Northern Star - Special Edition

with Nick Versteeg

Young Jack Plaskett teaches himself the violin on his childhood home on an Ontario farm

Director Nick Versteeg presents a special edition of Northern Star, a documentary of the founding of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, the life of its founder and first director John Stanley Plaskett, and the legacy of the 108 year old observatory that you see across the parking lot here.

Sponsored by CHEK-TV, the Canadian Media Fund, the University of Toronto, DV Productions. The Friends of the DAO organization has been involved in this project from the beginning

This special edition runs 1 hr 5 min

Hosted By Bob McDonald (CBC Quirks and Quarks)

starring Roger Carr as John Stanley Plaskett

Programme Schedule

Numbers in parenthesis correspond to location on map.

event start times

• 7:30pm Dome Tour

• 7:30pm Children's Program

• 8:00pm Children's Dome Tour

• 8:00pm Northern Star - Special Edition - first screening

• 9:00pm Dome Tour and after dark Live Observing with the Plaskett Telescope (weather permitting)

• 9:15pm Northern Star - Special Edition - second screening

• 10:00pm Dome Tour and Live Observing with the Plaskett Telescope (weather permitting)

All evening

• Exhibits

• Sidewalk Astronomers

• Children’s crafts (until 9:30)

• Ask an Astronomer

• Unhosted Planetarium shows (limited capacity)

• RASC Welcome Table

• Gift Shop