Video transcript of meeting
- Randy Enkin (video recording)
- Venus-Jupiter Conjunction
- Some great photo taken of the conjunction both by members and others
- Venus can be up to 47º away from the Sun
- Venus-Jupiter Conjunctions 1990-2060
- March 1st conjunction – Venus-Jupiter had 0.5º separation
- Victoria Centre’s Annual General Meeting – March 13th (virtual)
- Need 25 members for a quorum
- Links to Zoom sent to members along with supporting documents
- Social dinner at the Moon Under Water Pub to be held on March 27th
- Venus-Jupiter Conjunction
- The Hunt for the Culprit – Part 2 – Reg Dunkley
- Jan 9th – Part 1 was presented
- Iron 60 and Supernovae relationship
- Are Supernovae responsible for climate change on Earth?
- Star formation near the Sun is driven by expansion of the Local Bubble by Catherine Zucker, et. al. – Jan 2022
- Caroline and William Herschel
- GAIA – astronomical big science, inspired an astronomical gold rush
- ESA video on GAIA
- 3D map of the Milky Way
- Photometric instrument
- Measures: Brightness, positions, proper motions, radial velocities, spectra
- 11 years of data, 150 complete surveys of the sky
- How this data is being used – a review
- Interstellar Extinction
- H-R Diagram: Colour Index vs Magnitude
- 3D Mapping of Interstellar Dust
- The Local Bubble – dust map
- Traceback of Star Cluster
- Idealized Model for Local Bubble Evolution – Stellar and Solar Orbits animation
- Location of the Culprit
- Summary of Zucker et al findings
- A Golden Opportunity!
- Data freely available along with analysis routines
- Do some citizen science?
- Radcliffe Wave by Brian Ventrudo
- Special Interest Groups – David Lee
- Beginners SIG – tomorrow evening
- Citizen Science SIG – Thursday evening – sign up with David Lee
- Photos & Observations by members
- Venus-Jupiter conjunction from Hawai’i – photo of closest approach (0.5º) by Dave Payne
- Jones-Eberson Bubble planetary nebula – photo by Brock Johnston
- Jones 1 in Pegasus – next object to try for – Bill Weir
- Explore the Universe observing program – Marjie Welchframe
- Moon-Jupiter-Venus conjunction on Feb 23 – iPhone photo taken from the city by Doug Hardy
- Photos – Ken McGill
- Horsehead and Flame Nebula
- Orion Nebula – Ken Burns effect
- Moon-Jupiter-Venus conjunction on Feb 23 – Marjie Welchframe
- Reports – Lauri Roche
- Centre of the Universe Open House on March 25-26
- RASC Online General Assembly (no AGM)
- Virtual tours of DDO and DAO (7-8pm on Fri)
- Poster sessions – April 1st call for papers
- RASC National AGM – June 25th (virtual)
Astronomy Cafe – March 6, 2023