If you’re an astro-photographer, you’ll get it: you never have the right connector, adapter or spacer. I’m getting out of the hobby and willing to part with a huge collection of miscellaneous spacers and adapters. I’m even throwing in a 12mm illuminated reticle, worth the price of this collection alone.
This mono CMOS camera is one of the most sensitive and efficient astro cameras available with peak QE reaching 84%. The sensor diagonal size is 15.86 mm for approx. 20.48M-effective pixel. It is cooled, and has a 256MB DDR3 memory
Complete with tripod, 8×50 finder scope, 90 degree diagonal eyepiece adapter, eyepieces and accessories. 1 ¼” eyepieces included: Accessories Asking $650 Contact Chuck Filtness – email or 778-533-7622 – Saanich Personal advertising appears on RASC Victoria Centre’s website as a
Excellent condition – complete with plastic container The Pentax SMC XW10 is a premium 10mm, 1.25-inch astronomical eyepiece featuring a 70-degree apparent field of view, 20mm eye relief, and high-refraction, extra-low-dispersion lanthanum glass. It uses SMC multi-coating for >90% light
Selling a bunch of astronomy equipment due to upgrades! Victoria buyers preferred, but shipping can be discussed. $450 – Canon T5i $250 – Optolong L-enhance Canon clip-in duo band filter $200 – Askar C1 and C2 2″ duo band filter
December 22 at 19:00: Informal Astro Café. On-line only! No host, no video recording or notes, but good old conviviality. Same Zoom link as always. NO ASTRO CAFE ON DECEMBER 29. Video recording of meeting
Intro & new attendees – Lauri Roche; Upcoming Astronomy Cafes – Randy Enkin; Astrophotography and 16″ CU telescope upgrades – Brock Johnston; Geminid Meteor Shower in 2014 – Reg Dunkley; The Week That Shaped Astronomy in Victoria – Dennis Crabtree; Newcombe Singers Concert – Randy Enkin; Mizar (and friends) – binary stars – Randy Enkin
Date/Time: Wednesday December 10, 2025 starting at 7:30PM Location: University of Victoria, Elliott 162. Park in Lot 1 (pay parking) and cross Ring Road – please note the room change!
Much of the universe is very cold, more than 100 degrees below zero Celsius, and cannot be seen by even giant optical or infrared telescopes like Hubble or the James Webb Space Telescope. Instead, we need specially designed telescopes that can detect the cold universe. In this talk we’ll learn about how we can detect cold matter, Canada’s pioneering work in this field, and finally the Atacama Large Millimetre/Submillimetre Array (ALMA), a giant telescope in northern Chile, what it’s like to work there, and some of the really cool stuff it’s discovered.
Intro & new attendees – Randy Enkin; Canadian meteorite fall events: Keep looking up – Phil McCausland; Eagle Nebula astrophoto – Dave Payne; “The Fall of Icarus” – Randy Enkin; Announcements – Randy Enkin, David Lee, Lauri Roche; Two Personal Observatories – Garry Sedun
This 6″ Dob is simple, easy to use, and a portable grab-and-go telescope. It’s small enough to fit in most vehicles, and is comfortable to use from an adjustable observing chair – no ladder or step stool needed! I’m offering this ready-to-go kit with brand name good quality accessories.