Mont Megantic Observatory

Can you visit Mont Megantic Observatory? Yes

ASTROLab (Parc national du Mont-Megantic) exhibits, guided tours, astronomy evenings and Perseid festival.

A public night at an observatory usually starts at dusk with a short talk, then a line at the eyepiece of the main telescope for the Moon, a planet or a bright cluster, with volunteers' smaller telescopes set up outside. Dress for the night air even in summer: domes are not heated, so the telescope stays at outside temperature. Many nights sell out or cancel for clouds, so check the observatory's site on the day.

Telescopes at Mont Megantic Observatory

1.6m Ritchey-Chretien.

How dark the sky is at Mont Megantic Observatory

Mont Megantic Observatory has no Bortle rating in the list yet. The scale below shows what each class looks like.

Sky brightness and class come from the World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness (Falchi et al. 2016, CC BY-NC 4.0), with natural skyglow added, at the coordinates below. Research telescopes are often sited on mountains above the haze, so the real sky can be darker than the map suggests.

Mont Megantic Observatory among the observatories of Canada

Green dots are observatories open to the public, blue dots research or private sites, squares dark sky places; select one for its page. See Observatories in Canada for the full list.

The coordinates on this page point to Mont Megantic Observatory summit: 45.456°N, 71.153°W.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Open the larger map · Directions. Mountain observatory roads are often gated after dark; go only on a scheduled public night.

Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Mont Megantic Observatory

Mont Megantic Observatory sits inside Mont-Megantic International Dark Sky Reserve, a Bortle Class 2 dark sky place. See Mont-Megantic International Dark Sky Reserve for camping, where to set up and the sky by season.

Nearest dark sky places

Other observatories open to the public within 150 km

• Northern Skies ObservatoryPeacham, Vermont, 149 km (93 mi). Monthly star parties and open houses timed to moon phase; see nkaf.org calendar

Astronomy clubs within 150 km

• Club d'astronomie Jupiter de la MauricieTrois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada, 146 km (91 mi). Meets Monthly Friday meeting, room SA-2080
• Club Mars de LevisLevis, Quebec, Canada, 150 km (93 mi). Meets Monthly Wednesday (usually 3rd), 7:30-9:30 pm

Star parties near Mont Megantic Observatory

Mont Megantic Observatory record

From the site's observatories dataset (observatoriesglobal_q426). Distances are computed from the coordinates.