Summer Saturday Star Party Activities In the Dome: Tours of the historic dome and the Plaskett computer room begin every 20 minutes from 7:45 through to about 9:45 pm. After this the Plaskett telescope will be opened and visitors are
Monthly meeting speaker: ALMA, low mass star formation, and the SOLA project – Dr. Lewis Knee, NRC Herzberg
May 13, 2015, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting “ALMA, low mass star formation, and the SOLA project” – Dr. Lewis Knee, Radio Astronomy Program Programme, Millimetre Technology Group, NRC Herzberg Abstract: ALMA, the Atacama Large
May 9, 2015 – Presentations at the CU
Presentations in the Centre of the Universe Auditorium Saturday, May 9, 2015 Speaker: Garry Sedun, HIA Presented as part of the Summer Star Parties on Observatory Hill event 8:15 pm – Weird Things in Space 1) Come and see how
Astronomy Day in Victoria April 25th, 2015
International Astronomy Day was celebrated in Victoria, BC, Canada Saturday, April 25th, 2015 10AM-4PM at the Royal BC Museum – daytime observing, interactive displays, presentations 8PM-11PM at the top of Observatory Hill – nighttime observing Event details Photos from this year’s
Summer Star Parties at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in 2015
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Victoria Centre with the support of The National Research Council of Canada, Herzberg Presents Summer Star Parties at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory 5071 West Saanich Road September 12th, 2015 7:30 PM TO 11:00 PM (Gates close
Monthly meeting speaker: Frontiers in Adaptive Optics and Stellar Spectroscopy: Searching for the First Stars Ever Formed – Dr. Masen Lamb
April 8, 2015, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre B150 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Frontiers in Adaptive Optics and Stellar Spectroscopy: Searching for the First Stars Ever Formed – Masen Lamb, PhD student at the University of Victoria working
Messier Marathon – March 20 or 21, 2015
The Messier Marathon will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2015 here in Victoria, hosted by Michel Michaud, our Observing Co-Chair. If the weather looks poor for Saturday, Michel may move the event ahead a day to Friday night (the
Monthly meeting speaker: Galaxy mergers in the nearby Universe – Dr. Sara Ellison, Professor, UVic Physics & Astronomy
March 11, 2015, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Despite the emptiness of space, mergers between galaxies are surprisingly common. Around 1% of galaxies in the nearby Universe are currently experiencing an
Jan 14, 2015 Speakers: John McDonald & Reg Dunkley – Rare Meteor Manifestations
RASC Victoria Monthly Meeting – Jan 14, 2015, 7:30PM at University of Victoria, Bob Wright Building A104 Speakers: John McDonald & Reg Dunkley – Rare Meteor Manifestations While photographing the Geminid meteor shower this year, John McDonald managed to
Speaker: The Construction of the DAO – Dan Posey
RASC Victoria Monthly Meeting – Dec 10, 2014, 7:30PM at University of Victoria, Bob Wright Building B150 ’Astronomers’ Work is of Great Value’: The Construction of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory and the Foundations of the Modern Canadian Astronomy Program,