- New members
- Matt – astrophotographer
- Ewen, Michaela – Swiss visitors
- Cameron, Lisa, baby Max
- Carlos
- Eclipses – Randy Enkin
- Geometry of eclipses
- Types of solar eclipses
- The Saros Cycle
- Lunar Months – Sidereal, Synodic, Draconic, Anomalistic
- Every 18 years, the solar eclipse cycle repeats, but the track moves a third around the Earth
- Antikythera mechanism (~200 BCE) – predicts Saros cycles
- What is a conjunction? David Lee, Marjie Welchframe
- It’s a conjunction if the two objects share Right Ascension
- derekscope.co.uk – list of all conjunctions to 2025
- A large number occur during daylight
- Discussion of how to observe conjunctions during the day
- Makers SIG – this Thursday- David Lee david@victoria.rasc.ca
- Telescope Clinic – Nov 18 at FDAO Star Party event at the Centre of the Universe
- Need some RASC volunteers to help attendees use their telescope
- Contact Lauri Roche roche.lauri@gmail.com
- Victoria Centre Observatory – Reg Dunkley, David Lee
- Oak tree encroachment on the observatory is now trimmed back, thanks to NRC
- MICs need to be trained on the new equipment and procedures
- Workflows for imaging are now in place
- Picnic table – new one in the budget
- Amateur Radio and the ISS – Jim Cliffe
- Image broadcast from ISS to amateurs – Slow Scan TV
- Pearson CollegeAstronomy Outreach – Bill Weir
- Westshore Walmart parking lot
- Moon, Jupiter, Saturn
- James Webb Space Telescope – Chris Gainor
- M1 Crab Nebula – Hubble image vs Webb image
- 2024 RASC Observers Calendars – Lauri Roche
- $15 each – still some available – contact Lauri roche.lauri@gmail.com
- Lauri will also distribute calendars at the monthly meeting at UVic on Nov 8th
- Nov 8 monthly meeting at UVic – Reg Dunkley
- Circumstellar disks – Dr. Brenda Matthews | RASC Victoria – Young Stars and Exoplanet detection using ALMA
- Lecture Theatre A104, Bob Wright, UVic
Astronomy Cafe – Oct 30, 2023