Thank you to all that could join!

We invite you all to come out to the Hamilton Amateur Astronomer’s Telescope Clinic in partnership with the Hamilton Public Library this Saturday, November 22^nd. The Clinic will be located in the program room at Valley Park Library, 970 Paramount Drive in Stoney Creek. Doors will be open to the public from 1:00-4:00PM.

Our Telescope Clinic aims to answer questions anyone – beginner or experienced – may have about telescopes, observing equipment, and amateur astronomy in general. HAA members will be bringing their astronomy gear to show and tell, and to give advice on what equipment you need for different aspects of the hobby, from binocular observing, to deep sky observing to astrophotography.

Club members will also be available to help with any small repairs or issues you might have setting up and operating your equipment – so feel free to bring in your scope and a member will be happy to assist you. Telescope assistance is on a first come, first serve basis.

Admission is free of charge, and no reservation is required.

See you all there! 

We had another successful public stargazing night, this time at T.B. McQuesten Park on the Hamilton mountain Sat 23 May 2015. We had some thin cirrus clouds to start the night off, but they didn’t impair viewing of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter – all well positioned in the western sky after sunset. Eventually they dissipated and we had pretty good seeing.

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The HAA celebrated Astronomy Day this year at Bayfront Park in Hamilton. We had excellent weather with crystal clear seeing during the day and minimal light clouds during the evening.

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