Follow Us on Facebook2025 Meeting Schedule
As of January 2023, all meetings are hybrid and offer a choice of in-person attendance at the Peterborough Zoo or online via Zoom. Click to register for a Zoom class or event. Meetings start at 7:00 P.M. unless otherwise stated. Click for meeting location and contact details.
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| January 3 | 6PM: Novice Astronomy Class — Messier Objects 7PM: PAA Meeting — Trevor Jones from AstroBackyard on “An Introduction to Deep-sky Astrophotography” |
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| February 7 | 6PM: Novice Astronomy Class — Solar System Series: Our Sun 7PM: PAA Meeting — Peter Curley on Live Processing with Seestar and Siril Tutorial |
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| March 7 | 6PM: Novice Astronomy Class — The Basics for a Night of Visual Observing 7PM: PAA Meeting — Brian Colville on the Current Solar Cycle |
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| April 4 CANCELLED! | 7PM: PAA Meeting — Amy Oliver, from the Center For Astrophysics – Harvard & Smithsonian Public Affairs Officer for the Fred L. Whipple Observatory (Mount Hopkins, AZ) |
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| May 2 | 6PM: Novice Astronomy Class — Solar System Series: Mercury 7PM: PAA Meeting — Bryan Delodder and John Feentra from TenTelescopes, “The Accidental Telescope Factory” |
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| June 6 | 6PM: Novice Astronomy Class — Planetarium Software: Stellarium 101 7PM: PAA Meeting — Rick Stankiewicz “What I did on my winter vacation” |
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| July and August | Summer recess — no meetings. For dates see Special events and/or observing schedule Special Events are open to the public. Observing Schedule is restricted to Members Only. |
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| September 5 | 6PM: Novice Astronomy Class — Solar System Series: Venus 7PM: PAA Meeting — Brett Cohen from The Interstellar Collection, “Meteorites 101” |
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| October 3 | 6PM: Novice Astronomy Class — The Magnitude Scale 7PM: PAA Meeting — Graham Wilson from KREAM, “Creation of Atoms” |
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| November 7 | 6PM: Novice Astronomy Class — Solar System Series: Earth & Moon 7PM: PAA Meeting — Amy Oliver, from the Center For Astrophysics – Harvard & Smithsonian Public Affairs Officer for the Fred L. Whipple Observatory (Mount Hopkins, AZ) |
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| December 5 | 6PM: Novice Astronomy Class — Sky Coordinates 7PM: Annual General Meeting 8PM: Christmas Social |