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President's Message
The Spring message from the club's president -
Gerry Bissett.

Next Meeting
Friday, May 10, 7:30pm.

Back at WLU Science building room 1002.

The Stargazers 101 will meet Friday May 24, 7pm.
At Laurentian Zehrs Community Room.

Club Calendar

A full calendar of club meetings and events for the 2012-2013 year.

Next Event

June 6 David Levy talk.

Visit the Club Events page for future and past Events and Activities.

	David H Levy lecture "A nightwatchman's Journy" June 6, 7:00 - 9:30 pm The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and the Faculty of Science at the University of Waterloo invite you to join us for an evening with Dr. David H. Levy, Canadian astronomer. Afterwards, we will have telescopes set up for a star-gazing party! Dr. Levy is famous for his co-discovery in 1993 of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994. That episode produced the most spectacular explosions ever witnessed in the solar system. Levy has discovered 22 comets, eight of them using his own backyard telescopes, and is currently involved with the Jarnac Comet Survey, which has telescopes planned for around the globe. Levy will discuss his experiences and observations in astronomy so far. For more information about this event please visit uwaterloo.ca/science/events Thursday, June 6 \| 7:00 - 9:30 pm Room 347 \| School of Optometry and Vision Science \| 200 University Ave West. University of Waterloo Parking available in Lot O Map: https://uwaterloo.ca/map/ This free event requires a ticket. Please register: uwlevy-astronomy.eventbrite.ca
	Bright Comets Since this may be the 'year of the comet', here you can find Weekly Information about Bright Comets.
	Great Meteor Procession The one hundred anniversary of the Great Meteor Procession over Berlin.
	NASA Black Marble A high resolution interactive image of the Earth. Taken over many nights to get a clear shot of every parcel of Earth’s land surface and islands.
	Tilker's Dark Sky Site For club members only, we have a dark sky site at the Tilker's farm.
	Conestogo Lake Observing Site The Conestogo Lake site is now Closed until May.
	Pictures Of the Day Follow these links for the Picture of the day: Astronomy Picture Of the Day. Astronomy Sketch of the Day. Lunar Picture Of the Day.
	Looking Up? Check out Sky & Telescope's Sky at a glance feature for the current week. The Heavens Above site for Kitchener will show current satellite positions.
	Tonight's Forecast Have a look at the astronomical forecast, courtesy of the Clear Sky Chart for our area. If you are going out of town, check out our Clear Sky Chart page for the local Sky Charts.
	What's Up: K-W RASC Presentations Miss the What's Up Tonight Presentation at the last RASC meeting? You can find it and others here!