- Astro Cafe hosting – Randy Enkin
- John has resigned as a meeting host, so we need a new second host
- Job description
- Send meeting link to members on the Skynews list
- Create a short slide show for Astrophotos from Edmonton
- Keep a list of speakers and presenters for the evening
- Host the online meeting
- Contact Randy Enkin or Chris Purse for any questions about hosting or to volunteer
- No Astro Cafe will be held on Dec 27th or Jan 3rd
- 2022 RASC Calendars – Chris Purse and Lauri Roche
- Delivery from National office is pending
- Local delivery will be done by our volunteers
- Dr. Laurie Rousseau-Nepton – profile by Marjie Welchframe
- Canadian Women Astronomers series (have 9 more to present)
- Indigenous woman from Quebec
- Laval U – PhD
- CFHT resident astronomer – 2017-present
- SITELLE instrument – Fourier transform spectroscopy
- SIGNALS – principal investigator – star formation survey
- First Nations culture helps with conducting quality scientific research
- NFB – she is finishing the film “The Northern Star” for high school students
- Edmonton Astrophoto – Dave Robinson
- Lunar Eclipse composite – Jan 21, 2019 & Nov 19, 2021 – Alister Ling
- Astronomy & Space Book Reviews/Recommendations by members
- Randy Enkin
- The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield
- Description of Apollo lunar missions – Chris Gainor
- Martin Gisborne
- Lunar Module at Grumman Factory photos
- The Victorian Amateur Astronomer – 1820-1920 – by Alan Chapman – fascinating star parties and people, how photography changed astronomy
- John McDonald
- Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos by Dennis Overby
- Empire of the Stars by Arthur J Miller
- Miss Leavitt’s Stars by George Johnson
- Decoding the Heavens by Jo Marchant
- The Glass Universe – by Dava Sobel – transition to spectroscopy and variable stars
- Derek Trimmer
- Violent Universe ‘An eye-witness account of the commotion in Astronomy 1968-69’ by Nigel Calder, published by the BBC, 1969 – a mid-teenager favourite
- David Lee
- A History of the Universe in 100 Stars – Florian Freistetter (current)
- The Hundred Greatest Stars Hardcover – Illustrated, June 19 2002 by James B. Kaler
- Oliver Robinow
- The Perfect Machine – Ronald Florence, 1995 – building the Palomar telescope
- Lauri Roche
- The Glass Universe – by Dava Sobel – women in astronomer
- The Last Stargazers – Emily Levesque – Elizabeth Griffin mentioned in the same sentence as Vera Rubin. Presentation by Emily at Astro Cafe – Nov 15, 2021.
- Chris Gainor
- When the Earth Had Two Moons – Erik Asphaug
- Across the Airless Wilds – Earl Swift – about the lunar rover for the last 3 Apollo missions
- Liftoff – Eric Berger – history of SpaceX
- Garry Sedun
- The Stars: A New Way to See Them – H. A. Rey (of Curious George fame)
- The Last Stargazers – Emily Levesque
- Neil Banera
- A Manual For Amateur Telescope Makers – Jean-Marc Lecleire & Karine Lecleire (Willman Bell) – good descriptions of how to make corrections to mirror figures, tools to use, 3 telescope configurations
- Meteorite Hunter: The Search for Siberian Meteorite Craters by Roy A. Gallant
- Randy Enkin
- Telescope Building with John Dobson – figuring mirrors on Youtube – Martin Gisborne
- Astronomy Cafe – Chris Purse
- Need another host for Astro Cafe – talk to Chris Purse
- Need another person to video record the meeting (and take notes) for posting on Victoria Centre’s website and Youtube – talk to Joe Carr
- We will need several hosts when we return to in-person, hybrid Astro Cafes in Fairfield
- Chris Gainor
- Hubble Update – only one instrument is still non-functional
- JWST virtual launch event signup
Astronomy Cafe – Nov 29, 2021