Transcript video of the meeting
- Review next week’s presentation by Dr. Robert Thirsk – Chris Purse
- Connection to meeting will be through a waiting room
- Jeff Pivnick will host
- Link for this meeting will be unique, and emailed to all RASC Victoria members
- Maximum of 100 attendees
- Total Solar Eclipse from Antarctica – Joe Carr
- Fred Espenak’s map of the track
- Photos of eclipse from Antarctica and satellite
- NASA EDGE video of the eclipse (skip to the 20:45 mark) as viewed from Union Station Glacier
- Astro Compass – Randy Enkin & Peter Kabel
- Frank Younger’s estate donated the Compass Astro to Victoria Centre
- Used in aircraft when they are flying a long way north, where the magnetic field isn’t reliable
- “It’s a sundial in reverse”
- Need to know your position and time, sighting on a celestial object with known Right Ascension & Declination. North will be indicated accurate to within about 1º.
- Edmonton Astrophotos – Dave Robinson
- Photo of Comet C/2001 A1 Leonard near M3 cluster – Arnold Rivera
- Sketch of Comet C/2001 A1 Leonard with observing narrative – Berta Beltran
- Rosette Nebula photo – Arnold Rivera
- Chris Gainor
- James Web Space Telescope update
- Completed fuelling operations for the JWST itself
- To be mounted onto the Ariane 5 rocket next
- Dec 22nd launch date
- Launch website
- Not Yet Imagined – Chris’ new book about Hubble Space Telescope’s history. Book should be available for sale in awhile through RASC’s e-store and FDAO’s e-store locally. Electronic versions from NASA
- James Web Space Telescope update
- Comet C/2001 A1 Leonard – observing report by David Lee
- Observed and photographed through some clear spots over the last few days
- Poor conditions for photography, but managed to get a good wide field image of the comet using a dSLR and tracking mount
- Virtual Telescope broadcast – tomorrow 8PM PST
- Lauri Roche
- 2022 RASC Calendars
- Send any more requests for calendars to Lauri
- Should be $16 each
- FDAO e-store – astronomy and space themed fun items available for sale. Free local delivery or shipped by mail (extra cost).
- 2022 RASC Calendars
Astronomy Cafe – Dec 6, 2021