Transcript video of the meeting
- March 27, 2021 FDAO online presentation – GSNST: A Sky Survey to Search for Transients Using an Array of Robotic Telescopes – Malhar R. Kendurkar
- Dial-A-Moon – NASA Moon phase and libration online calculator
- This Week’s Sky: March 1 to 7, 2021 – national SkyNews
The Invisible Universe: A Perimeter Institute Webcast 4PM PST March 3rd
The Perimeter Institute is offering a webcast by Dr. Priyamvada Natarajan, Professor of Astronomy and Physics, Yale University. To learn more click this link.
Steward Observatory Newsletter March 2021
Check out this link to view the rich offerings of the Steward Observatory Newsletter!
Some Award Winning Victoria Centre RASCals
Awards were announced at the Victoria Centre Annual General Meeting on February 22nd. Because the meeting was held by Zoom these patient RASCals did not actually receive their certificates until Monday March 1st. Photos of three of the recipients are included. Awards were also delivered to Dave Robinson and Joe Carr but delivery man Past President Reg Dunkley was too busy chatting and forgot to snap their photos. Because Dan Posey was hard at work, his Astro-Imaging award will be delivered at a later date. Congratulations to all!
Virtual Tour of SLOOH Observatories at 7:30 PM PDT on Wednesday March 3rd
Karun Thanjuvar, host of the UVic Observatory Open House writes: I am really excited to let you know that this week at the UVic observatory open house, Wed 7:30-9pm, the Chief Astronomical Officer, Paul Cox, of the SLOOH observatories will give a virtual tour and demo with live sky viewing using their seven robotic telescopes in Canary Islands and Chile. Come learn about SLOOH and all its capabilities to explore space.
Wed, 7:30-9pm, UVic observatory open house
Please join on UVic Zoom:
https://uvic.zoom.us/j/93596786035?pwd=SytMSzRlZERrdjFTM0V4bytNTWtoZz09
Meeting ID: 935 9678 6035
Password: 566494
Learn more about SLOOH here.