- Intro by David Lee
- New member Kevin intro
- Astronomical Dusk in the Arctic – Chris Purse
- Dec 21, 1987 1:30PM Mountain Time – Inuvik airport photo – no Sun
- Extended Civil Twilight north of the Arctic Circle
- Time & Date
- Drone photo of sunrise, apex, sunset on southern horizon from Inuvik
- Boeing 737-200 with gravel kit – Youtube video
- Observatories and Observations in Japan – Brian Barber
- Osaka Ikutama Shrine sundial – apply the Equation of Time
- Orby’s in Osaka – KOL-kit Spica telescope kit – cardboard tube
- Big Camera – Namba Telescopes and Binoculars, Osaka
- Mt. Rokko, Kobe
- Koyasan temples and Okunoin Cemetary
- Zenbei Land Observatory
- Ino Tadataka’s maps
- Hagi, Yamaguchi
- Hoshinomura (Star field village) observatory, hotel and exhibitions – SE Fukuoka
- 100cm RC telescope in the observatory
- JAXA exhibits
- Planetarium
- Book Picks – David Lee and other members
- Stars in Your Hand – Kimberly Arcand, Megan Watzke
- Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos – Dennis Overbye
- Wonders of the Night Sky – Bob King – AAVSO presenter
- Bewilderment – Richard Powers
- The Elements of Marie Curie – Dava Sobel
- Wonders of the Night Sky – Bob McDonald
- Space Has No Frontier: The Terrestrial Life and Times of Sir Bernard Lovell – John Bromley–Davenport
- A City On Mars – Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
- The Most Extraordinary Ride – Marc Garneau
- Never Panic Early – Fred Hayes (Apollo 13)
- The New Guys – Meredith Bagby
- Challenger – Adam Higginbotham
- Lunar – Matthew Shindell
- The Stars – H.A. Rey – for kids
- Dr. Space Junk vs the Universe – Alice Gorman
- astrophysics data system – physics and astronomy research source used by Randy Enkin
- Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan
- Videos and board games – Cameron Burton
- Terraforming Mars
- 5 Reasons Going To Mars is a TERRIBLE Idea – Youtube video
- 5 Reasons Going To Mars Is An AWESOME Idea – Youtube video
- Fly Me to the Moon – 2024 movie, fictional story
- The Little Black Hole – Molly Webster
- Lauri Roche
- RASC National publications – please pick up 2025 calendars and other publications from Lauri – roche.lauri@gmail.com
- Upcoming Events
- Centre of the Universe events
- Presentation: North Star to Freedom – Amy Archer – RASC Victoria – this Wednesday at UVic in the Elliott Lecture Theatre, Room 162
- Victoria Centre Council meeting this Tuesday – link to Zoom sent out to members by the President
- Streetlight problems on Prospect Lake Road – Cameron Burton
- 300 trees removed by BC Hydro to upgrade power lines
- Their personal observatory is being affected by light pollution
- Saanich Municipal Bylaw 8200
- Dave Robinson is a good resource for light pollution issues
- PROBA-2 Coronograph – Randy Enkin
- Two satellites work together to create an artificial solar eclipse
- 6-hour long eclipse when the two satellites are aligned
- SOHO & LASCO
- Parker Solar Probe
Final Astronomy Cafe for 2024 is next Monday evening, Dec 16th hosted by Chris Purse.
Video transcript of meeting (edited)
Astronomy Cafe – Dec 9, 2024