Centre History - RASC Victoria

RASC Victoria Centre History

a downloadable 12Mb PDF document, released June 29, 2014

President’s Message – January 2019

In 2018 it seems like members of the Victoria Centre spent nearly as much time looking backward as they did looking up. Their focus was directed to the past as they celebrated the Plaskett Telescope as it completed 100 years … Continued
President’s Message – December 2018

When I returned to Victoria 6 years ago I had no idea that I would become so deeply involved in the local astronomical community. My bulging shelves of Astronomy books reflect my long term interest in the topic. I was … Continued
President’s Message – November 2018

As my term as centre president draws to a close, I thought I would look back at some of the noteworthy events from the past 2 years. Centre member Brenda Stuart provided the illustrations for the new edition of the … Continued
FOR SALE: Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way – Barnard, 1927

RASC Victoria Centre is selling a rare antiquarian star atlas from our library: Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way – by Edward Emerson Barnard Published by Carnegie Institution of Washington 1927 Part I – Photographs and Descriptions Part II … Continued