Dr. Alan Batten joined the Victoria Centre in 1962, three years after his 1959 arrival in Canada as a postdoctoral fellow at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (DAO) following his undergraduate (St. Andrew’s University) and graduate (University of Manchester) studies
President’s Message June 2016
June! It started off more like Juneuary, but as I write this, it’s full-on summer heat outside, and the first clear Saturday evening for our summer star parties at the DAO since we opened. Despite the first three Saturdays being
SPEAKER: Exploring exoplanetary systems with the Gemini Planet Imager – Zach Draper
June 8, 2016, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Event info “Exploring exoplanetary systems with the Gemini Planet Imager” – Zach Draper, UVic Astronomy The Gemini Planet Imager is an instrument designed to