Video transcript of meeting
- Milky Way from Cattle Point – a photo showing no stars, just galaxies – Nathan Hellner-Mestelman
- Women in Astronomy – Marjie Welchframe
- Isabel Williamson has an asteroid named after her
- Dava Sobel also has an asteroid named after her
- Profile of Dr. Kim Venn
- UVic Astronomy & Physics professor
- Specialist in stellar spectroscopy
- Kim believes that very large telescopes will likely discover Earth version 2 or 3 or 4, which will greatly impact how we view ourselves
- Dr. Michelle Kunimoto will present to us on Oct 18th about Exoplanets
- Edmonton Centre astrophotos – Dave Robinson
- Milky Way Halloween theme- Warren Findlay
- Blackfoot dark sky area – Arnold Rivera
- Comet 4P/Faye
- Helix Nebula – NGC 7293 – Planetary Nebula
- Veil Nebula – visual and photo through a 10″ Dobsonian telescope
- Building an Astroberry Server– David Lee
- Raspberry Pi 4 running Linux
- Supports the INDI – ecosystems for control and automation of astronomical devices
- Installed PHD2
- David just wants to implement auto-guiding
- Runs the server through a remote desktop on his smartphone
- Beginners SIG runs virtually tomorrow night – David Lee
- Update from Chris Gainor
- Chris was interviewed by CTV News about William Shatner going into space aboard
- Russia is launching into space tomorrow morning
- Chris is still waiting for his history of Hubble book to arrive
- Sky Quality Map redo – Lauri Roche
- Last map covering Greater Victoria (Sooke to Sidney) done in 2010
- Victoria Centre should remeasure the data
- We need a project leader
- Canvas our members for interest and who has Unihedron Sky Quality Meters
- Astronomy photos from Victoria Centre
- Unusual Nebula NGC 6164 in Norma – observing the southern hemisphere using the Chile One Slooh telescope – Joe Carr
- David Lee is seeking sources of data for his interest in Astrometry
- Wizard Nebula NGC 7380 taken last Sunday night – Brock Johnston
- Firefly Alpha rocket – photos of aborted launch from Vandenberg Air Base – Reg Dunkley
Astronomy Cafe – Oct 4, 2021