- Intro & Welcome by Reg Dunkley
- An Irish Eye – Reg Dunkley
- Honouring those of Irish heritage
- Original mirror from the Great Rosse Leviathon telescope c 1845
- 54′ 6″ focal length, 72″ aperture
- M51 Whirlpool galaxy sketch
- FDAO Star Party – Lauri Roche
- Bob McDonald presentation on Dark Energy this Saturday
- Free admission to RASC volunteers – tickets sold out!
- RASC General Assembly – April 24-26 online, so please register – Lauri Roche
- Total Lunar Eclipse – Mar 13-14, 2025 – photographs and observations by our members
- Michael Webb from Christmas Hill, Saanich
- John McDonald from Royal Oak, Saanich
- Joe Carr from Quadra & Finalyson, Victoria
- David Lee – Observatory Hill, Saanich
- NOVA course was staged earlier in the CU
- Public observing session on the patio
- Megan Meraz – Saxe Point, Esquimalt
- Nathan Hellner-Mestelman – Victoria
- Randy Enkin from Fairfield, Victoria
- Ron Fisher from Qualicum
- Charles Banville from Halifax
- Tony Dell from Campbell River
- Bill Weir from Ucluelet
- Dave Payne from Maui, Hawaii
- Reg Dunkley – from Oak Bay – Moon gradually emerges from Umbral shadow
- Randy Enkin’s Eclipse Crater Timing Observations with Kevin Bertles – a video report
- Added observations from Kali Salmas, Arizona
- 2022 data also added to report
- Firefly Blue Ghost lunar lander imaged the Sun occulted by the Earth
- Atmospheric refraction is a factor – not well understood
- Debra Ceravolo’s HDR photo of the blue band on the eclipsed Moon
- Unveiling Illumination Variations During a Lunar Eclipse paper – Min Shu and others
- Slideshow of the online gallery of all lunar eclipse images
- Timelapse video of eclipse from DAO all-sky camera
- Chris Gainor thought this eclipse looked brigher than past apparitions, but others thought the brightness was variable due to clouds, but very red during clear periods.
- Seonaigh McPherson visually observed from home, her first eclipse
- Brian Barber photographed it while his neighbour was awestruck observing visually
- Victoria Centre Council Meeting is postponed to March 25th – notice sent by email to members
- Space News – Chris Gainor
- SpaceX Star Ship 7 explosion last week hasn’t stopped them from building the next rocket
- Dragon space craft docked to the ISS today – two stranded astronauts are now aboard Dragon and will undock and land tomorrow. NASA+ feed
Video transcript of meeting
Astronomy Cafe – March 17, 2025
