Video transcript of meeting
- Discussion about Astro Cafe’s new hybrid online and in-person meeting, room characteristics
- Astronomy Day – May 7 – Lauri Roche
- Museum 10AM-3PM
- Online Lunar cross-Canada event – 5:00-6:30PM – RASC National, David St. Jacques (Canadian astronomer)
- David needs some video clips from members observing the Moon, so he can assemble a short video feed if the weather is bad.
- Observatory Hill – 7:30-11:00PM
- Star party with observing
- Hubble & JWST by Chris Gainor
- Masks recommended
- Please volunteer – contact Lauri Roche (email) or David Lee (email)
- Astrophotos – Brock Johnston
- Supernova in galaxy NGC 4647, near M60 in Virgo
- M82 galaxy showing Ha emissions thanks to narrowband filters
- Astrophotos – Dave Payne
- M81 Bode’s galaxy
- Needle galaxy NGC 4565
- Asteroid 5116 Korsor passes in front of NGC 3384 galaxy
- M65 & M66 odd couple of galaxies
- Rejection frame analysis
- Astrophotos – Martin Gisborne
- M13 Hercules cluster
- M106 galaxy
- M101 galaxy
- M82 galaxy
- Markarian’s Chain in Virgo – plate-solves indicating massive numbers of galaxies in the field of view
- Book: Unveiling Galaxies: The Role of Images in Astronomical Discovery – Jean-Rene Roy
- Discussion about Astro Cafe’s new hybrid online and in-person meeting
- James Webb Space Telescope – Chris Gainor
- Still about a month away from scientific images and data
- “The Great Debate” – Lauri Roche & Chris Gainor
- Book: The Expanding Universe: Astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’, 1900–1931 – Robert W. Smith
- Cole Miller’s slide show – Professor of Astronomy, University of Maryland at College Park
- Ballooning satellite populations in low Earth orbit portend changes for science and society – April 22, 2022 Physics Today article – John McDonald
- Debate on contentious issues surrounding space tourism and other space exploration – Lauri Roche, Chris Gainor, Martin Gisborne
Astronomy Cafe – Apr 25, 2022