Video transcript of the meeting
- Telescopes – David Lee on behalf of Sid Sidhu
- There are telescopes for loan to RASC VIctoria Centre members
- Members who have spare eyepieces, please contact Sid, since we need more selection for loaners
- Kitt Peak – David Lee
- PixInsight workshop review
- Kitt Peak is reopening, offering remote telescope images
- OGS 12.5″ telescope, Paramount ME and 294MC OSC imaging camera – available for rent approximately US300/night for exclusive use
- McMath Pierce Solar Telescope – now a public outreach facility, supporting Noirlab feeds
- Brave New World – New Scientist – Ken Atkinson
- TESS images – citizen science opportunities
- zooinverse.org – see planet hunters
- Astronomy Public Outreach – Randy Enkin
- Island Star Party – last weekend in August at Bright Angel Park in southern Cowichan Valley – will be co-sponsored by Cowichan Valley Starfinders, RASC Victoria
- Saanich Fair astronomy outreach – need volunteers
- Meteor Storm Tonight – May 30, 2022 – Randy Enkin
- Debris from Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3, a Jupiter family comet
- No observations after 1930, until 1979 again
- Period: 6.5 years
- In 1995 brightened 400x – Hubble Space Telescope imaged the pieces of the comet
- In 2006 Spitzer Space Telescope imaged
- 2022 apparition could be spectacular
- How about observing this apparition? Cloud cover may be a factor.
- Star Parties at the DAO/CU – Lauri Roche
- June 4 – next star party
- Need some volunteers with telescopes
- Speaker: White Dwarfs – Simon Blouin
- Last Star Party – thanks to Dave Payne and David Lee for working on the Celestrons, Sherry Buttnor operated the 16″, solar telescopes were operating early in the evening.
- Centre of the Universe displays – many are disabled due to old age. Needs a refresh, but requires funding. Skilled volunteers would be very welcome.
- June 4 – next star party
- RASC General Assembly – June 24, 2022 – Lauri Roche
- Tickets are now available – $20 for members for 4 days
- Lots of interesting speaker, workshops, social events, and AGM business meeting
- For those of us who live in the Pacific Time Zone – runs between 9AM and 4PM
- Some sessions will be recorded, to be viewed later
- Last Astronomy Cafe
- Thanks to the volunteers who have hosted Astronomy Cafe
- Need volunteers when Astro Cafe restarts in the Fall
- Hybrid format is working – in-person and Zoom
- Sep 12th – first Astro Cafe meeting
- Alex Schmid laptop (from UVic), external speakers and microphone
- Galactic Poster – Nathan Hellner-Mestelman
Astronomy Cafe – May 30, 2022