RASC Calgary Centre - Site Coordinates
Page last updated September 5, 2025
Latitudes, Longitudes, and Elevations for some different sites:
This table can be sorted up or down by clicking on any single column header with a gray background.
| Site |
Latitude
d m s |
Latitude
d |
Longitude
d m s |
Longitude
d |
Elevation
m |
Elevation
ft |
| "Calgary" |
51° N | 51°N |
114° W | -114°W |
1048 |
3438 |
| Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park |
50° 46' 56" N | 50.782225°N |
112° 50' 40.5" W | -112.844595°W |
868 |
2848 |
| Cobble Flats site |
50° 49' 5.6" N | 50.818224°N |
114° 48' 29.2" W | -114.808099°W |
1570 |
5151 |
| Cypress Hills, Elkwater Alberta Observing Site |
49° 37' 44.24" N | 49.6290°N |
110° 15' 41.65" W | -110.2616°W |
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| Cypress Hills, Sask (SSSP campground) |
49° 39' 15.6" N | 49.6543°N |
109° 31' 18" W | -109.5217°W |
1275 |
4183 |
| Eccles Ranch Observatory |
52° 07' 38" N | 52.1272°N |
114° 43' 02" W | -114.7172°W |
1049 |
3443 |
| Fish Creek Park Learning Centre |
50° 55' 40" N | 50.927911°N |
114° 07' 56" W | -114.132100°W |
1079 |
3539 |
| Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park site |
51° 10' 0.6" N | 51.166830°N |
114° 23' 32.4" W | -114.392347°W |
1193 |
3915 |
| Mount Kobau Star Party |
49° 06.78' N | 49.113°N |
119° 40.40' W | -119.67333°W |
1737 |
5699 |
| Rothney Astrophysical Observatory |
50° 52' 05.8" N | 50.868267°N |
114° 17' 29.3" W | -114.291477°W |
1279 |
4196 |
| Starland (old Alberta Star Party site) |
51° 39' 8.2" N | 51.65227°N |
112° 54' 7.7" W | -112.90214°W |
695 |
2280 |
| A Stones Throw Campground Alberta Star Party site |
50° 35' 49.9" N | 50.5971882°N |
112° 49' 47.5" W | -112.8298488°W |
908 |
2979 |
| Wilson Coulee Observatory |
50° 46' 12" N | 50.77°N |
114° 01' 37" W | -114.027°W |
1142 |
3747 |
Deviations between Celestial North and Magnetic North (compass North) for the years 2020-2024
From: NOAA - Magnetic Field Calculators
Dec 10 2019: WMM2020 Release
The World Magnetic Model is a joint product of the United States' National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
and the United Kingdom's Defence Geographic Centre (DGC)
The "Declination" column below shows the number of degrees between Celestial North and the location of Magnetic North for that year.
So, if the "Declination" is 14 degrees E, then your scope mount should be pointed 14 degrees west of compass North
before you start your polar alignment.
Example showing that on 2023-08-01, a compass would point 13.63 degrees to the East of North at Calgary:
https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/calculators/magcalc.shtml#declination
A Stones Throw Campground
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