What is the RASC-KC all about?

We are Kingston's Astronomy Club, a local centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, founded in 1961. We hold monthly meetings on campus at Queen's University in Kingston. Most of these meetings are carried live on Zoom or posted within the week to our YouTube channel.  Please check out our web page at kingston@rasc.ca to find out the time and date of meetings and location or how to connect with us.

We do public outreach programs in the form of helping Cubs, Guides, and teachers. We help out our members with questions in astronomy and equipment use, hold private observing sessions, as well as working public events with our outreach partners Queen's University and the Royal Military College of Canada. We are here to answer your questions on astronomy. Funds raised are used to purchase equipment for outreach, provide take away materials, finance public events and meeting space and allows support for public speakers.

Mission Statement of the RASC Kingston Centre

The mission of the RASC, Kingston Centre is:

• in conjunction with the objectives of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, to promote and foster a greater awareness, understanding, and appreciation of astronomy and allied sciences among the public at large, and particularly among our youth and in the schools, and with groups and individuals who invite our assistance;

• to provide for our members a rich variety of services and programs related to their growth in, and enjoyment of, amateur astronomy;

• to acquire and maintain a library, astronomical equipment, and as need arises, other property, such as may be judged useful for pursuing our astronomical objectives;

• to work in conjunction with the Society and other Centres of the Society to further the progress and welfare of astronomy in Canada.