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2024 Feb Regular Monthly Meeting ZOOM ONLY

Due to a variety of factors the 2024 February Regular Monthly Meeting will be Virtual only, on Zoom. A recording may be made available on Youtube at a later date. <p>

Greetings, Please join us on Wednesday February 14th at 7:00pm for our next monthly meeting via Zoom. Speaker: Our speaker will be Mike Hanes and he will present on his Eclipse adventures.

Next Queen's Observtory Open House at EllisHall is Saturday March 9th at 7:30pm.

Regulus The RASC Kingston monthly newsletter Regulus can be found on the RASC Kingston Centre website https://kingston.rasc.ca/

2024 Jan Regular Monthly Meeting ZOOM ONLY

Due to a variety of factors the January10th Regular Monthly Meeting will be Virtual only, on Zoom. 19:00 EST (00:00 January 11 UTC). A recording may be uploaded to youtube afterward.

Guest Speaker

Our guest speaker is Andrea Girones, she will be presenting her astrophotography focusing on Solar and Aurora photography.

"Sunspots and the Aurora - how to take a picture of them!"

7:00pm Welcome and Announcements - Malcolm Park

December Holiday Dinner - NO regular meeting

There will be NO regular meeting (inperson nor zoom) in December.

Rather we will be holding our Holiday Dinner Social at a local restaurant. Details To Be Announced.

Regulus 2023 October

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In this issue …

President’s Nook ... p. 2
Editor’s Eyepiece ... p. 3
Skyward … p. 4-5
Centre News … p. 6
The Sky This Month … p.7
Meeting Minutes … p.8-9
AGM … pp. 10-12
Member’s Photos … pp. 13-14
Book review … p. 15
M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy About Us … p. 16

Editor: Andrew Godefroy

Sky This Month

Astronomy This Month – January 2026
01 Jan - (667) Denise (mag 15.6) occults J144135.51+024414.1 (mag 10.5) for everybody; 05:52EST
02 Jan – 40 Harmonia (mag 9.5) at opposition
03 Jan – Full Moon (05:03EST)
03 Jan – Earth at perihelion (147,099,894km, 12:16EST)
03 Jan – Quadrantid meteor shower peaks (17:00EST)
03 Jan – Jupiter, Full Moon, Castor and Pollux rise together in the NE during evening twilight
06 Jan – Venus in superior conjunction with Sun
06 Jan – (5304) Bazhenov (mag 16.5) occults TYC 1338-00545-1 (mag 10.3) for Sharbot Lake, Elgin, Athens; 22:07EST
09 Jan – Mars in conjunction with Sun
10 Jan – Jupiter at opposition
10 Jan – Last Quarter Moon
14 Jan – (4332) Milton (mag 16.5) occults UCAC4 431-020402 (mag11.0) for eastern Prince Edward County, 00:22EST
18 Jan – New Moon (14:52EST)
23 Jan – 44 Nysa (mag 8.8) at opposition
25 Jan – First Quarter Moon
27 Jan – (1969) Alain (mag 18.3) occults HIP8416 (mag 8.5) for Yarker, Sydenham, Kingston, Battersea;19:28EST

Astronomy This Month – February 2026
01 Feb – Full Moon (17:09EST)
02 Feb – !! Full Moon occults Regulus (20:50EST) !!
06 Feb – Artemis II launch?
09 Feb – Last Quarter Moon
10 Feb – zodiacal light visible low in W late in evening twilight
11 Feb – (441) Bathilde (mag 13.3) occults TYC 1275-01275-1 (mag 9.1) for Morrisburg and Cardinal (23:57EST)
12 Feb – gegenschein visible high in the S at midnight from very dark skies
17 Feb – New Moon (07:01EST)
17 Feb – Pancake Tuesday
17 Feb – comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) (mag 7?) visible for the next few days low in SW starting about an hour after sunset
18 Feb – very thin 36hr old crescent Moon 1º below Mercury (mag -0.5) very low in WSW during evening twilight, Venus (mag -3.9) 7º below
19 Feb – Mercury (mag -0.4) at greatest elongation east low in W during evening twilight, Venus (mag -3.9) 8º below
20 Feb – Neptune (mag 7.8) 0.8º right of Saturn (mag 1.0) low in W at end of evening twilight (<1º from 13-26 Feb)
20 Feb – asteroid (15878) 1996 XC3 occults UCAC4 571-046413 (mag 10.8) (03:30EST)
23 Feb – asteroid (8) Flora occults UCAC4 350-128765 (mag 9.0) during morning twilight (06:17EST)
23 Feb – Moon transits the northern edge of Pleiades, occultations of several bright stars on dark limb (22:15EST)
24 Feb – First Quarter Moon
27 Feb - (7) Iris (mag 8.7) at opposition

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