Video transcript of meeting
- Intro – Jeff Pivnick
- Galileo – Jeff Pivnic
- Today is the 382nd anniversary of his death in Florence in 1642
- Taught at Universities of Pisa and Padua
- Patron of the Medici family
- Conducted experiments
- Developed first telescopes based on Lippershey optics
- Observed the Moon, Venus, Jupiter & 4 moons, Saturn, stars, Sun
- Sidereal Messenger (1610) documenting his discoveries
- Planetary motion theories
- Ptolomaic model – Aristotle, Ptolemy, Aristarchus, Copernicus, Catholic Church
- Heliocentric model – Galileo, Kepler and Copernicus
- In 1630 published “The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems”
- Inquisition in 1633 found Galileo a heretic – put under house arrest
- Review of his contributions to science
- APOD for Dec 26, 2023 – Jellyfish Nebula photo by Dave Payne
- Explanation of the formation of the nebula and the resulting structure
- Composition and appearance based on materials
- Stellar Supernova resulting in a Neutron star
- Well-deserved recognition!
- Astrophotos – Dave Payne
- Bird’s Nest / Rice Hat Supernova Remnant – SN remnant
- SH2-240 / Simeas 147 – SN filaments 4x diameter of the Moon
- Flying Dragon of Cygnus – filaments from stellar winds
- Barnard’s E (B142, B143) – dark nebula – all stars vs reduced stars
- Ravensberger puzzle of the solar system – Randy Enkin
- Planets and moons
- From Lee Valley – now sold out
- Fun to put together with numbered pieces in separate bags
- Victoria Centre Awards – Reg Dunkley
- Please nominate a member to Reg by mid-January pastpres@victoria.rasc.ca
- Newton-Ball Award – service to Victoria Centre
- Ernie Pfannenschmidt Award – telescope making or other self-made astro gear
- Revealing the Invisible Universe with Radio Telescopes – Dr. Jennifer West, NRC – presentation at UVic – Wed Jan 10, 2024 at 7:30pm
- AGM – Feb
- Lauri Roche
- Victoria Centre social at Four Mile Pub – Feb 26th
- Please register secretary@victoria.rasc.ca
- Awards
- A-la-carte menu and no-host bar
- Astronomy Day – May 18, 2024 Royal BC Museum
- Need a team to form soon to take leads in the volunteer tasks
- ⁃ Contact Lauri for more info roche.lauri@gmail.com
- Games night at the FDAO Star Party – Jan 27 6:30-10PM
- NRC vs RASC vs FDAO teams
- Randy Enkin needs team members for RASC president@victoria.rasc.ca
- Tickets available 2 weeks before event
- Victoria Centre social at Four Mile Pub – Feb 26th
Astronomy Cafe – Jan 8, 2024