Date/Time: Wednesday May 13, 2026 starting at 7:30PM
Location: University of Victoria, Elliott Bldg, Ell 168 (please note the change of location for this meeting only)
Intro – Reg Dunkley
General Assembly – Lauri Roche, Lauri Roche, Randy Enkin
Citizen Science at the RASC – Randy Enkin
Victoria Centre Observatory – David Lee, Reg Dunkley
Volunteers Needed – Bill Weir
Lunar Missions Coming Up This Year – Phil Stooke
Vera Rubin Telescope and Artemis 2 – Chris Gainor
Astrophotos – Reg Dunkley
Events – David Lee, Lauri Roche, Randy Enkin
Intro – Randy Enkin
Astrophotos – Vince Geisler
Aotearoa New Zealand’s second New Year’s Day – Chris Purse
Astronomy Day – review by Randy Enkin, Marjie Welchframe, David Lee, Lauri Roche, Ben Spiller
RASC Victoria Centre t-shirts – Randy Enkin
Astrophotography SIG project – Dave Payne
Proba-3 mission – Solar Observing – Randy Enkin
RASC General Assembly – May 2-3 – Lauri Roche
Hail Mary – a book by Andy Weir
Telescope Clinic – May 2 on Observatory Hill – David Lee
Saturday, April 25, 2026 at the Royal BC Museum during the day, and the Centre of the Universe on Observatory Hill in the evening, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Amazing Astronomical Activities for all Ages!
Free admission (regular rates apply to Museum exhibits).
Intro & new attendees – Peter Jedicke
Large Binocular Telescope – Gil Esquerdo
Artemis 2 Mission Images – Phil Stooke
Lunar Puzzle – Randy Enkin
Events – David Lee, Lauri Roche, Dave Payne
RASC Victoria’s Astronomy Equipment – David Lee
Garry Sedun’s New Observatory Report
Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory – Peter Jedicke
This is an edited AI-generated (Zoom) transcript of Gil’s presentation to Astronomy Cafe – Apr 20, 2026
Intro – Marjie Welchframe
Sidewalk astronomy observing the Moon video – Natasha van Bentum
Artemis II mission – Randy Enkin
Vancouver Island Regional Science Fair – Randy Enkin, Jared Qin
Events – David Lee, Lauri Roche, Ben Spiller
Telescopic Asterisms – David Lee
Astrophotos – Dave Payne
Date/Time: Wednesday April 8, 2026 starting at 7:30PM
Location: University of Victoria, Elliott Bldg, Ell 168 (please note the change of location for this meeting only)
This talk will examine Canada’s contributions to the Hubble Space Telescope and its influence on Canadian space efforts.
Artemis landing site selection – Phil Stooke
CHEK News profiling proposed 1 million additional SpaceX Satellites
NASA Space Missions – Chris Gainor
Seestar S30 photo of the Moon – Peter Norman
Artemis II Crew – Natasha van Bentum
Astrophoto of Rosette Nebula – Vince Geisler
Events – David Lee, Lauri Roche, Kevin Bertles
Video recording of meeting