Video transcipt of meeting
- Intro – Jim Cliffe
- Space Telescopes – Chris Gainor
- How Long Will Hubble Last? – Sky & Telescope article
- US Postal Service issued two stamps with images from JWST – $30.45 and $9.85 for their express service
- David Lee
- Inside the Star Factory – book profiling JWST by Chris Gunn (photography) & Christopher Wanjek
- Makers SIG – meeting online this Thursday
- Citizen Science – transitioning from analog to digital recording for occultations – IOTA
- Imaging computing platforms – including Astroberry
- Astrophotography SIG – meeting online this Wednesday – Dave Payne
- Camera settings
- Photo showcase
- Q&A
- Canadian stamp for the Total Solar Eclipse – Lauri Roche
- March 14th issue day
- Eclipse viewing glasses – Lauri Roche
- Have about 500 available
- Contact Lauri to get a bundle for free or donation – roche.lauri@gmail.com
- Astrophotos
- Dave Payne – online gallery
- Flying Dragon Nebula – molecular cloud in Cygnus – taken last summer
- Medusa by Garvacchio
- Medusa Planetary Nebula in Gemini – RGB and narrowband taken earlier this month
- Brock Johnston – online gallery
- Christmas Tree and Fox Fur Nebula
- Network Nebula – part of the Veil Nebula
- Crab Nebula
- Astrophoto Processing – discussion by Ken McGill, David Lee, Brock Johnston, Jim Cliffe
- Dave Payne – online gallery
- Astronomy Information Sources – Susan Grady posed the question to the group
- Cloudy Nights
- Astro Links | RASC Victoria
- JRASC – The Journal of RASC
- Astronomy Cast – Fraser Cain’s podcasts and videos
- Victoria Centre Library – books available after UVic meetings
- Panic! Early results regarding the morphological and structural properties of galaxies seen with the James Webb Space Telescope – UVic, Wed, March 13 – Dr. Leonardo Ferreira, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics & Astronomy
- Young people’s astronomy club? – question by Garry Sedun
- Some High schools and Middle schools offer astronomy groups
- Discussion about how to reach out to younger people
- Youth under 18 need family member who is also a member if VCO visit is desired – Chris Purse
- Using smartphones on a telescope for imaging – simple mounting platforms work well
- FDAO – Lauri Roche – roche.lauri@gmail.com
- Games Night at this Saturday’s Star Party – 6:30-10PM – NRC, FDAO & RASC teams
- FDAO Strategic Planning coming up
- Victoria Centre – upcoming events– Reg Dunkley & Lauri Roche
- AGM – Feb12 7:00PM – online zoom to all members
- Election
- Financial Report
- Awards announcements
- Social Evening – Four Mile Pub – Feb 28th – sign up with Ken Atkinson secretary@victoria.rasc.ca
- Socialize with your fellow astronomers and friends over some good food and drink
- AGM – Feb12 7:00PM – online zoom to all members
- Lunar and Mars Missions – group discussion