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Upcoming Meetings and Events

  • Until further notice, all our meetings will be held ONLINE ONLY.
  • All our meetings are free and open to the general public, so log on to our Zoom sessions and enjoy.
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  • See also the Queen's University Astronomy Research Group Seminar Schedule
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 - 19:00 to 21:00
2021 February Regular Monthly Meeting
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 19:00 to 21:00
2021 March Regular Monthly Meeting
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 19:00 to 21:00
2021 April Regular Monthly Meeting
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Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - 19:00 to 21:00
2021 May Regular Monthly Meeting
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 - 19:00 to 21:00
2021 June Regular Monthly Meeting
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021 - 19:00
2021 July,August Hiatus of Regular Monthly Meetings
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2015 October Regulus available

published by newrasckc on Wed, 10/07/2015 - 08:05

The 2015 October issue of Regulus, the newsletter of the Kingston Centre, is now available for download as a 1MB PDF file.
Paper copies will be available at the Regular Meeting in Ellis Hall on Thursday 2015 October 8th and any not picked up then
will be mailed out to all remaining members.
This issue contains notification of the Annual General Meeting and Elections set for Thursday 2015 November 12th.

Shoot the Stars 2015

published by newrasckc on Sat, 04/25/2015 - 10:09

Like taking night sky photographs? Enter the 'Shoot the Stars' Dark Sky Photography Contest and win some great prizes! The contest runs from May 9th - October 31st, 2015.  (Visit website.)
 

An Astronomical Anecdote

published by Walmac on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 16:07

One of my old observing buddies, the late Steve Chomniak (Toronto Centre), once told me a story about one time that he went to our dark-sky site in the concessions northeast of Oshawa by himself...

Halloween Thoughts

published by Walmac on Tue, 10/02/2012 - 09:07

With days shortening, nights lengthening, and Halloween growing near it is only natural that our thoughts should turn to the dead—and some of them were astronomers. (Insert blood-curdling scream here!)

Throughout history dead people have been interred in grounds sacred or not, either singly or in mass graves. Some had resting places in more formal tombs or crypts, perhaps even inside a church building. But did you know that a few “lucky” people are buried in observatories?

Solar Eclipses and Totality

published by Walmac on Sun, 07/22/2012 - 09:14

IN THE DISTANT PAST, the Moon was much closer to the Earth. Thanks to tidal forces and the Law of Conservation of Momentum, the size of the Moon’s orbit has been increasing (currently by ~3.8 cm/yr).1 As luck would have it, we live in an epoch in which the Moon has an apparent size close to that of the Sun. When near perigee, the moon’s apparent size is adequate to completely cover the Sun. (Unfortunately we do not get monthly eclipses because the Moon’s orbit is tilted about 5° with respect to the ecliptic.)

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