Approximately 10 members of the Q.U.A.C. and R.A.S.C. dragged themselves out of bed at entirely unreasonable hours to see this phenomena.

Although some heavy cloud obscured the sun for parts of the time, the event was viewed quite satisfactorily. The image of the sun was projected through the eyepiece of the telescope onto a screen, where it could be viewed safely and easily. Mercury, appearing as a black dot, moved slowly across the disk. The final contact was observed under good cloud conditions (i.e. their absence!) at 8:18 as predicted by the Ephemeris.

I should point out that several of the group present that morning arrived even much earlier than 6:30 a.m. (5:00) in order to do some general observing before morning twilight set in. Saturn was the main object of interest observed. That pretty well sums up another of our famous observing sessions.
[Reference: Regulus, November 1973 #2]

Special meeting...especially for those members interested in observing - both seeing and photographing. We will start with a film or short lecture to get things going. While we have some coffee and cookies to get us primed for the cold upstairs on the roof, we will let those who have put on projects already, display some of their results (lets get some good prints, you photofreaks). Then we will start a long observing session on the 15" and other small telescopes that our observers' group will bring.

We will have several hours of films if the weather is bad, so no one need worry about that. [References: Regulus March 1974 #1, March 1974 #2]

Slides obtained from national office were to be shown along with presentations from club members.
[Reference: Regulus, February 1977 #1]

A small group of very dedicated...observers took to the dome and roof of Ellis Hall. ...The group saw such objects as Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Praesepe (M44), M42, and KGH...
[Reference: Regulus, February 1977 #3, page 4]

Last meeting of the school year. Voting for a new executive was part of the agenda for this meeting. [Reference: Regulus, March 1977 #2]

The following were elected: Leo Enright (President), Douglas Baker (VP), Sue McDougall (Secretary-Treasurer). It was decided to borrow a telescope from the Society. [Reference: Regulus, April 1977 #1]

June 5 Holleford Crater tour, picnic and water skiing at Sharbot Lake. [Reference: Regulus, June 1977 #1]

The trip to Holleford Crater was poorly attended. However those who went were greeted with a beautiful warm sunny day. Fun was had by all exploring the crater, posing for pictures, falling down drill holes, sinking in the swamp, etc. [Reference: Regulus, July 1977 #1]

Summer Solstice Outing at Leo's place.
[Reference: Regulus, June 1977 #1]

The Summer Solstice Outing was also poorly attended. This enabled the participants to spend more time water-skiing, eating, and looking through telescopes, The only thing that marred this outing was the mosquitos. They were a bother, since they kept stealing the telescopes. [Reference: Regulus, July 1977 #1]

It was interesting to see three telescopes and one pair of tripod-mounted binoculars set up all in a row. In the water-skiing competition, the team of E. and P. Brown took first place, and D. Baker took second. Let's hope the astrophotos of the moon turnout well. Finally, a hearty "No Thanks" to the mosquitoes that appeared late at night. You wouldn't believe......... [Reference: Regulus, July 1977 #2]

Agenda:
-Discussion of plane
-Report of Summer Activities, photos, etc...
-The membership campaign
-The A.A.F.T.J. project (Come and find out.)
-The newsletter: name, logo, etc....
[Reference: Regulus, September 1977 #1]

An important decision taken at the meeting was to strive for fairly orderly meetings and to keep good records for the Centre. [Reference: Regulus, September 1977 #2]

...A motion was passed unanimously to purchase a ten-inch mirror and start construction of a telescope for our centre, the project to be completed before May 1st next year...

...It was also decided that the centre would start a nova-search project. Certain small areas of the sky marked off in an atlas were chosen by individuals who would be responsible for doing a thorough search of the chosen area or areas...
[Reference: Regulus, December 1978, page 3.]

There was some talk of a "Christmas party" at David's place on December 21st. Final confirmation may come at the meeting on December 14th. (Thanks again to David for having so many Centre activities at his place.)
[Reference: Regulus, December 1978, page 4.]

Mike Fayette and Lyte, Angelika and Bob [Hackett], and David [Levy] viewed totality from a very short distance north of the centre line, at a site just south of Lundar; Mike Kennedy was precisely on or extremely close to the centre line, at a site on Highway #6 at or near Clarkleigh; Chris Sargeant and I [Leo Enright] were south of the centre line, at Gimli airfield almost due east of where the others were.

Read the full reports by Leo Enright in Regulus, March 1979, as well as Mike Kennedy and David Levy in Regulus, April 1979.

The 2nd outing of the summer for the Centre was to the Holleford meteor crater. A second outing of the summer, a trip by some members of our centre to Holleford Crater, was also a chance to explore a very interesting locale. It took place on Sunday, July 8th, and in some ways was similar to our first trip to our nearest confirmed meteorite crater, the one taken by some members of our centre in 1977. This time it was a chance for Mike,Lyte, and David to explore the crater for the first time.

Photographs were taken at the new plaque, at drill hole number one, and number two, at the mid-point, and at various other places. It is pleasant to see that the plaque, at one time sadly vandalized, has been replaced by a beautiful historical plaque near the crest of the rim at the south-west edge of the crater.

Once again we are reminded that our centre has in its "backyard" the second oldest of the continent's recognized meteorite craters something that we could well display to visitors from other centres, since few such sites are so accessible and easily visited or explored.
Read Leo's report in Regulus, July 1979, page 4.

Shopping mall display
The Kingston Centre's mall display at the Kingston Shopping Centre on Saturday, August 4th was an excellent success. It was a chance for members of the centre to display their instruments, astrophotography, and other resources, and to talk to the public about their projects end interests...
Read Leo's full report in Regulus, August 1979, page 2.

Public Star Night
The Kingston Centre's first 1979 Public Star Night was held on Saturday August 4th at Richardson Park along Lake Ontario near the historic Murney Tower.

Perseid weekend
David again provided hospitality in the Gatineau Hills for a group of astronomers - this time for the Perseid Weekend. They came from London, Niagara Falls, Montreal, and Kingston Centres, and it was a very pleasant gathering. The weather was not completely cooperative but a few Perselds were spotted.
[Reference: Regulus, August 1979, page 4.]

17th GA of the IAU in Montréal
The Seventeenth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union took place in Montréal last month and it was a most interesting gathering of astronomers from all parts of the world.
[Reference: Regulus, September 1979, page 1.]

Club's Night at Queen's U
We had a very interesting Club's Night at Queen's University on October 3rd. We had a chance to talk to a good number of students, to explore their interest in astronomy and it is hoped that we will have some of them as regular members of our centre. It was certainly good to see several of them at the meeting the following night. I hope they enjoyed the slides, and hope that they and others join our group on October 18th and in the coming months.
[Reference: Regulus, October 1979, page 3.]