Video transcript of the meeting
- Public Outreach at the Centre of the Universe (CU) – Lauri Roche
- Saturday Star Parties
- Thanks to all the RASC Victoria Centre members who volunteer
- Tickets “sell out” quickly
- Last event on Sep 24th
- Cruise Tours this summer – successful and a source of income for FDAO
- CU open during the day until the end of September
- Saturday Star Parties
- Saanich Fair – Lauri Roche
- 2 nice days – solar viewing
- 3rd day had some drizzle
- Lots of interaction with the public about astronomy
- 1,000 entries for the telescope prize – Melissa Long was the winner, and is thrilled with her new scope
- Island Star Party – Dave Payne
- Successful star party – 30 people on Friday, 45-50 people on Saturday
- Speakers were fantastic
- Quite a few campers
- Some members of the public stopped by despite lack of advertising and promotion
- Revenue exceeded expenses
- Cowichan Valley Starfinders no longer have the volunteer numbers to sustain the event going forward
- Cowichan Valley Regional District – arrangements for overnight camping appear to be
- Discuss next steps with Victoria Centre Council
- August 16, 2023 is New Moon weekend for the event next year
- Astronomy at Victoria High School – Clayton Uyeda
- New astronomical observing deck being built as part of Victoria High School’s seismic upgrade
- Astronomy 11 is now a course at Vic High
- Tour of our new Zoom equipment for Astro Cafe – Chris Purse
- New computer, microphone, webcam
- 2 monitors
- Sound is the biggest issue, and the new microphone seems to be excellent
- Webcam has good coverage of the room’s occupants
- New WIndows personal computer system is easy to setup, and is on rollers
- Getting Started in Astronomy SIG – David Lee
- Group met in person at Cattle Point a few times over the summer
- Minima of Algol observed
- Sky Brightness Survey – David Lee
- Reviewed our mapping in 2010 (see maps at the bottom of our Night Lighting page)
- Will repeat the survey this September and October
- David to distribute SQMs to volunteers who don’t own one at the next Astro Cafe
- Need more volunteers, so contact David very soon
- RASC Board – Malhar Kendurkar
- Malhar is imaging with the Plaskett Telescope
- Virtual meeting of the RASC Board on Sep 14th
- In-person meeting of the RASC Board will happen in October
- The Robotic Telescope should be better used
- VIctoria Centre Council meeting tomorrow – Dave Payne (VP)
- Green Laser course offered by RASC – Lauri Roche
- Refer to Transport Canada green laser regulations
- Discussion about the regulations and the RASC course
- Refer to RASC Laser Usage
Astronomy Cafe – Sep 12, 2022