Video transcript of meeting
- Pocket sundial demo – Randy Enkin
- Apply equation of time, time zone, longitude, latitude, north
- Kala family makes this precision analemma design in Vienna
- RASC Creation Station – May 15 – June 13 – Lauri Roche
- A place to put stories, drawings, comics or poems about Astronomy and Space
- Local Centres can help
- Hope to highlight student’s work at the upcoming GA
- Astronomy Day – May 15th – Lauri Roche
- Virtual Star Party starts at 8PM with live-streamed events
- Registration required – free
- Plaskett history
- Fossil Stars in the Galaxy – presentation by Dr. Kim Venn
- Astrophotography display with VOX Humana audio
- Ask An Astronomer
- Tours of the UVic & Plaskett telescopes
- Ends by 11PM
- Science Odyssey – Virtual tour of Plaskett – May 13 7PM – Lauri Roche
- NightScaper Conference virtual conference – May 10-12 – David Lee
- Air glow caused by the Sun during the day, is visible at night until it fades
- Fixed tripods, tracking mounts, panoramas
- Planning tools & software
- US National Parks – permits and other restrictions
- Female astrophotographers
- Science of colours in the night sky – an analysis
- Spectroscopy – David Lee
- RSpec software
- David is taking the course and reviewed his previous attempts at capturing spectra
- Citizen science is a possibility – new SIG? Contact David.
- General Assembly 2021 – June 25-28 – Chris Gainor
- Speakers: Emily Calandrelli, Dr. Katie Mack, Kate Russo, Aaron Prasad
- Panel discussion on Mars
- AGM business meeting, elections
- Nominal registration charge – $15
- RASC National – Chris Gainor & Chris Purse
- National staff are supporting members to access the new website
- Members need to reset their passwords
- New website supports many more features like: store, discussion groups and forums
- Edmonton photos – Dave Robinson
- Comet Atlas C2020 R4 – Arnold Rivera & Alister Ling
- Helen Sawyer Hogg Lecture by Prof. Andrea Ghez – tomorrow afternoon
- No Astro Cafe on Victoria Day, May 24th
- May 31st Astro Cafe – Lisa & Cameron will show their moving of Bill Almond’s observatory to their home
Astronomy Cafe – May 10, 2021