2026 Social, Dinner & Awards

Members at the 2026 RASC Victoria dinner, social and awards held at the Four Mile Pub

RASC Victoria Centre’s annual social, dinner and 2025 awards held at the Four Mile Pub on Feb 23, 2026,

Newton-Ball Award 2025 For Distinguished Service to RASC Victoria Centre – Randy Enkin.

Ernie Pfannenschmidt Award for Telescope Making – Brock Johnston

Awards of Excellence in Astro-Imaging and Astro Sketching
Winner – Orion and Running Man Nebula by Megan Meraz
Honourable Mention – Montage of the March 13, 2025 Lunar Eclipse by John McDonald
Honourable Mention – M106 (NGC 4258) Galaxy – Packing a Water Megamaser by David Payne

Certificates of Appreciation – Alex Schmid, Kevin Bertles,  Chris Purse, Kathie Koziol, Elaine Dunbar, Dave Payne.

Astronomy Cafe – Feb 2, 2026

Jeremy Hansen's Artemis II mission patch

Intro and Important Reminders – Chris Purse
Astro Imaging Corner No 151 from Edmonton Centre – Alistair Ling
Plaskett’s Director’s House – Dennis Crabtree
Events – David Lee & Lauri Roche
Astrophotos – Dave Payne
Jeremy Hansen’s mission patch – Natasha van Bentum
Artemis II Mission to the Moon Update – Chris Gainor
Astronomy from Namibia – Alistair Ling