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Kingston's Astronomy Club
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- 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. When you're ready to take the plunge, become a member.
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Regular Meeting
Due to the COVID19 pandemic, inperson meetings of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Kingston Centre have been cancelled until further notice (since March 2020).In lieu of inperson meetings, we are holding virtual meetings with the aid of the Zoom videoconferencing system.
RASC-KC members will receive a preregistration email from the President a few days before the meeting. This will also be sent to other RASC centres across canada, for the use of RASC members.
Non-members who are interested should view the meeting on our Youtube Channel:
Regulus 2021 October Edition
In This Issue
* Fall’N’Stars 2021
* President’s Tidbits – Kim Hay
* Annual General Meeting Agenda
* Meteorites – Kevin Kell
* Skyward for October – David Levy
* Laser Pointers – Kevin Kell
* In The October Sky - Rick Wagner
* RASC-KC Solar Cycle 25 Monthly Review - Hank Bartlett
* The Serenity II mini-observatory at SCGO Part 2- Kevin Kell
* National Council Notes-John Hurley
* A Galaxy a Day Images – Stephen Craig
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Moon Phase
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- 1 days until the next full moon
- 16 days until the next new moon
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What's Up in the Sky
Monthly summary of stellar events - October Skies -Rick Wagner
01 Oct – minor planet (40) Harmonia at opposition (mag 9.4)
01 – 15 Oct – look for the zodiacal light in the eastern sky during morning twilight. If you’re under very dark and transparent skies at midnight you can try to see the even fainter gegenschein – the backscatter of sunlight from dust particles in the plane of the solar system. It will appear as an extremely faint glow about 10º across centred in the middle of the southern arm of Pisces.
05 Oct – Algol will be at minimum brightness for about 2 hours centred shortly after 2200EDT
06 Oct – New Moon 0705EDT
07 Oct – minor planet (762) Pulchova #1 occults (passes in front of) an 11.8mag star (TYC 1922-00066) at 0357EDT. The combined magnitude will drop by 2 magnitudes for up to 7.2 seconds.
08 Oct – Mars in conjunction with the Sun, a new apparition begins.
09 Oct – Venus 3º south of the Moon
10 Oct – minor planet (365) Corduba occults a 12.5mag star (UCAC4 393-087275) at about 2055EDT. The combined magnitude will drop by about 2.5 magnitudes for up to 4.4 seconds.
13 Oct – First Quarter Moon
– Saturn 4º north of the Moon
16 Oct – bright white Venus very reddish Antares in the evening southeast sky.
20 Oct – Full Moon 1056EDT
21 Oct – Orionid meteor shower peak this morning; the just-past-full Moon will interfere with visibility of the fainter meteors.
– Uranus 1.3º north of the Moon.
25 Oct – Mercury at greatest elongation west 18º, visible low in the east shortly before sunrise – this is Mercury’s best morning apparition of the year.
25 Oct – Algol will be at minimum brightness for about 2 hours centered shortly before midnight
28 Oct – Last Quarter Moon
29 Oct – Venus at its greatest elongation east 47º; although this is a relatively ‘poor’ showing, Venus is so bright and so far from the Sun that it is never-the-less spectacular.
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