Video transcript of meeting
- Intro – Brock Johnston
- DAO Virtual Reality – Light Wave ObserVR – Darren Delorme
- Photogrammetric capture using Drone Deploy to create a point cloud of the outside of the observatory site
- Modelled the telescope and mount inside using Blender from smart phone imagery and archival images
- Working on windows, dome shutters, viewing platform, surrounding buildings and terrain
- Unity – star catalog data – currently using 100,000 stars
- VR headsets and hand motion tracking
- VR tour starts at Elk Lake built on Lidar data
- Multi-user experience/star party (up to 64 people), rooms, Meta platform launch
- Inspired by Loki on Disney+
- Next step is to create the stories and lessons
- Perhaps add John Plaskett as a tour guide
- Discussion of next steps, project milestones, first use, terms of use
- Games night at FDAO Star Party – Jan 27th
- Randy Enkin is seeking a volunteer to represent Victoria Centre – president@victoria.rasc.ca
- The Colours of Uranus and Neptune – Randy Enkin
- Are the two planets the same colour?
- Uranus discovered by Herschel in 1781
- Neptune discovered by several people in 1821, 1845 and 1846
- Voyager 2 space probe has visited both planets in 1986 and 1989
- Modelling the seasonal cycle of Uranus’s colour and magnitude, and comparison with Neptune – Patrick G. J. Irwin et al
- Members relate their observations of Neptune and Uranus
- Chris Gainor reminisced about being at JPL as a press reporter for the planetary encounters by Voyager 2. Both Hubble and JWST now observe the two planets regularly
- David Lee david@victoria.rasc.ca
- Occultations – citizen science
- NEO
- Int’l Occultation Timing Assoc – occultations.org
- New DIY kits available
- Makers SIG – Jan 25th
- Imaging computing platforms – convergence and DIY solutions
- Occultations – citizen science
- FDAO – Lauri Roche roche.lauri@gmail.com
- Star Party on Jan 27th
- Strategic Planning for FDAO coming up
- Send suggestions for new activities for the FDAO
- RASC Victoria Centre Events – Lauri Roche & Reg Dunkley
- AGM – Feb 12th
- Only on Zoom
- Election – nominations to Reg Dunkley pastpres@victoria.rasc.ca
- Annual Dinner at the Four Mile Pub – Feb 26th
- Send RSVP to Ken secretary@victoria.rasc.ca
- Need a couple of volunteers to setup event
- AGM – Feb 12th
- Herschel Museum – Reg Dunkley
- Near Paddington Station, London, UK
- Treadle lathe, mirror grinding, forge for mirrors
- Catalog of stars
- Site of discovery of Uranus in the garden
- Musical instruments
Astronomy Cafe – Jan 15, 2024
