- Intro & New Members – Lauri Roche
- Upcoming Astronomy Cafes – Randy Enkin pastpres@victoria.rasc.ca
- Dec 15th – need a host, contact Randy
- Dec 22nd – online only, no host, ad hoc
- Jan 5th – need a host, contact Randy
- Brock Johnston
- Wizard Nebula
- Ghost Nebula
- Dark Shark Nebula
- Saturn – first photo from the upgraded 16″ Centre of the Universe (CU) telescope
- 16″ CU Boller & Chivens telescope upgrades
- New controller boards and hand remote for the mount
- New visual back for observers to use an improved collection of eyepieces with
- New computer and software control
- Dome rehabilitation for the CU observatory will be next
- Geminid Meteor Shower on Dec 14, 2014 – Reg Dunkley
- John McDonald captured a plume from a meteor
- Sid Sidhu’s all-sky camera captured another view of the meteor plume
- June 2015 JRASC article by Reg and John
- Dec 14th is the peak for the Geminid meteor shower this year
- The Week That Shaped Astronomy in Victoria – Dennis Crabtree
- History in Peter Broughton’s book Northern Star: J.S. Plaskett
- Dennis went to the Archives in Ottawa to research the history of the DAO
- DAO observatory project was approved by Ottawa in 1913
- Site selection was next task – 4 considered: Ottawa, Lethbridge, Penticton and Victoria
- W.E. Harper did site testing
- Plaskett asks for support from BC Premier Richard McBride
- Victoria site is selected on Observatory Hill in 1914
- RASC Victoria Centre formed in 1914 by Plaskett and Napier Dennison – our centre’s history
- Q&A
- Newcombe Singers Concert next week – Randy Enkin pastpres@victoria.rasc.ca
- Dec 13 & 14 – details in the notes for Nov 3rd Astro Cafe
- Glass Orchestra – 8 volunteers please coordinate with Randy and attend rehearsals
- Projected images for the concert from our members – selected by Randy
- Need a volunteer to handle the slide show – contact Randy
- Mizar (and friends), binary stars – Randy Enkin
- Chapter 4 – The History of Our Universe in 21 Stars
- Mizar A & B and Alcor – all binary stars
- Binary observations by Galileo, Herschel, Alula Australis
- Red/blue shift spectrum and K absorption line
- RASC Double Star Observing Program
- The DAO Plaskett telescope had observed 40% of all known binaries by the 1930s era, including spectrographs
- Dec 10th – UVic Presentation: Observing the Cold Universe with ALMA– Dr. Gerald Schieven
Video recording of meeting – edited
Astronomy Cafe – Dec 8, 2025
