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Membership is open to anyone with an interest in astronomy. You do not
have to be an expert - we enjoy helping beginners! Joining the Victoria Centre of the Canada-wide RASC is easy -
Applying for membership
 Light Pollution
Abatement
is our focus this year.You are welcome to join the LPA group if you are
interested in helping. Just send a message to our President indicating your area of interest. |
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 M33
the Triangulum Galaxy - Aug 14, 2010
- M33 from three sessions, one at the
RASCALS Star Party
2007 at the Victoria Fish and Game site, one at the DAO in
Victoria in 2007, and one at the
RASCALS Star
Party 2010 held in Metchosin.
John
McDonald |
 M31 the Great Galaxy in Andromeda - Aug 15, 2010
- Way, way past dark-thirty at the
10th Annual RASCALS Star
Party 2010 and I was getting pretty sleepy. But I couldn't resist
taking a few shots at M31 just to see what would happen.
Sherry
Buttnor |
 IC1318 Butterfly Nebula & Sadr - Aug 13, 2010
- The area around Sadr (Gamma Cygni) features various nebulous regions
which show in this photo as pink and red patches surrounding Sadr - the brightest
star. This photo was taken from the
10th Annual RASCALS Star
Party 2010 held in Metchosin.
Joe Carr |
 Planetary
Trio from Hawaii - July 31, 2010
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It has been mostly cloudy during my stay in Hawaii. One evening I drove to
Leeward Oahu and observed bright Venus, Saturn, and Mars set over the
Pacific Ocean.
Charles
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To read observing reports and see selected astrophotos taken by our members, please
visit Observing Highlights
For current astrophotos
and sketches and their narrative, please refer to:
Zenfolio RASC Victoria Centre Astrophoto Galleries
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