Dominion Astrophysical Observatory

Name: Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
Address: 5071 W Saanich Rd, Victoria, BC V9E 2E7, Canada, E, Canada

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Address :	5071 W Saanich Rd, Victoria, BC V9E 2E7, Canada
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Website :	https://nrc.canada.ca/en/research-development/nrc-facilities/dominion-astrophysical-observatory-research-facility
Categories :	Museum , Tourist attraction , Research institute ,
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5071 W Saanich Rd, Victoria, BC V9E 2E7, Canada

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B	Barry Andruschak on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Love this place! Best kept secret in Victoria! My kids loved going there when they were younger and look forward to going now they are adults.
J	Jay Jordan on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Check out the summer star parties. You have to get (free) tickets in advance and they usually sell out. Worth the effort. The big telescope is amazing.
R	Russell Munday on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This makes for a good hike, especially on Sundays. It's about an hour to the top, up a consistent grade that shouldn't be difficult for most people. Lots of great views from the top.
Y	Yury Puzanov on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very beautiful place with nice hidden view points! Great place to go for a walk with your partner and friend. Wonderful place to relax and forget about the world :)
N	Nick Tacey on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What an amazing place to visit. I was only over in Canada from the UK for a short un expected visit and on the evening of Saturday 5th April I decided it would be great to see if I could see that observatory on the hill looking across from Mount Doug a little closer only to find there was an open evening. Brilliant and interesting night, Thank you to the guys that bring their personal telescopes up and for letting us use them with a little tuition. Well worth the visit and a reenactment of the original photo 100 years before was the perfect top off for the day. Keep doing what you are doing and inspiring the interest in the future, I have been telling almost everyone I see to take the opportunity on a Saturday night to take a look at that observatory on the hill.
G	GWoo on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Went up with my son and his classmates, it was a fun experience.
A	Amy Archer on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Saturday star parties are a great family activity or date night on a Saturday night in the summer. Best view of Victoria! So much to see, and learn! The presentations are always fascinating, we love the planetarium shows, and walking through the gallery. The gift shop always has some goodie we can't do without. I got to see venus, Jupiter and Saturn from telescopes set up outside the centre. Would be a great location for business retreat or team building activities.
W	Willem van der Westhuizen on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It was amazing to see experience this historical site to see how people did it in the "old days" before digital. The observatory has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada as it is a world-renowned facility where many discoveries about the nature of the Milky Way were made, and it was one of the world’s main astrophysical research centres until the 1960s.