50th Anniversary of Apollo 11
July 20th marks the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. Due to media attention a desire to take a closer look at the Moon may grow as this date approaches. Unfortunately the Moon will not rise until 11:14PM
June Speaker: Going Interstellar: When and How Will We Travel to the Nearest Stars?
Matthew Williams 7:30PM Wednesday, June 12th 2019 Room A104 Bob Wright Centre, UVic The dream of traveling to the nearest stars is one that has haunted the public imagination for centuries. But it has only been in the past few
May Meeting Speakers: A Medley of Short Presentations by Victoria Centre RASCals
7:30 PM Wednesday May 8th 2019 in Room A104, Bob Wright Centre at the UVic Instead of featuring a single speaker the May meeting will be a “Members Night” where a number of Victoria Centre RASCals will deliver short presentations
Speaker: Deep (Machine) Learning with Neural Networks – the second industrial revolution
Dr. Karun Thanjuvar 7:30 PM, Wednesday, April 10th; 2019 in Room A104, Bob Wright Centre, UVic Artificial intelligence (AI), especially Deep (Machine) Learning applications, are already ubiquitous and in everyday use, and have been called the second industrial revolution. Deep
President’s Message March 2019
Normally at the beginning of March Victoria Centre RASCals are trudging through cherry blossoms. Snow is not an option. So just imagine your puzzled president when he arrived at the VCO on February 27th. The observing pad was covered with
Speaker: Exploring a new world on the Edge of the Solar System, New Horizons and 2014 MU69
Dr. J.J. Kavelaars 7:30 PM Wednesday March 13th Room A104, Bob Wright Centre at UVic On January 1st, 2019 NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft executed a flawless encounter of the small world provisionally known as 2014 MU69. Our understanding of the