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Month: October 2014

Victoria Centre AGM & Dinner – Sunday, Nov 16, 2014

Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Victoria Centre Annual General Meeting and Dinner Sunday, November 16, 2014 at the Moon Under Water Brewpub, 350 Bay St, Victoria, BC 6:00pm – Drinks, conversation No host bar If interested there may be a

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Partial Solar Eclipse – success!

October 23, 2104 Sid Sidhu – What a day it was for viewing the Solar Eclipse! In the early morning all the weather reports indicated nothing but rain in Victoria for the rest of the day, however the 10 am updates

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Solar Eclipse Viewing – Oct 23, 2014

News Release 14 October 2014   RASC Victoria Plans Viewing of Solar Eclipse Thursday October 23   Members of the RASC Victoria Centre plan to have their telescopes and viewing equipment out on Mount Tolmie for the solar eclipse that

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Call for nominations 2014

Dear RASC members As Past President it is one of my duties to oversee the Election of Officers for the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Victoria Centre. I hereby give notice that the Election will take place at this year’s

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Monthly meeting – Oct 8, 2014

Date/time: October 8, 2014 7:30PM Venue: University of Victoria, Bob Wright Bldg Lecture Theatre B150 (Note we are still using B150 instead of our usual A104 in Bob Wright Bldg) Nelson Walker will be the evening’s speaker with “How Can You

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President’s Message – October 2014

The end of summer has brought, oddly, mostly clear nights, and great moons for observing, including, tomorrow morning (October 8), a total lunar eclipse.  A bunch of us, if we can get out of bed at the unholy hour of

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