1990 Calendar of Events |
1990
Fri, Jan 12 | Terry Dickinson (Toronto) Voyager 2 Neptune Flyby |
1990
Fri, Feb 9 | Gerald Moriarty-Schieven (Kingston) Star Formation and ProtoPlanets |
1990
Fri, Mar 9 | Ian Levstein (Kingston) Astronomy in the Sci-Fi Film |
1990
Fri, Apr 20 | Dr. Philip Baille - Great Men of Astronomy from ancient times to 1700 |
1990
Fri, Apr 28 | Astronomy Day displays at 2 malls (Cataraqui and Belleville) |
1990
Fri, May 11 | Members night |
1990
Fri, Jun 8 | Walter MacDonald (Kingston) The Questar 12" Experience |
1990
Fri, Jul 13 | Terry Hicks (Kingston) Where will the Sun Set? |
1990
Fri, Aug 10 | Bill Broderick (Kingston) Our Cosmic Connections |
1990
Fri, Aug | Charleston Lake Star Party with Terry Dickinson |
1990
Fri, Sep 14 | Members Night |
1990
Fri, Oct 12 | John Griese III (Kingston) Jul 1989 Total Solar Eclipse |
1990
Fri, Nov 9 | Leo Enright (Kingston) The Holleford Meteorite Crater |
1990
Thu, Nov 22 | David Levy (Kingston) Comet Discoveries |
1990
Fri, Dec 14 | Dec Annual General Meeting and Elections
Ruth Hicks on "Stonehenge", and Stan Hanny on "First Light" |
1991 Calendar of Events |
1991
Fri, Jan 11 | Cancelled due to Blizzard |
1991
Fri, Feb 8 | Stan Hanna (Kingston) Richard Preston's At First Light |
1991
Fri, Mar 8 | Peggy Torney (Kingston) A Voyage Through the Universe |
1991
Thu, Mar 28 | Alister Ling (Edmonton) Deep Sky Observing |
1991
Fri, Apr 12 | Ian Levstein (Kingston) The Surface is Fine and Powdery-Apollo Lunar Landing Program |
1991
Fri, Apr 20 | Astronomy Day at the Kingston Shopping Centre
Report: Regulus, 1991 Jul-Aug, page 2. 
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1991
Sat, May 4 | NFCAAA Conference: Dr. Martin Duncan (Queen's University): Chaos in the Solar System; also a tour of the Holleford Meteorite Crater led by Leo Enright.
Report: Regulus, 1991 Jul-Aug, page 2.
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1991
Fri, May 10 | Leo Enright (Kingston): "Jul 1991 Total solar Eclipse" |
1991
Fri, Jun 14 | Walter McDonald (Kingston) "Tales from a Spinning Astronomer" |
1991
Wed-Fri,
Jul 10-12 | RASC Solar Eclipse Expedition to Baja
Report: Regulus, 1991 Sep-Oct, page 2.
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1991
Fri, Jul 19 | Denise Sabatini (Kingston) "Inca Astronomy" |
1991
Fri, Aug 16 | Special Meeting at the Charleston Lake Star Party
Announcement: Regulus, 1991 Jul-Aug, page 5.
Report: Regulus, 1991 Sep-Oct, page 2.
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1991
Fri-Sun,
Sep 6-8 | FARMFEST '91
Announcement: Regulus, 1991 Sep-Oct, page 9.
Report: Regulus, 1991 Nov-Dec, pp. 6-7.
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1991
Fri, Sep 13 | Members' Night |
1991
Fri, Sep 26 | Special Meeting: Damien Lemay (National President) on "Scientific Contributions by Amateurs"
Report: Regulus, 1991 Sep-Oct, page 2.
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1991
Fri, Oct 11 | Annual Meeting and Elections for 1992; Bill Broderick "IDA Slide Presentation on Light Pollution" |
1991
Fri, Nov 8 | Leo Enright: "Sunspots" |
1991
Fri, Dec 13 | Ian Levstein (Kingston) Harmony of the Spheres |
1992 Calendar of Events |
1992
Fri, Jan 10 | John Mirtle (Calgary) "Astrophotography" |
1992
Fri, Feb 14 | Kevin Kell (Kingston) "Observing Without a Telescope" |
1992
Fri, Mar 6 | Dr. Ed Kennedy (Saskatoon) "1835 Moon Hoax" |
1992
Fri, Apr 10 | Denise Sabatini (Kingston) "Archeoastronomy" |
1992
Fri, May 8 | Gordon Taylor, Mark Kaye, Kevin Kell (Kingston) "Astronomy Software" |
1992
Sat, May 9 | Astronomy Day Frontenac Mall
Report: Regulus, 1992 Sep-Oct, pp. 3-5.
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1992
Fri, Jun 12 | Walter MacDonald (Kingston) "Variable Star Observing: Astronomy's Black Sheep?" |
1992
Fri, Jul 10 | Film, followed by public observing from parking lot. |
1992
Fri, Aug 14 | Christine Kulyk (Kingston) "Spheres of Influence, or when Astronomers Ruled the Earth" |
1992
Mon, Aug ?? | Charleston Lake Star Party
Report: Regulus, 1993 Jan-Feb, page 2.
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1992
Fri, Sep 11 | Members' Night |
1992
Sat, Sep 12 | Sky is the Limit Festival Grass Creek Park |
1992
Sat, Sep 26 | Kingston Centre Mall Display and Public Observing |
1992
Fri, Oct 9 | Stan Hanna (Kingston) "Anthropomorphic What? George Greenstein's Contributions to Contemporary Astronomy" |
1992
Fri, Nov 13 | Leo Enright (Kingston) "Solar Eclipses in History" |
1992
Wed, Dec 9 | Total Lunar Eclispe
Report: Regulus, 1993 Jan-Feb, page 2.
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1992
Fri, Dec 11 | Peggy Torney (Kingston) "The Winter Solstice" |
1993 Calendar of Events |
1993
Fri, Jan 8 | Kevin Kell (Kingston) "The Solar System: Then Now and Later" |
1993
Fri, Feb 12 | Ian Levstein (Kingston) "Planets and Parchment, Astronomical Hebraica" |
1993
Fri, Mar 12 | Leo Enright (Kingston) "Eclipses in the 20th Century" |
1993
Fri, Apr 2 | Dr. Richard Henriksen (Queen's Astronomy) "What's New (Starting from What's Old) in Cosmology - Part 1" |
1993
Sat, May 1 | International Astronomy Day: Star Party at MacDonald Park |
1993
Fri, May 7 | Terence Dickenson "The Southern Sky from Las Campanas, Chile" |
1993
Sat, May 8 | Astronomy Day Mall Dispaly at Frontenac Mall
Report on May events: Regulus, 1993 Jul-Aug, pp. 3-5.
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1993
Mon, Jun 7 | Jack Newton (Victoria) "Colour CCD Imaging: The New Frontier in Astronomical Photography"
Announcement: Regulus, 1993 May-Jun, page 10.
Report: Regulus, 1993 Jul-Aug, page 6.
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1993
Fri, Jun 11 | Denise Sabatini (Kingston) "The Interrupted Journey" |
1993
Jul 1-5 | RASC General Assembly (Halifax)
Report: Regulus, 1993 Sep-Oct, pp. 3-5.
Awards: Regulus, 1993 Sep-Oct, page 6.
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1993
Fri, Jul 9 | Dr. Dave Hanes (Queen's Astronomy) "Observing Globular Clusters with the Hubble Space Telescope" |
1993
Fri, Aug 13 | Dr. Richard Henriksen (Queen's Astronomy) "What's New (Starting from What's Old) in Cosmology - Part 2" |
1993
Sun, Aug 22 | Charleston Lake Star Party with Terry Dickinson
Announcement: Regulus, 1993 Jul-Aug, page 7.
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1993
Fri, Sep 10 | Members' Night |
1993
Fri, Oct 1 | David Levy (Kingston) "Year of the Comet: Collision with Jupiter"
Report: Regulus, 1994 Jan-Feb, page 5.
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1993
Fri, Oct 8 | Annual General Meeting & Elections
Announcement: Regulus, 1993 Sep-Oct, page 7.
Report: Regulus, 1993 Nov-Dec, pp. 2-3.
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1993
Fri, Oct 22 | Terrence Dickinson "From the Big Bang to Planet X" (lecture and book launch)
Report: Regulus, 1994 Jan-Feb, page 5.
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1993
Fri, Nov 12 | Peter Broughton (RASC National President) "What is the RASC? Past, Present, and Future" |
1993
Fri, Dec 10 | Bill Broderick (Kingston) "Big Bang or Big Bust?"
Annual Christmas Dinner McGinnis Landing |
1994 Calendar of Events |
1994
Fri, Jan 14 | Judith Irwin (Queen's Astronomy) "Outflows from Spiral Galaxies" |
1994
Sat, Jan 15 | GA Bid Committee Meeting |
1994
Fri, Feb 11 | Peggy Torney (Kingston) "The Art of Astronomy" |
1994
Fri, Mar 11 | John Gauvreau (Hamilton) "Naked Eye Atmospheric Phenomena" |
1994
Sat, Mar 26 | GA Committee Meeting |
1994
Fri, Apr 8 | Astronomy Workshop: Everyone is invited to participate in this event. A Variety of groups and subjects to suit every interest will be available. |
1994
Sat, Apr 16 | Astronomy Day, Mall Display and Star Party
Announcement: Regulus, 1994 Mar-Apr, page 3.
Report: Regulus, 1994 May-Jun, page 7.
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1994
Tue, May 10 | Annular Solar Eclipse
Announcement: Regulus, 1994 Mar-Apr, page 9.
Report: Regulus, 1994 Jul-Aug, page 3.
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1994
Fri, May 13 | Rob Dick & Glenn Ledrew (Ottawa) "Astronomy and Videography" |
1994
Fri, Jun 10 | Cathy Hall (Ottawa) "Astronomy in Available Light Photography" |
1994
Jun 30-Jul 4 | RASC General Assembly (St. John's)
Announcement: Regulus, 1994 May-Jun, pp. 9-10.
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1994
Fri, Jul 8 | Gord Taylor (Kingston) "Gravitational Lenses" |
1994
Sat, Jul 9 | GA Committee Meeting |
1994
Sat, Jul 16 | Jupiter Comet Crash Begins
Report: Regulus, 1994 Sep-Oct, page 5.
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1994
Aug 5-7 | STARFEST '94
Report: Regulus, 1994 Sep-Oct, page 4.
Report: Regulus, 1994 Nov-Dec, pp. 5-6.
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1994
Wed, Aug 10 | Charleston Lake Star Party |
1994
Wed, Aug 10 | Sandbanks Star Party |
1994
Fri, Aug 12 | Walter MacDonald (Kingston) "More Tales from a Spinning Astronomer" |
1994
Fri, Sep 9 | Members' Night |
1994
Fri, Oct 14 | Doug Clapp "Virutal Observing the The Sky and SkyPro"; Annual General Meeting and Elections |
1994
Thu, Nov 3 | Doug Hube (RASC National President) "The Lunar Grazing Occultation Expedition of the Edmonton Centre to Fort Nelson, BC" |
1994
Fri, Nov 11 | Dr. Richard Henriksen |
1994
Fri, Dec 9 | Dieter Brueckner "Modelling Creation: An Experimental Perspective" |
1995 Calendar of Events |
1995
Fri, Jan 13 | Dr. Martin Duncan (Queen's University) "Origins of Comets" |
1995
Fri, Feb 10 | Leo Enright (Kingston) "Meteor Showers" |
1995
Fri, Mar 10 | Dr. Dave Hanes (Queen's University) "Globular Clusters" |
1995
Fri, Apr 7 | Astronomy Workshop I: Telescope Night & Computer Demo |
1995
Sat, May 6 | Astronomy Day Cataraqui Town Centre
Announcement: Regulus, 1995 Mar-Apr, page 7.
Reports: Regulus, 1995 May-Jun, page 3.
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1995
Fri, May 12 | Paul Boltwood (Ottawa) "The Boltwood Observatory" |
1995
Fri, Jun 9 | Peter Ceravolo (Ottawa) "Through the Glass Clearly: Getting the most of Your Telescope" |
1995
Fri, Jun 16 | Terence Dickinson "A Summer Stargazing Odyssey"
Report: Regulus, 1995 Jul-Aug, page 4.
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1995
Jun 30-Jul 3 | RASC General Assembly (Windsor)
Report: Regulus, 1995 Jul-Aug, page 3.
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1995
Fri, Jul 14 | John Gauvreau (Hamilton) |
1995
Fri, Aug 11 | Rob Dick (Ottawa) "Skies over Painacota: 1994 Nov Eclipse Trip" |
1995
Aug 25-27 | STARFEST '95 |
1995
Fri, Sep 8 | Members' Night |
1995
Fri, Oct 13 | Cathy Hall (Kingston) "How to Observe Meteors" |
1995
Fri, Nov 10 | Denise Sabatini (Kingston) "Mithraic Origins" |
1995
Fri, Dec 9 | Steve Manders (Kingston) "Solar Collisions: Their Effect on Earth" |
1996 Calendar of Events |
1996
Fri, Jan 12 | Christine Kulyk (Kingston) "Cinemascopic Astronomy" |
1996
Fri, Feb 9 | Terry Hicks (Kingston) "Gregorian Calendars",
Peggy Torney (Kingston) "The moon Cycle in the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry" |
1996
Fri, Mar 8 | Jim Towgood (Kingston) "The India Eclipse" |
1996
Fri, Apr 12 | David Levy (Kingston) "Astronomy at the Millenium: the Latest Discoveries and What They Mean" |
1996
Sat, Apr 20 | Astronomy Day, Cataraqui Town Centre
Report: Regulus, 1995 Jul-Aug, pp. 4-5.
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1996
Fri, May 9 | Cathy Hall "The Star Hill Inn" |
1996
Fri, Jun 12 | |
1996
Fri, Jul 12 | |
1996
Fri, Aug 16 | |
1996
Mon, Aug 19 | Charleston Lake Star Party |
1996
Fri, Sep 13th | |
1996
Fri, Oct 11 | Annual General Meeting & Elections; Speaker Laura Gagné |
1996
Fri, Nov 8 | John Baker (Kingston) Fun with Astronomical Algorythms |
1996
Fri, Dec 13 | Annual Dinner & Awards (Eastside Marios); Steve Manders (Kingston) "Solar Winds" |
1997 Calendar of Events |
1997
Fri, Jan 10 | Walter Smith (Kingston) "Manifest Destiny or Stellar Superstition? -- the Origins of Astrology" |
1997
Fri, Feb 14 | Dr. Vic Hughes (Queen's University) "My Love of Radio Astronomy" |
1997
Fri, Mar 14 | Steve Manders (Kingston) "Convection Currents in the Sun"
Report: Regulus, 1997 May-Jun, page 3.
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1997
Fri, Apr 11 | Members' Night
Report: Regulus, 1997 May-Jun, pp. 3-4.
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1997
Sat, Apr 12 | Astronomy Day, Cataraqui Town Centre
Report: Regulus, 1997 Mar-Apr, page 3.
Report: Regulus, 1997 May-Jun, pp. 4-6.
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1997
Fri, May 9 | Cathy Hall (Kingston) "Star Hill Inn Expedition"
Report: Regulus, 1997 Jul-Aug, page 3.
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1997
Fri, Jun 13 | General Assembly Preparation
Report: Regulus, 1997 Jul-Aug, pp. 3-4.
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1997
Jun 27-30 | RASC General Assembly (Kingston)
Report: Regulus, 1997 Jul-Aug, page 5.
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1997
Fri, Jul 11 | Dr. Jayanne English (Queen's University) "Visualization in Astronomy" |
1997
Fri, Aug 15 | Annual BBQ meeting at the home of Mark Kaye |
1997
Mon, Aug 25 | Charleston Lake Star Party |
1997
Fri, Sep 12 | Phil Gebhardt (Ontario DX Association) "Radio Meteor Detection"
Report: Regulus, 1997 Nov-Dec, pp. 5-6.
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1997
Fri, Oct 10 | Annual General Meeting and Elections
Report: Regulus, 1997 Nov-Dec, pp. 3-5.
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1997
Fri, Nov 14 | ATM group and the Fitzgerald telescope
Report: Regulus, 1998 Jan-Feb, pp. 4-5.
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1997
Fri, Dec 12 | Annual Christmas Dinner at Kelsey's Restaurant
Report: Regulus, 1998 Jan-Feb, pp. 3-4.
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1998 Calendar of Events |
1998
Fri, Jan 9 | CANCELLED due to Ice Storm '98 |
1998
Fri, Feb 13 | Doug George (RASC National President)
Report: Regulus, 1998 Mar-Apr, pp. 3-4.
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1998
Sat, Feb 28 | Youth Group Meeting
Report: Regulus, 1998 Mar-Apr, page 5.
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1998
Fri, Mar 13 | Kendra Angle, Tom Dean & Doug Angle
Report: Regulus, 1998 May-Jun, page 3.
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1998
Sat, Mar 28 | Youth Group Meeting at Queen's U |
1998
Sun, Mar 29 | ATM Group Meeting at Tom Dean's Place |
1998
Fri, Apr 3 | Mark Kaye (Kingston) "30 years of Astrophotography"
Report: Regulus, 1998 May-Jun, pp. 3-4.
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1998
Sat, Apr 25 | Youth Group Meeting - Christone Marton of SEDDS Canada |
1998
Sat, May 2 | Astronomy Day 98 Cataraqui Town Centre
Report: Regulus, 1998 Jul-Aug, pages 1,10.
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1998
Fri, May 8 | Telescope workshop - Tom Dean, Mark Kaye, Doug Angle
Report: Regulus, 1998 Jul-Aug, pp. 4-5.
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1998
Sat, May 30 | Youth Group Meeting - Terry Dickinson |
1998
Fri, Jun 12 | Peggy Hurley (Kingston) Summer Solstice Celebrations and Traditions
Report: Regulus, 1998 Jul-Aug, pp. 3-4.
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1998
Sat, Jun 27 | Youth Group Meeting - Dr. Martin Duncan, Leo Enright |
1998
Fri, Jul 10 | Laura Gagne (Kingston) "Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Travel"
Report: Regulus, 1998 Sep-Oct, pp. 3-4.
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1998
Sat, Jul 18 | Sky is the Limit Festival Grass Creek Park |
1998
Sat, Jul 25 | Youth Group Meeting - Leo Enright, Mark Badham
Reports: Regulus, 1998 Sep-Oct, pp. 4-5.
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1998
Fri, Aug 14 | Annual BBQ meeting at the home of Mark Kaye
Report: Regulus, 1998 Sep-Oct, page 4.
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1998
Aug 20-23 | STARFEST '98
Report: Regulus, 1998 Sep-Oct, pp. 8-9.
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1998
Sun, Aug 29 | Youth Group Meeting at Lemoine Point with KC ATM Group (picnic dinner, evening observing) |
1998
Fri, Sep 11 | Members' Night
Report: Regulus, 1998 Nov-Dec, pp. 4-5.
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1998
Sat, Sep 26 | Youth Group Meeting
Report: Regulus, 1998 Nov-Dec, page 6.
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1998
Fri, Oct 2 | Tim Seitz (Kingston) "Impacts"
Report: Regulus, 1998 Nov-Dec, pp. 5-6.
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1998
Sat, Oct 31 | Youth Group Meeting
Report: Regulus, 1998 Nov-Dec, page 6.
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1998
Fri, Nov 13 | Annual General Meeting - Elections! |
1998
Sat, Dec 5 | Annual Xmas Banquet & Awards Night
at the Golden Rooster Restaurant
Announcement: Regulus, 1998 Nov-Dec, page 1.
Report: Regulus, 1999 Jan-Feb, page 6.
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1998
Fri, Dec 11 | Cancelled |
1999 Calendar of Events |
1999
Fri, Jan 8 | Peter Ceravolo (Ottawa) "Adventures in Astrophotography: Developing and Using Modern Astrographs"
Report: Regulus, 1999 Mar-Apr, pp. 3-4.
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1998
Sat, Jan 30 | Youth Group Meeting |
1999
Fri, Feb 12 | Leo Enright (Kingston) "Sky Atlases"
Report: Regulus, 1999 Mar-Apr, pp. 4-5.
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1998
Sat, Feb 27 | Youth Group Meeting |
1999
Fri, Mar 12 | Michael Watson (National Treasurer) "Computer Simulations"
Report: Regulus, 1999 Mar-Apr, pp. 3-4.
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1999
Fri, Apr 9 | John Percy (Toronto) "Astronomy in Ontario's schools"
Report: Regulus, 1999 Mar-Apr, pp. 4-5.
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1999
May ??-?? | Texas Star Party
Report: Regulus, 1999 Jul-Aug, pp. 6-8.
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1999
Fri, May 14 | Prof. RN Henriksen (Queen's University) "Cosmology" |
1999
Sat, May 22 | Astronomy Day Frontenac Mall |
1999
Fri, Jun 22 | Don Mastrianni (Kingston) "NASA & the Apollo program" |
1999
Sat, Jul 3 | Sky is the Limit Festival at Lemoine Point |
1999
Fri, Jul 9 | Kendra Angle (Kingston) "Statistics & ATM Mirror Testing" |
1999
Jul 15-18 | STARFEST '99
Report: Regulus, 1999 Sep-Oct, page 1.
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1999
Fri, Aug 13 | Annual BBQ meeting at the home of Mark Kaye |
1999
Fri, Sep 10 | Denise Sabatini (Unattached) "Archeoastronomy of Ancient Egypt" |
1999
Fri, Oct 1 | Kendra Angle (Kingston) "How to Build a Telescope From Scratch" |
1999
Fri, Nov 12 | Annual General Meeting & Elections |
1999
Sat, Nov 27 | Annual Awards Banquet at the Lasalle Travelodge Motel; Peter Ceravolo (Ottawa) "Fly Me To The Stars." |
1999
Fri, Dec 10 | Dieter Brueckner (Kingston) "A Tale of Two Craters - An Illustrated Tour of the Lonar Meteorite Crater in India and the Ries Basin in Germany" |
Original page by Kim Hay. Updated & expanded by Walter MacDonald.