Video transcript of meeting
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific – David Lee’s report from a virtual conference
- Diversity and citizen science
- Upcoming solar eclipses
- OpenStax Astronomy – topics for beginners
- Mentorship of students, STEM
- Active Learning
- NASA Citizen Science
- Vera Rubin Observatory – public portals to data
- World Asterisms – RASC Charles Ennis
- Accessible astronomy for blind people and others
- Citizen Science SIG/group – contact David Lee
- “Silent Sky” – a play about Henrietta Leavitt- Langham Court Theatre – Jeff Pivnick
- Playing Jan 25-Feb 11th, 2023
- RASC should have telescopes outside – Marjie & Reg
- Astronomical Images – Real or fiction? – Joe Carr
- Faked ring detail on Saturn image posted by Jason Guenzel and critical reaction from many on social media
- Io in True Color from Galileo mission, and a monochrome LORRI image from the New Horizons mission
- Joe’s 2016 Total Solar Eclipse false colour image processed using HDR, split toning and tone curves
- Joe’s Prominences on the Sun in Ha using Sobel edge detection filter
- Dave Payne’s Tadpoles Nebula images in RGB versus a Hubble-like palette using narrowband hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur
- Ken McGill’s Eastern Veil Nebula images with and without stars
- John McDonald’s various processing techniques of the Cave Nebula using Dave Payne’s RGBL & Ha, OIII & SI narrowband source image data
- Lava Flows North on Mauna Loa – Landsat infrared data overlaid on natural colour
- Landsat NIR, IR and green wavelengths used to depict fine detail in the Columbia Glacier – Prince William Sound, Alaska
- High Dynamic Range source data and resultant image illustration of process
- Question to the group: Which astrophotos do you consider fake?
- Dennis Crabtree’s posts of AI-generated images on Facebook
- Extra: APOD: An Artful Sky over Lofoten Islands (2022 Dec 13) – Giulio Cobianchi
- Tributes to Dave Bennett – Randy Enkin
- Guy Nason was his observing partner
- Randy visited with Sue and took away Dave’s astronomy gear. Bruce Lane will appraise it.
- Varsavia occultation – David Lee
- Dave Bennett Memorial
- Constitution and Bylaws – Randy Enkin
- Makers’ SIG – happening this week on Thursday – contact David Lee
- Lunar Occultation of Mars – Brian Barber & David Lee
- Very tough to photograph from Victoria, and the visual views were spotty
- Enkin’s Daily Moon is profiling photos of the occultation from around the world on Facebook
- Artemis I Return – Chris Gainor
- Splashed down after 26 days in space
- Entry used a different approach path over the South Pole, landing just offshore from San Diego
- Announcement of the crew for the next mission is next, including a Canadian astronaut
- Shorty crater and orange soil in 1972 broadcast from the Moon on Apollo Realtime Playback
- Bob McDonald’s Frankenstein Rocket presentation
Astronomy Cafe – Dec 12, 2022