Astronomy on the Hill

Come celebrate an Astronomy Weekend with the Peterborough Astronomical Association (PAA), the Peterborough Museum & Archives (PMA) and the Buckhorn Observatory on Saturday evening May 15th and Sunday May 16th.


Saturday, May 15th (8:00 to 11:00 p.m.)

Weather permitting - public observing session at Ashburnham Memorial Park (Armour Hill) with telescopes and other observing aids provided by the PAA and instruction by it’s members.  This is a free event and for all ages too.  Just dress appropriately for the weather.  Parking is restricted access only, so be prepared to park at the PMA parking lot.

Sunday, May 16th (1:00 to 4:30 p.m.) there is continued free public oriented fun.

Weather permitting - public solar viewing outside the PMA buildings.

Regardless of weather

 - Tattoos for the kids

 - Inflatable Planetarium – under outdoor pavilion (4 shows between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.)

 - Light Pollution and other displays - Fine Portable & Sir Sandford Portable

 - Award-winning science journalist and children’s author Peter McMahon will give a talk on space tourism, including a preview of his 2011 kids science experiment book on space tourism (2:00 p.m.)

 - Kids program: Join author, journalist, and children’s programmer Peter McMahon for an hour of hands-on space fun, including a preview of his week-long kids science program in August that you can sign up for at the Museum (3:00 p.m.) 

 - Draws (18) for the Astronomy Weekend Raffle (4:00 p.m.)

For more information contact:
Rick Stankiewicz, President
10 Hazel Cres., R.R. #8
Peterborough, ON  K9J 6X9
705-755-1807 (Day)
705-295-6158 (Evening)
stankiewiczr@nexicom.net

Rodger Forsyth
Publicity Director
Peterborough Astronomical Association

Moving Ahead in 2010

The schedule of events is taking shape with a number of the regular meetings now planned. The observing schedule is also starting to fill up, details for both of these are available on the website. We need the empty spaces left for this year to be filled. If you wish to make a presentation at a meeting or host an observing session please contact Rick.

The use of Skype to provide for two-way audio/visual communication with a remote guest speaker has proven to be very successful. We look forward to more of these sessions as the year progresses.

The mount for the club’s 10” reflector has been completed. The telescope will be available for viewing and use for the first time by the PAA at the observing session Friday March 19th at the Robinson Rd. Observatory. Click here for a map to the site. A photograph of the new scope is presented here.

Rodger Forsyth
Publicity Director
Peterborough Astronomical Association