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My Investigations of Impact Structures in North America... -ODALE
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:23:15 +0000

Women in Astronomy Quiz -Lacertan
Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:30:22 +0000

My goal - to view as many Messier objects as I can -perseus
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:33:06 +0000

Visual and photographic observations of Near Earth Asteroid 433 Eros -DChapman
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:02:16 +0000

My Top Astronomical Event of 2011: Astronomy . . . A Rebirth -nikki72
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:24:52 +0000

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Kingston Centre's Clear Sky Clock:
All our meetings are free and open to the general public, so come on out and enjoy!
When you're ready to take the plunge, become a member!
2012: Kingston's Astronomy Club
Saturday May 12
7:30-8:45 p.m.
Regular Meeting
Location: Queens University Ellis Hall Room 324
Topics: Members night: images from Brian Hunter, Leslie Roberts, Rose Marie Burke and Preparing for the Transit of Venus
** This meeting will be broadcast on the internet as a web conference.**
You will be able to hear the presenter, see their presentation and ask typed questions. You will need highspeed internet as dialup will not do.
Click on this URL at 7:30pm EDT anymeeting.com/rasckc1

This will also be recorded and available for viewing by members the next day
Saturday May 12
9:00-10:30 p.m.
Kingston Astronomy Outreach Network (KAON) Public Observing night as part of Science Rendezvous
at Queen's University Ellis Hall Observatory.
Guest Speaker: Mr. Terence Dickinson (Editor of SkyNews Magazine)
Title: A Visit to the World's Largest Astronomical Observatory
Talk Begins: @ 9:05pm
Location: Ellis Hall Auditorium & 4th Floor
Observing Activities: View planets, stars, nebulae and galaxies in our 16-inch dome telescope. Peruse our outdoor observing deck with several telescopes and high power binoculars, touring Kingston's night sky.
Thursday May 17th
06:00-16:00
Building Power Outage to Web Server
There is a scheduled 8 hour power outage for the building where this web server resides. It will be unavailable during this time and will hopefully automatically restart when the power comes back on. If not it may be until Friday Morning 08:00 until it comes back.
Tuesday June 5
afternoon-
evening

TRANSIT OF VENUS -- just 20 days away!
Location: An observing location in the Kingston area will be selected in the spring for a Center member group event of this last in a lifetime event.
At this time we have not committed to a public observing event.

More information:

Saturday June 09
7:30-9:00 p.m.
Regular Meeting
Location: Queens University Ellis Hall Room 324 Topics: Transit of Venus Reports, Imagery and notes.
Saturday June 9th
9:00-10:30 p.m.
CANCELLED - Kingston Astronomy Outreach Network (KAON) Public Observing night
at Queen's University Ellis Hall Observatory.
(Due to renovations)
June 28-
July 2
RASC General Assembly 2012
 
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
July & August
No meetings during the summer

Previous RASC-KC events...

 

 

KC News Kingston Centre News

Thumbnail Image The May 2012 issue of Regulus is now available online for our members and the public.
 
Tue 8 May 15:55 EDT

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RASC News RASC News

Transit of Venus Symposium
Fri, 11 May 2012 16:20:43 +0000

Music for observing the transit of Venus!
Tue, 08 May 2012 01:40:57 +0000

The Sky This Month - May 2012
Thu, 03 May 2012 23:16:46 +0000

Celebrate Astronomy Day! Saturday, April 28, 2012
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:34:13 +0000

Space Weekend at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto
Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:07:45 +0000

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AAVSO News AAVSO News

Reaching Across The Great Divide
Tue, 15 May 2012 14:11:16 +0000

Fun at NEAF
Tue, 01 May 2012 15:30:18 +0000

Sir Patrick Moore, AAVSO Member& Observer
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:59:21 +0000

Sir Patrick Moore, AAVSO Member& Observer
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:16:54 +0000

Bob Nelson's O-C files for EBs 2012 edition
Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:22:20 +0000

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