- Intro by Brock Johnston
- New members
- TJ – from Switzerland, pilot in the north, and lifelong interest in astronomy
- Megan – astrophotography
- Ada Chen – aurora, comet
- A Beginner’s Mini Guide to the Solar Wind – Natasha van Bentum
- NASA solar wind video
- Sun’s Corona
- Discovery of Solar Wind
- International Year of Light – May 16th
- In Our Time – BBC episode
- What if the Earth orbited Rigel? – discussion lead by Randy Enkin
- Rigel is a blue supergiant, 17 solar masses in size and much hotter than our Sun
- Habitable zone for Rigel would be 150-300 AUs – Pluto is 70 AUs
- Orbital speed of Earth would be very different
- The equations for orbit calcs are here
- Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS – RASC Victoria members observations and photos
- David Lee – observed on Oct 12th and onward
- Randy Enkin – King George Terrace – binocular view
- Comet stacking software – Pixinsight and Siril
- Ada Chen – comet photo taken with iPhone
- COBS graph of observations and magnitude – Randy Enkin
- Reg Dunkley – upcoming observing sessions at Victoria Centre Observatory
- Discussion of the anti tail
- Space News – Chris Gainor
- ESA launches Hera to deflected asteroid Dimorphos
- Europa Clipper off to Jupiter system
- Hubble image of R Aquarii
- SpaceX Starship’s epic 5th launch, catch, re-entry and splashdow in time-lapse
- Events
- Centre of the Universe – Lauri Roche
- RASC Victoria Centre dinner – Feb 24th, 2025
- Island Star Party – August 22-23, 2025
- Guides camp-out – need a night sky guide, weather permitting – contact Randy Enkin pastpres@victoria.rasc.ca
- Beginners SIG – add yourself to the email list – contact David Lee david@victoria.rasc.ca
Video transcript of meeting
Astronomy Cafe – Oct 21, 2024