Current Astro News

Current Club and Astronomy News


Astronomy Day

Astronomy Day 2008
Saturday May 10, 2008 is the club's big Astronomy Day.  Activities all day long and a Star Party at Waterloo Park at Dusk where KW Telescope will be giving away a telescope.  For more information you can download the KW Centre brochure here.
 

Space Docking

Pheonix Mars Lander
April 2008
NASA's lastest Mars exploration include a landing on May 25, looking for water.
 

Space Docking

The Mystery of Dark Matter
April 2008
Michael Burns' video presentation 'The Mystery of Dark Matter' can be viewed from here.
 

Dark Nebula

Dark Nebula Observing
March 2008
Chris Beckett's Dark Nebula Presentation can be downloaded here.  If you don't have PowerPoint, OpenOffice can view it.
 

Astronomy Picture of the day

Pictures Of the Day
Follow these links for the Picture of the day: Astronomy Picture Of the Day. Astronomy Sketch of the Day. Lunar Picture Of the Day.
 

Looking Up?
Check out Sky & Telescope's Sky at a glance feature for the current week.
The Heavens Above site for Kitchener will show current satellite positions.
 

Tonight's Forecast
Have a look at the astronomical forecast, courtesy of the Clear Sky Chart for our area. If you are going out of town here is the Monkton and Cross Hill site chart.
 

What's Up: K-W RASC Presentations
Miss the What's Up Tonight Presentation at the last RASC meeting? You can find it and others here!