Video transcript of meeting
- Intro – Randy Enkin
- Astronomy Day – David Lee
- Final check-in this Wednesday evening for leads before Saturday events
- International Astronomy Day – May 7, 2022
- Vancouver Island Science Fair intro to awardees – Randy Enkin
- VI Science Fair: Light At Night – Beata Ariana-Minniti (Cedar Hill Middle School student)
- Creating a bus stop light using natural resources
- Parts: Thermoelectric generator, voltage regulator, LED light
- Heat storage: sand in an insulated box
- Canada-wide Science Fair: Lower CubeSat orbit could Protect Space Infrastructure – Nathan Hellner-Mestelman
- CubeSats collide, creating dangerous space debris that orbits the Earth – Kessler Syndrome
- Quantifying the collisions
- Lowering the hazard: choosing best orbits, adding micro-thrusters to CubeSats to change orbit or de-orbit
- Astrophotos from southern Arizona – John McDonald & Garry Sedun
- Caldwell 30 galaxy
- M33 Triangulum Galaxy
- NGC 2903 barred spiral galaxy
- IC 433 Jellyfish Nebula
- Eclipse Crater Timing – Randy Enkin
- Upcoming Lunar eclipse on Sunday, May 15, 2022
- Lunar eclipse crater timings usually done visually
- Earth’s Umbra seems to be 2% larger than expected from the geometry
- James Webb Space Telescope Update – Chris Gainor
- All onboard instruments are now in focus
- Commissioning of instruments next, then science projects begin
Astronomy Cafe – May 2, 2022
