Relying on our membership

The Nanaimo Astronomy Society is a registered non-profit society dedicated to teaching people about astronomy.

We fund our outreach, events, learning and web resources, and other programs through our memberships and fundraising. 

Member benefits 

• Free attendance to our monthly meetings held nine times a year, featuring world-class speakers in astrophysics, cosmology, and astrobiology drawn from the largest concentration of astronomy-related talent in Canada at the National Research Council Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre, and the University of Victoria.  Society members and others also present on a variety of topics, including observing, space exploration, astronomy history and tourism.

• Borrow a telescope from the Society loaner scopes, including a Hydrogen-Alpha Solar telescope for looking safely at the sun.

• A voice and vote in how the Society is run and what we focus on.

Membership Options

Memberships run from October to the following September,

and are pro-rated by 50% if you join on/after April 1st.

We reduced membership fees by 50% for the October 2020 to September 2021 membership year and have

maintained that reduction for the October 2023 to September 2024 year. For 2024-25 we have resumed our normal rates.

An individual membership is now $30.00

A family (more than one immediate family member) membership is now $45.00

Post-High school Student Membership is now $5.00 per year  (High school students are free).

To become a member of the Nanaimo Astronomy Society you can pay online, or pay in person at a meeting by cheque, cash, or credit card.

We accept with E-transfers or secure credit card payments for online payments.

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1) To pay by E-transfer, please send your membership fee to finances@nanaimoastronomy.com

IMPORTANT, please include your email contact in the E-transfer message, otherwise we will have no way to contact you.

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2) To pay by credit card using our secure credit card processor Square.