RASC OK Centre Coming Meetings

Kelowna  meeting Tues. November 12

Time: 7:30pm.  Location: Okanagan College, KLO Road, Kelowna. Room 368.

The short presentation will feature Colleen O'Hare  on 'Meteorites and Meteorwrongs', 
offering a look at the RASC-OC Meteorite Kit.

The main presentation will feature 'Mars Mysterious Companions Phobos and Deimos'
by Dave Gamble. The program will explore the surprising history of Mars' two moons, a first hand account of how they were discovered and their eventual exploration by an amazing fleet of spacecraft.

The meeting will be at 7:30pm in Room 368 at the Okanagan College KLO Campus.

Penticton meeting Thurs. November 14

Time: 7:15pm  Location: Okanagan College, Penticton

The Main Program will feature Colleen O'Hare who will present a workshop on 'Using Stellarium, a free planetarium style software platform to help plan and record your observing sessions'. Members are ecouraged to download the program before the meeting, and bring their computers, phones or devices to the meeting to work through and learn this rich, free program.

 The meeting will be held at 7.15pm in the C O2 meeting room in the Sunoka building 
of the Penticton campus of Okanagan College.


Vernon meeting Wed. November 27

Time: Novice meeting - 6.30pm  Regular Meeting - 7.15pm

.At the Novice Meeting Jerry Thompson will give an overview of Alan Dyer's ebook on Astrophotography. Jerry enjoyed sitting at Alan's table at last May's Gala Dinner where he had the chance to visit and learn from him.

The main presentation will be by Rob Nichols who will talk about his 'Experiences in Astrophotography'.

The pre-meeting begins at 6:30 PM in the Heritage Hall of the Okanagan Science Centre (building to the right of the main Science Centre entrance on the northeast side of Polson Park just off Highway 6).

Vernon Meeting Group
OSC - Okanagan Science Centre
2704 Hwy 6, Vernon
See map

Kelowna Meeting Group
Okanagan College - Science building
KLO Road, Kelowna. 
See map

Penticton  Meeting Group
Okanagan College - Sunoka Building
583 Duncan Ave. W. Penticton

See map

Meetings held in Kelowna on the  dates indicated  
at the Okanagan College Science Building KLO Road

	Meetings held in Penticton on the dates indicated at Okanagan College Penticton. (* exceptions)
	-- Summer Break -- Thurs. September 12, 2019    7:15 at OC Thurs. October 10, 2019          7:15 at OC Thurs. November 14, 2019      7:15 at OC Thurs. December 12, 2019      7:15 at OC Thurs. January 24, 2020     7:15 at OC Thurs. February 21, 2020   7:15 at OC *Tues. March 19, 2020     Annual General Meeting (combined meeting in Kelowna)  7:15 at OC   Thurs. April 18, 2020            7:15 at OC *Thurs. May 16, 2020  (in conjunction with the                                      Meadowlark Outreach Event)             ** Sat.  (Date to be ann.)  Gala Dinner (Kelowna 5PM) Thurs. June 20, 2020              7:15 at OC

Meetings held in Vernon on the dates indicated at the OSC Okanagan Science Centre (* exceptions) 2704 Hwy 6, Vernon

-- Summer Break -- Wed. September 25, 2019            7:15 at OSC Wed. October 30, 2019                  7:15 at OSC Wed. November 27, 2019              7:15 at OSC Wed. December 11, 2019              7:15 at OSC Wed. January 29, 2020               7:15 at OSC Wed. February 26, 2020             7:15 at OSC *Tues. March 25, 2020     Annual General Meeting  (combined meeting in Kelowna)  7:15 at OC   Wed. April 29, 2020                      7:15 at OSC May 2020 Observing Session - Date to be announced ** Sat. (Date to be ann.) Gala Dinner (Kelowna 5PM) Wed. June 17, 2020                      7:15 at OSC

* denotes the Annual General Meeting held at 7:15 at Okanagan College Kelowna

** denotes a combined meeting between the Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon Chapters

OKANAGAN OBSERVATORY

The Observatory www.okanaganobservatory.ca is in regular use, weather permitting. To learn how to access the location for observing please contact Guy Mackie at guy.m@shaw.ca. For the status of weekly public open nights call the Sky phone at at (250) 300-8SKY (8759) after 3:00PM Friday afternoons.