- Intro & Welcome by Randy Enkin
- New members at Astro Cafe
- Brian Chapel – RASC member on-and-off over the years. Found a good A-focal adapter for mounting a camera to an eyepiece.
- David Prud’homme – Moved from Edmonton to Qualicum. Selling a 10″ SCT. Teaches introductory astronomy.
- Peter Norman – fascinated with space, and photographs the night sky.
- President’s Message for September – Dan Posey
- Review of summer astronomical events
- Star Parties at the Centre of the Universe – David Lee
- Lots of RASC volunteers with telescopes on the parking lot, including Scott Mair
- Public viewing – Moon, planets, Sun
- Sept 13th – next star party on Observatory Hill
- Need volunteers for the RASC Victoria Centre information table – Melissa Tupper mtupper25@gmail.com
- Island Star Party – Randy Enkin
- About 50 attendees at the talks, with about 75 on the observing field each night
- Presenters – Friday and Saturday
- Astrophotos taken from the Star Party – Andromeda Galaxy – Megan Meraz (see banner image above)
- National Service Award to David Lee by Lauri Roche and Chris Gainor
- Event photos
- RASC Victoria at the Saanich Fair – Marji Welchframe on behalf of Lauri Roche
- Lots of volunteers and “Galileo Moments”
- Lauri’s Report
- Saskatchewan Summer Star Party – Les Welch
- 27th annual
- 300 registrants
- 4 nights
- A plaque was unveiled for the Comet Petriew discovery
- Beautiful weather this year
- Beginners SIG – David Lee
- Lots of pop-up events at Cattle Point over the summer
- Next SIG is tomorrow night 7:30PM – contact david@victoria.rasc.ca
- Victoria Centre Observatory – Reg Dunkley
- 17 observing sessions so far this year
- Record attendance by members
- Early Morning Astronomy – David Lee
- Jupiter and Venus conjunction – August 9, 11, 12
- Crescent Moon, Venus, Jupiter conjunction – August 20
- Bright Star Survey – photometry – David Lee
- Deneb, Rigel
- Observing in cooperation with US amateur astronomers
- AAVSO Citizen Science
- Analogue photometer – 1980s vintage, now repaired
- Star Parties at the Centre of the Universe – David Lee
- UVic Meeting this Wednesday, Sept 10th
- Presentation: How Friction Creates a Galaxy’s Spirals – David Payne
- Dave’s presentation may be a bit controversial
- Unicorns and black swans
- The Green Flash – Randy Enkin
- Randy’s family trip to Ucelulet – his first Green Flash observation
- The Green Ray – Jules Verne, 1882
- A combination of:
- Atmospheric dispersion
- Rayleigh Scattering
- Inferior and Superior Mirages
- Human Colour Perception
- In most situations, a Green Flash only lasts a second or two
- Slideshow of different Green Flashes
- Selling his 10″ SCT – David Prud’homme
- There are many other unused telescopes from our members available through RASC Victoria Centre. David Lee has a team to evaluate legacy telescopes to determine which are suitable to be given to new owners and which should be disposed of.
- Astrophotos
- Ben Spiller – YAM current issue contains an article featuring the sacred night skies for local First Nations. Kirsten Pedersen and Bill Weir were in Pachena Bay a year ago.
- Brock Johnston – gallery
- NGC 6914 in Cygnus – reflection and dark nebulae
- Ghost Nebula – 12 hours
- Split photo of the Sun using white and Ha filters, registered on the Sunspots
- Chris Gainor
- Judith Carder sent a Lunar Eclipse photo from South Africa
- Astronomy Cafe – Randy Enkin pastpres@victoria.rasc.ca
- Need volunteers to host the meeting and to support the meeting with tech setup and support
- Nov 24th – Buy and Sell
- Skynews – Randy Enkin pastpres@victoria.rasc.ca
- Randy will publish the Calendar of Astro Events on our website for each month
- If Skynews is to continue as a published PDF, we need a new editor. Contact Randy or Dan Posey president@victoria.rasc.ca
- NOVA Part II – starting soon for astronomy beginners – contact Lauri Roche to sign up lauri@victoria.rasc.ca
Video transcript of meeting
Astronomy Cafe – Sep 8, 2025