Dr. Samatha Lawler Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 At 7:30 PM In Room A104, Bob Wright Centre, UVic Abstract:Over the last couple of years, there have been many headlines about the possibility of an undiscovered giant planet in the outer reaches
Speaker: Dark Nebulae in New Light
Paul Gray, RASC Halifax Centre Wednesday, January 9th, 2019 At 7:30 PM in Room A104, Bob Wright Centre, UVic Dark Nebulae are elusive and one of the most difficult deep sky objects to observe. With the aid of larger telescopes
Speaker: History of the Hubble Space Telescope
Dr. Chris Gainor, President of RASC Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 At 7:30 PM in Room 116, Engineering and Computer Science Building, UVic Note Room Change The Hubble Space Telescope was launched 28 years ago in 1990. After overcoming problems caused
Speaker: The Formation of Planets around Stars: What We Know and What We Still Need to Learn
Dr. Doug Johnstone Saturday November 17th, 2018:~7:30 PM Following Victoria Centre AGM Banquet at Cedar Hill Golf Course, 1400 Derby Road Victoria Over the last few decades we have uncovered a great deal about the formation of stars.
October Speaker: Coronal mass ejection evolution and their effects on galactic cosmic rays and planetary magnetospheres.
Dr. Reka Winslow Wednesday October 10th, 2018 at 7:30 PM Room A104 Bob Wright Centre UVic Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large eruptions of plasma and magnetic field into interplanetary space originating in the Sun’s atmosphere. CMEs interact with
September Speaker – Planets Under Construction: How to Study a Million-Year Process
By Dr. Nienke van der Marel Wednesday September 12th, 2018 at 7:30 PM Room A104 Bob Wright Centre UVic Exoplanets are everywhere! In the last 25 years, thousands of exoplanets have been found throughout the Milky Way. But if they
Mars Opposition 2018
On Friday July 27th 2018 Mars will make it’s closet approach to Earth in 15 years. This occurs when Mars, Earth and the Sun are aligned with Mars located on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun. Mars will