Peterborough Astronomical Association

Welcome to the Peterborough Astronomical Association's (PAA) website. We're an astronomy club with a membership of over 50 people that have an interest in the night sky.

As indicated on the home page the PAA meets the first Friday of each month at the Orientation Center of the Riverview Park and Zoo except for July and August. Every month an observing session is scheduled at one of our member’s observatories or dark sky locations. The monthly meetings are open to the public but the observing sessions are restricted to members only, one of the many benefits of membership. We have an extensive library of books and astronomy videos and DVD’s. These are available to all members.
Don't have a telescope? The PAA has a number of loaner scopes that members are welcome to borrow. This is another advantage of being a member of the PAA.

Want to see and hear more? Throughout the year members enjoy informal talks from such notable figures as Professor David Patton, Canada's authority on galactic collisions, or Terence Dickinson, Canadian Author and Astronomer. Learn how to read a meteor with Dr. Graham Wilson or Sara Poirier of the Ontario Science Center and join award-winning journalist Peter McMahon as he treks across Canada in search of the ultimate wilderness stargazing locales. Also enjoy tales of Mars with Steve Dodson, one of the few Canadians to have an asteroid Scope bear his name and much, much more!

If you have an interest or are just curious about astronomy, you'll fit right in at one of our public observing sessions. This year we will have telescopes set up on Armour Hill during Earth Hour in March to view celestial objects including Jupiter, Mars, the Moon and the Orion constellation. In June we’ll take a peek at a transit of Venus and in May our annual “Astronomy on the Hill” event then in August the Perseid meteor shower. For the date of this year’s events please check our Special Events Menu . There will be more details, as we get closer to each event.

We also like to party. This coming fall, we may again join with the Kingston and Belleville RASC chapters at their Fall 'n Stars star party. We often have a members only Star-B-Q, more on that later.

But the best way to get an idea of what we're all about is to check out our Events Menu. If you find an event or subject that sounds interesting, why not drop by one of our meetings. Everyone is welcome.

Join us and “Reach for the Stars.”

Rodger Forsyth
President
Peterborough Astronomical Association

536 Robinson Rd.
RR1 Peterborough On
K9J 6X2

705-292-0729
rforsyth@nexicom.net
www.robinsonrdobservatory.ca