vampire hunters among us — some of whom are our own classmates (looking at you, guy in my English class who only turns on his mic to argue against whether…
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Who’s that building named after? : Burnaby campus edition
October 22, 2019By: Juztin Bello, Mishaa Khan, Jennifer Low, Lubaba Mahmud, Gabrielle McLaren, and Olivia Roberts W.A.C. Bennett Library As a place that adheres to different student needs — whether that be as a spot for exam cramming, a trove for the…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: May 27-31
May 26, 2019By: Marco Ovies, Peak Associate, Winona Young, Head Staff Writer, and Alison Wick, Arts Editor Trottier Observatory Starry Nights If you ever wanted to learn more about space, look no further than Starry Nights at the SFU Trottier Observatory on…
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SFU opens its doors for national science fair
May 20, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate School was in session on Saturday last week when SFU opened its doors to the public as part of its participation in Science Rendezvous, one of Canada’s biggest science fairs. Science Rendezvous began in…
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