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  • Intro by Reg Dunkley
  • New member – Ben Spiller
  • Private Passions on BBC Radio – Natasha Van Bentum
    • Dava Sobel – her choices of music – podcast
    • Program runs every Sunday
  • Reporting for Lauri Roche by Marjie Welchframe
    • FDAO Trivia Games this Saturday – from Lauri Roche
      • We need 3 Victoria Centre volunteers for a team
    • Feb 24 Annual RASC Victoria Dinner – from Lauri Roche
    • NOVA – Part 1 – from Lauri Roche
  • Observing – David Lee
    • Members observe from Cattle Point, Metchosin and VCO
    • VCO Report
      • Still configuring new host computer, but going well
      • Photographed the Moon – experimenting with creating a stereo view in cooperation with Roger in the UK
      • Takahashi TOA 130 and Nikon square format camera – shooting video and Lucky Imaging processing of a lunar image.
  • Space Missions – Chris Gainor
    • Council meeting tomorrow online at 7:30PM – info emailed to members
    • Firefly Blue Ghost launch happened on Jan 15th – mission to the Moon
    • New Glenn rocket launch on Jan 16th – Blue Origin successful test
    • Starship 7 – SpaceX
      • First stage “catch” worked
      • Second stage exploded
      • This will set back the Artemis mission – sending astronauts to the Moon
    • Inauguration Day Space News from today
      • “Manifest destiny” support for landing humans on Mars
      • Artemis II Moon mission – orbit humans around the Moon
      • Artemis III Moon mission – land humans on the Moon
      • Elon Musk’s influence on President Trump regarding space missions
      • Jerrod Isaacman is the new head of NASA
      • Outer Space Treaty signed in 1967 – basic law for space
      • Other space treaties discussed
  • Astrophotography by members

Video transcript of meeting

Astronomy Cafe – Jan 20, 2025
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