- Intro and New Members – David Lee
- Lily W. – new member
- Jewelled Handle on the Moon – David Lee
- Photo from Sep 21 showing the Jura Mountains lit up
- The top of a crater on the moon that is lit at a specific time of the month
- Clair Obscur Effects – BBC Sky at Night Magazine
- Astronomical Equipment Inventory from Sid’s Garage – David Lee
- Nearing the end of dispersing telescopes and other astronomical equipment after a year
- Victoria Centre’s Telescope Lending Library is being supplemented from some of the equipment
- Miles Paul’s donation of his large Starmaster Dobsonian telescope is being negotiated
- Need a “maintenance team” – contact david@victoria.rasc.ca
- Events – David Lee on behalf of Lauri Roche lauri@victoria.rasc.ca
- 2027 National Observers Calendar – 5 left
- NOVA – 5 seats left, starts Oct 1st
- Space Exploration News – Chris Gainor
- SpaceX Starship 14 – launched into orbit
- Some glitches with thrusters at launch
- Deployed some Starling satellites
- Will be used for upcoming Mars missions
- Spectacular landing after 2 orbits
- SpaceX Dragon Crew 13 – launch due on Thursday morning
- Josh Kutryk from the Canadian Space Agency will be aboard
- SpaceX Starship 14 – launched into orbit
- Observatory Project Update – Garry Sedun
- Ready to go as of this afternoon
- A new 25″mirror is ordered, with mirror support system being engineered and built by UVic
- 20″ telescope is ready to calibrate, then use
- Located in a vineyard in Central Saanich
- Exploring the Universe from the Edge of the Sky, Fred Young Sub-millimetre- Natasha van Bentum
- 6m CCAT/FYST telescope located in Chile’s Atacama Desert
- 5,600m above sea level
- Studying gravitational waves in the Cosmic Microwave Background
- 2-mirror design Built in Germany
- Moon Chronicle– a book by Phil Stooke
- Free downloadable PDFs and a map available
- Starting with Surveyor 3 mission to the Moon, then Apollo 12, 15, Chang’e 3, 6
- Dark Sky Community in Metchosin – Ted White
- Some difficulties with advancing the proposal
- Dark Sky International – Dark Sky Community
- Council approved the Dark Sky proposal
- Metchosin Day booth – lots of support
- Technical details required for application to DSI
- Victoria Centre letter of support would be nice
- Biologists are supporting the proposal
- Dave Robinson can help
- Oct 6 – Beginners SIG – David Lee
- Seestar S50 Pro smart telescope – Joe Carr
- The latest model of smart telescope from ZWO
- Benefits of photographing the night sky using a smart telescope
- Images taken earlier this month: Pacman Nebula, Triangulum Galaxy, Pelican Nebula, Eastern and Western Veil Nebula, Heart Nebula, Andromeda Galaxy
- Comparing images automatically generated by the Seestar system and post processing raw files using StackingWizard and AstroWizard
- Discussion about cost, who this scope is for, benefits and limitations
- Using film to image through a Takahashi refractor – CJ Sandoz
- 6×9 camera with C41 emulsion film
- Full presentation at a future Astronomy Cafe
- Randy Enkin pastpres@victoria.rasc.ca
- Alan Bean’s painting of the Apollo mission – Alan Bean Art
- Astro Cafe
- Oct 5, 19, 26
- Not on Oct 12 – Thanksgiving
- Volunteers to take notes for Astro Cafe – CJ this evening
Astronomy Cafe – Sep 28, 2026
