The Stratford Astronomy Group (SAG) was formed by amateur astronomers in 1999, with the first meeting occurring on October 20.
An indoor meeting open to the public takes place on the first Tuesday of each month from September through May. (For details see the Events Calendar).
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Membership – donations at meetings are voluntary
SAG Outreach Events over the years
- Presentation December 13, 2005, in Woodstock – Field naturalists
- Presentation May 7, 2007, in Woodstock
- Sky viewing at Zorra Public School on September 25, 2009
- International Year of Astronomy 2009 – early spring Public Library Talk on Orion Constellation
- Zora Public School – 2010
- Donation of Teaching Guides to ten schools – 2010
- Donation of Teaching Guides to nine schools – 2011
- Astronomy Talk to a class of home-schooled children – 2011
- Astronomy Talk at Stratford Public Library Summer Program -2013
- Sky viewing at Stratford-Perth Museum – July 2013
- Sky viewing during Winterfest in Stratford – 2015
- Astronomy Display – Stratford Mall, May 9, 2015 – display and two scopes
- Sky viewing at Stratford-Perth Museum – May 23, 2013
- Sky viewing during Winterfest in Stratford – 2016
- Library Presentation – Stratford Library, March 14, 2017 (School March Break)
- Star Party at Northwestern Secondary School, Stratford, January 11, 2018. Approximately 45 Brazilian exchange students attended to view the sky through telescopes
- Library Presentation – Mitchell Library, March 15, 2018 (School March Break)- Binoculars and telescopes were demonstrated
- Museum of the Moon event hosted by Stratford Summer Music in August 2019. Held on Tom Patterson Island. Two nights provided good viewing through club telescopes for hundreds of attendees.
- Stratford Public Library – Children’s presentation with a ‘Moon’ theme
- Perth East Library Presentation – Naked Eye Astronomy talk delivered by Doug Fyfe to an audience of 30-plus attendees.
