- John McDonald
- ▪ NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe– book review and recommended for beginners in astronomy. Perhaps a Festive season gift?
- Annular Eclipse event at Berwick Elk Lake
- Thanks for the eclipse glasses (Jeff Pivnick)
- Residents hadn’t observed a solar eclipse before, so there was lots of excitement
- Astronomy Outreach and Events – Patrick
- International Dark Sky designations
- Astronomy events near Hope
- Bonneford, Alberta
- Now resides in Victoria
- Nucleosynthesis – Jeff Pivnick
- First neutron star collision observed six years ago
- The origin of the elements: a century of progress | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences – Jennifer Johnson (OSU)
- Element Table showing creation sources
- Big Bang fusion
- Dying low-mass stars
- Exploding massive stars
- Cosmic ray fission
- Merging neutron stars
- Exploding white dwarfs
- Element Table showing creation sources
- Kilonova – created heavy elements from neutron stars in transition
- Planetary Nebula images
- Dave Payne
- Proto-planetary nebula
- Planetary Nebulae visual differences: larger, two explosions, classic, cosmic wind dispersion
- Brock Johnston
- M57
- NGC 7293 Helix Nebula
- M97 Owl Nebula
- NGC 651 Little Dumbbell Nebula
- M27 Dumbbell Nebula
- NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula
- Soap Bubble Nebula
- Use these images at the Centre of the Universe displays? Lauri Roche
- Dave Payne
- Lauri Roche
- 2024 RASC Observers calendars have arrived. Cost is $15 each, with some still available. Contact Lauri roche.lauri@gmail.com
- Thanks to everyone who attended the FDAO AGM a couple of nights ago.
- Special Interest Groups – David Lee david@victoria.rasc.ca
- Astrophotography SIG
- Makers SIG
- “Fix-It” Clinic at next FDAO Star Party on Nov 18th
- 3D-printed celestial objects, such as Moon surface features, Eta Carina, asteroids. Pre-made designs available for on Thingyverse and NASA 3D Resources.
- Famous Eclipses in History – Randy Enkin
- Some during BCE Era?
- Mar 1, 1504 Lunar Eclipse in Jamaica – Christopher Columbus
- 1868 solar eclipse – Janssen observed helium in the solar spectrum before element was identified on Earth
- 1919 solar eclipse – Eddington confirmed General Relativity
- Eclipses from Enkin’s Daily Moon – Randy Enkin
- Art, photos, juxapositions
- Weather Forecast for just-past Annular Eclipse – Reg Dunkley
- GOES-West satellite cloud cover loop shows the eclipse darkening
- DAO Current Weather – Sky Camera
- Sunspot Groups – David Lee
- Sunspots emerge through magnetic fields
- Individual sunspots and groups of sunspots
- AAVSO sunspot – online reporting
Astronomy Cafe – Oct 23, 2023