What's New on the RASC-KC Website?
2011
2009
- 2009 Jan 01 - Gallery upgrade from v2.1 to 2.3
registration notification fixed
2008
- 2008 December - National Archives stored here.. old papers and proceedings.
- 2008 September - new domain name: kingston.rasc.ca
2007
- 2007 December 07 - massive updates to the main page, including
daily updated news links to the AAVSO and the RASC.
- 2007 December 02 - Regulus newsletter page updates including images of the front page of each issue.
- Aug 31/07- updated index page, and education page
- June 4/07- added weather network back iin- they changed the link
- March/07- Walter MacDonald finishes turning all Regulus from 1973- 1990's into PDF's
- Feb 9/07- The New website goes live and is introduced at the Kingston Centre meeting
2006
2005
2004
- Apr 19 - our entire website was accidentally deleted and we are slowly rebuilding the content pages from various backups
- Jan 10 - Details on the Centre's newest Telescope, Meade LX200GPS Used for public observing nights, and other public events.
2003
2002
2001
- Dec 18 - added 2002 Jan/Feb Regulus
- Dec 06 - updated Donations, Help Wanted, Public Observing, Messier Hunters Club pages
- Nov 12 - added lat/long/elevation chart on observing page
- Nov 05 - added Kingston Cloud Forecast link
- Nov 01 - added Cutoff lighting log for Kingston
- Oct 24 - Nov-Dec 2001 issue of Regulus is online
- Oct 19 - changed 1 year (1996) back issues of the Public-version of Regulus from .html to adobe acrobat .pdf
- Oct 18 - changed 1 year (1997) back issues of the Public-version of Regulus from .html to adobe acrobat .pdf
- Oct 15 - added 2001 Annual Reports, changed 4 years (1998-2001) back issues of the Public-version of Regulus from .html to adobe acrobat .pdf
- Oct 14 - add 2002 Election Results
- Oct 12 - updated large amounts of the secure members only web site (meeting minutes, financial summaries, national meetings and more)
- Sep 23 - Fall'N'Stars 2001 images
- Sep 16 - STARTING IN NOVEMBER 2001: Reguluar Meetings have moved from 8:00pm to 7:30 pm and from MacCorry Hall B201 TO Stirling Hall Theatre D (see map) or park in the regular MacCorry parking lot at the sound end, walk down the hill, cross the street and there is Stirling Hall (big round building for Physics/Astronomy)
- Sep 06 - updated ATM page with new Tripod project.
- Aug 25 - added 29 images from Charleston Lake Star Party 2001
- Aug 20 - added 200+ images from Starfest 2001
- Aug 12 - added Caring for your optics page
- Jul 25 - revamped home page with some realtime imagery
- Jul 23 - added more Tshirts for a total of 40, added Ga2001 wine
label, VandeWater Conservatoion Area, site of Fall'N'Stars 2001 near Thomasburg, and a
picture from the observing group meeting on saturday July 21st in Newburgh.
- Jul 18 - updated Help Wanted
- Jul 12 - added a Tshirt/Sweatshirt collection, and a Wine Label Art Collection
- Jul 09 - added 2001
Sky is the Limit Festival pictures and added a Centre
News Page to highlight recent news affecting the Centre and the Society; moved GA2001
photos from secure web site to the public web site. All images are 640x480 and approx 50kb each.
- Jul 05 - added GA2001 photos to secure web site. All images are 640x480 and approx 50kb each.
- Jun 22 - updated Fall'N'Stars Link
- Jun 18 - updated Speakers list
- Jun 10 - updated ATM, Education
- May 17 - revamped Events Calendar
- May 16 - updated Okanagan Centre's home page
- May 02 - added Photo Gallery of Astronomy Days Past - updated ATM
- Apr 23 - added Kingston Cloud Cover Info to our observing pages
- Apr 17 - updated ATM and Donations pages
- Mar 29 - added Speaker Exchange List
- Mar 28 - update Benefits page
- Mar 20 - Happy Spring Solstice! Updated Observatory Site page
- Mar 14 - updated AstroDay 2001
- Mar 13 - updated Observing Group
- Mar 09 - changed centre infoline number to 613-542-3974
- Feb 28 - added 2001 March/April Regulus online and Adobe acrobat version online
- Feb 21 - updated Exec,
Observing group, February
calendar, member's Web Pages, ATM Stats, Meeting pages
- Feb 05 - updated ATM pages
- Jan 19 - added 4 more Regulus backissues to adobe acrobat files
- Jan 15 - updated: ATM Status, Messier Club, LPA Awards
- Jan 03 - updated: calendars, buy/sell, Observing, Public Observing
2000
- Dec 20 - added 2001 ephemerides
- Dec 18 - updated meetings and Public observing for 2001
- Nov 29 - updated Saskatoon, Regina and Montreal Centre URL's
- Nov 13 - Buy/sell/Trade update
- Nov 12 - updated Special Projects Page to include the ATM project book and the CDROM project and the Public Service Videos, and Compilation of publications by RASC Centres
- Nov 09 - updated PDF Library, Educational Resources, Observing Group
- Nov 08 - revamped calendar pages and updated Equipment Loan page
- Nov 07 - updated Buy & Sell
- Nov 02 - added Regulus 2000 November/December web version and Adobe acrobat version online
- Oct 24 - added Light Pollution Abatement Page
- Oct 21 - completely overhauled Educational Resources page
- Oct 16 - added 24" telescope Project Work List, updated 24" mirror project status
- Oct 15 - added Flash Minutes of Motions from the Oct 14th National Council Meeting
- Oct 13 - updated various pages
- Oct 05 - added New National Membership Application Forms and assorted national reports for upcoming NC meeting
- Oct 03 - added minutes of September RASC-KC meeting
- Oct 02 - added minutes of Winnipeg July 2000 meetings
- Sep 27 - modified How-to-Join with the National membership application form in adobe acrobat format (modified locally to correct fee listings for Kingston).
- Sep 20 - updated Youth Group, Meetings and main pages.
- Sep 10 - added public and member events onto home page - to give members an easy to see upcoming event list as well as the public
- Sep 06 - added Barndoor assembly pdf file
- Sep 05 - added Picture Album set #6, updated messier requirements and application form
- Sept 03 - Toga2000 picture from Starfest
- Aug 31 - added Regulus 2000 September/October web version and Adobe acrobat version online
- Aug 30 - updated ATM page to include Kevin's variable height observing chair and dew zapper heaters
- Aug 11 - updated Secure page with july minutes, new observing group info and more.
- Aug 07 - updated Barndoor, Public Info, Equipment Loan, Messier Club pages
- Jul 24 - added Charlottetown to the list of RASC centres
- Jul 22 - updated ATM and ATM Status, Buy & Sell, Slide Loaner Sets pages.
- Jul 05 - added 2000 Ephemerides: Sun rise/transit/set | Moon rise/transit/set | Astronomical Twilight |
Moon phases Generated by the US Naval Observatory
- Jul 04 - updated How To Join page to reflect fee changes passed at the 2000 GA, updated Buy/sell/trade page.
- Jul 03 - updated ATM meetings in July added Regulus 2000 July/August web version Adobe acrobat version online
- Jun 26 - added Dark Sky Conservation Areas
- Jun 22 - updated observing group directions for Saturday June 24th at RMC
- Jun 11 - updated ATM meetings in June
- Jun 10 - updated Calendar of Events
- Jun 09 - added 2000 April and May meeting minutes, Messier Club
- May 22 - updated ATM page
- May 19 - updated National Donations page for 1999, National membership totals
- May 17 - updated loan page, Calendars, Member links, Speaker list
- May 10 - updated Meeting info
- Apr 25 - added Regulus 2000 May/June web version and Adobe acrobat version online
- Apr 24 - updated Astro Day page
- Apr 21 - added Outdoor Sundial page
- Apr 16 - updated ATM, How to Join, Benefits, Meetings
- Apr 03 - added new members home page and changed links from frame to new window.
- Apr 02 - updated ATM project page
- Mar 30 - updated Education page and Internet Resource guide
- Mar 21 - added another 3 national council reports to the secure site, updated April meeting (Randy Attwood) details.
- Mar 20 - added another 5 back issues of Regulus to the adobe acrobat archives
- Mar 15 - added National Council Reports for March 2000 meeting
- Mar 14 - removed Randy Attwood from April meeting, added Grade 9 curriculum info and link to Ontario Ministry of Ed.
- Mar 10 - added photos to Loan page and photos to capital inventory page.
- Mar 09 - added application details to National Grant page
- Mar 07 - Help wanted updated with new project ideas
- Mar 05 - 10 full years of Regulus are now online in adobe acrobat .pdf format, in the secure web section.
- Mar 03 - updated Loan Page, added National Special Project Grant Summary
- Mar 02 - updated adobe .pdf brochures for Kingston Centre and Getting Started, added 1995 adobe .pdf Regulus issues, added in National meeting minutes to the secure page
- Feb 27 - updated Holleford Crater info, added Grade 6 Curriculum outline and a bunch of other stuff.
- Feb 14 - updated Observatory plans, new national membership analysis
- Feb 11 - updated Slide loan list
- Feb 10 - moved and updated slide loan list, added eyepiece inventory page, updated calendars for march and april
- Feb 02 - added 6 spacecraft models to PDF Library
- Jan 31 - added in RASC KC Observing Program
- Jan 27 - installed new and improved Search Engine
- Jan 26 - updated Education page, Education Resources page, added Textbook errors page
- Jan 18 - updated Awards page
- Jan 16 - updated Internet Link page, added GMRT link
- Jan 05 - removed front page news service as it wasn't keeping up to date
1999
- Dec 29 - Added in Jan/Feb 2000 Regulus newsletter in HTML format and Adobe Acrobat .pdf format
- Dec 22 - Updated January Calendar of Events, AstroDay 2000, put 1997 GA info online again, added 3 MP3 clips from the Dunning Hall "talent night"
- Dec 05 - Updated Calendar of Events pages and touched up the Youth Observing group
- Dec 04 - Updated National Index page (Hamilton), fixed members only search engine, added in search last 7 days only option, retitled many old newsletter pages.
- Nov 13 - Added in 1999 Annual Reports from the Executive and Committee Chairs Page, results of the elections
- Oct 21 - Updated rascfees page to include centres sorted by membership total. Kingston is #5 in Canada! Touched up Secure
access page. Touched up ATM Stats, National page (updated some other centres' new home pages).
- Oct 13 - Added in "Expanding Their Universe" sample adobe acrobat pages. Touched up the Education Slide Set page thumbnails and descriptions coming soon.
- Sep 14 - Updated Benefits page, updated rascfees page, added Year 2000 dates for meetings, updated Loan Page
- Sep 07 - added in Meeting Minutes from 1999
- Sep 04 - updated equipment loan page
- Aug 20 - added in a buy, sell & trade page
- Aug 18 - added in 1990-1991 speakers; revamped secure page to layout the newsletters and meeting minutes.
- Aug 17 - added in Regulus newsletters 1996 to present in adobe PDF format. Updated observing sessions
- Aug 10 - added in adobe acrobat library page with what will be the collection of publications of the Kingston Centre.
- Aug 09 - Added in Adobe Acrobat versions of the 1999 Regulus Newsletters to the secure web site
- Jul 30 - Added in space and astronomy news display on main page.
- Jul 19 - Added in August (General, BBQ and Observing) meeting directions, updated Charleston Lake info
- Jul 09 - Added in Kendra's Mirror Testing Project Link
- Jun 23 - Moved the web site from one server at the ISP to another. Our new home page is
- May 31 - Created Help Wanted page
- May 30 - Created 1990's Guest Speaker and Topics List
- May 28 - Changed background colours on all current pages. Created new Canadians in Space page
- May 27 - Updated may, june,july and august events calendars. Added in a few more years membership lists in the secure section. Added in maps and directions to June Observing Session. Created frame based home page.
- Apr 21 - Updated Canadian Telescopes, added some more Clipart, more slides and educate.htm?>Education Group Page
- Apr 13 - Added a map of the web site
- Apr 02 - Updated Astronomy Day Page, Local Promotions Page
- Mar 14 - Added in map to meeting sites, solar system info, added printable membership application form, maps
to Public Observing sites, maps to Observing Group meetings
- Mar 08 - Added Time & Date Calculator
- Mar 02 - Added new membership list 9903 to secure section. Added in 1999 Jan & Feb minutes
- Mar 01 - Added Kingston Centre history
- Feb 22 - Updated ATMStatus page, added in donation info page
- Feb 09 - Added in online library list
- Feb 01 - Updated ATM and ATMstatus pages
1998
- Nov 30 - Added in predictions for ISS for all other centres of the RASC
- Nov 25 - Added in predictions for ISS, Annual Secretary Reports to the Executive section, History of award winners and more
- Oct 17 - Added in library list
- Oct 05 - Added in software list, updated various subpages.
- Sep 03 - Added in calendars for sept-dec. Added Douglas page.
- Jun 15 - Upgraded ATM page, added in centre bylaws
- Apr 17 - Added in Javascript Upcoming Events notice
- Mar 19 - Added in clipart section and Canadian Telescope links
- Mar 10 - Added in Astronomy Day info, updated youth group, atm group, observing group and meeting pages.
- Feb 05 - Added in 1998 Master calendar of Events
1997
- Dec 15 Added in Telescope Loan Program pages, removed GA97 pages. Added in Youth Group Pages
- Dec 11 Updated 1998 Executive page, meetings, observing group, member links pages. Touched up the last issue of Regulus to include live web links.
- August 11 Added Special Projects Group page, Observing Group Page
- July 24 Added link to NASA press release about Gene Shoemaker
- May 30 Updated GA pages... Paper Schedule added, Abstracts posted
- May 28 Added link to Queen's Astronomy Group, updated other Centre links.
- March 18 Added members home page links
- March 07 Added and updated the GA '97 Travel page, tour page, abstract page, registration forms and more
- Feb 25 Updated the GA section and moved the link to the top of the Centre's home page
1996
- Dec - 17 Updated various sections, including 1997 Meeting Schedule
- Nov - 18 Moved the Kingston Centre Home page to www1.kingston.net/~rasc for improved bandwidth for the upcoming GA access
- Nov - 07 Added Regulus Issue 9606 Nov/Oct
- Oct - 29 Updated general web pages, added Regulus Issue 9605 Sep/Oct
- Jul - 24 Added in Regulus Issue 9604 July/August