General meetings of the Astronomical Society of Kansas City, are free and open to the public. We meet the fourth Saturday of each month (except December and for the annual picnic), in Room 111 of Royall Hall, on the campus of the University of Missouri at Kansas City, located one block west of 52nd and Rockhill Road. Meeting time starts at 7:00pm and usually ends around 9:00 PMMeetings consist of some short business notes, our featured speaker and social hour. Plan on arriving early and take advantage of meeting our members, asking questions, and finding out what we are all about!
The Board of Directors meet the 2nd Thursday of each month, at 7:00pm at the Rockhurst College Community Center. The meeting is open to all ASKC members. For more information, contact the President, Joe Wright
Our program speakers come from a variety of backgrounds. Program topics include night-sky observing, space exploration, stars, planets and other astronomy-related topics by qualified speakers including ASKC members. Some of our more notable speakers have been John Dobson of the San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers; Ken Croswell, noted cosmologist and author; Nagin Cox, flight system engineer on the JPL Mars 2003 Exploration Rover Mission; and Keith Ashman, professor at Baker University and author of book on globular clusters.
