Welcome to the Sudbury Astronomy Club Website!
We are a local club that gets together regularly for monthly astronomy talks (at our regular meetings), enjoy regular star parties (at our observatory and local schools), and other local astronomy related events.
This website is to reach out to new people who may be interested in joining us in our events, and also to our current members to find information on upcoming events.
Feel free to contact us at any time for more information.
Below is a list of upcoming events.
April’s meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 5th at 7:30 pm. We hope to see you there, at the Doran Planetarium!
Time: 7:30PM
Location Doran Planetarium
Agenda:
1. Greetings and Updates—Robert Pothier
2. Comet pan-STARRS update
3. TBA
4. The Night Sky with Robert
Here is a list of Star Parties offered by Science North. As always, it’s weather dependent.
2013 Star Parties
Good meteor showers:
April 21st – Lyrids (after midnight)
August 12th – Perseids (evening) *
October 7th – Draconids (evening)
December 13th – Geminids (after midnight) *
http://www.meteorwatch.org/meteor-info/meteor-showers-2013/
Dates
April 12, 7 PM – Training star party (staff only)
April 19, 8 PM
Notes: Start of the viewing season. Stay to view the Lyrids meteor shower after midnight. The best viewing of this shower will be in a dark area though on the weekend.
May 17, 9 PM
May 31, 9:30 PM
June 14, 9:30 PM
June 28, 9:30 PM
July 12, 9:30 PM
July 26, 9 PM
August 12, 8 PM (9 PM observing)
Notes: This is is our annual Perseid meteor shower star party at Dynamic Earth. The Perseids should provide a great spectacle this year! Come early to hear the presentation by a Science North astronomer. Free event.
August 23, 8:30 PM
September 13, 8 PM
October 11, 7 PM
Notes: A great night to see some meteors as the Draconids will still be going strong and start right after sunset.
The next Sudbury Astronomy Club meeting will be December 7, 2012 at the Doran Planetarium. Doors open at 7:00pm and the meeting will begin at 7:30pm. Everyone is welcome! See you there.
A Facebook group has been created. All that is left is for people to join. It is a great way to get meeting reminders, post photos and videos, and a great way to coordinate star parties and other events. The club’s facebook address is:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/sudburyastronomyclub/
Alternatively, if you’re already a facebook member, you can search for it by searching for “Official Sudbury Astronomy Club.” The group also has another added advantage of members being able to email directly to the group which will show up as a group posting, useful if you’re on the move. The group’s email address is: sudburyastronomyclubATgroups.facebook.com.
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