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May Regular Monthly Meeting INPERSON only

The Regular Monthly Meeting of the Kingston Astronomy Club aka The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Kingston Centre, is Wednesday May 11th 2024 at 7pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)

This meeting is being held in person ONLY, but a recording *MAY* be made and available at a later date.

Meetings are held at Queens University, Ellis Hall Room 226

Parking is free after 5 p.m. on Queens campus surface lots, including the Mackintosh-Corry Parking Lot nearby (access from Union Street near Frontenac St).

Queens Observatory Open House

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The next Observatory Open House will be held on Saturday May 11th at 7:30pm in Ellis Hall Auditorium at Queen's University.

April Regular Monthly Meeting INPERSON only

The Regular Monthly Meeting of the Kingston Astronomy Club aka The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Kingston Centre, is Wednesday April 17th 2024& at 7pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)

***NOTE*** This is ONE WEEK LATER than normal.

This meeting is being held in person ONLY.

Meetings are held at Queens University Ellis Hall Room 226

Parking is free after 5 p.m. on Queens campus surface lots, including the Mackintosh-Corry Parking Lot nearby (access from Union Street near Frontenac St).

Science Rendezvous 2024

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Science Rendezvous Kingston 2024

Join us for a free Science Festival for the whole Family!

For the 14th year, Science Rendezvous Kingston will take over the Slush Puppy (formerly) Leon’s Centre and The Tragically Hip Way in Kingston Ontario. Join us Saturday, 2024 May 11, from 10 am - 3 pm as we turn them into the largest pop-up science Discovery Centre in Canada!

See our page or resources here: https://kingston.rasc.ca/sr

Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Science Fair 2024!

The 2024 FLASF Science Fair will be held on March 28-April01 at Queen's Faculty of Education (Duncan McArthur Hall), Kingston Ontario. The Kingston Astronomy Club is offering the Leo Enright Award for the best project in Astronomy.

The awardee will receive $150 and an Explore the Universe Guide/Beginner’s Observing Guide (depending on availability). For starter ideas please check out the poster.

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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