July 28-30, 2017 At the Metchosin Municipal Grounds behind the Metchosin Fire Hall 4440 Happy Valley Road, Victoria, BC, Canada Gates will open at 12pm noon on Friday. Camp on the field and setup your telescope. Cost: Free of charge! RASC
Speaker: Radio and Microwave Astronomy – Dr. Lisa Locke
June 14th, 2017, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Event info Radio and Microwave Astronomy – History, Canadian Involvement, and Interesting Tidbits – Dr. Lisa Locke, NRC Herzberg Radio astronomy started in the
SPEAKER: Dark matter: Small scales, big problems – Kyle Oman
April 12, 2016, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Elliott Building Lecture Wing Room 167 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Event info “Dark matter: Small scales, big problems” – Kyle Oman, PhD candidate, UVic Abstract: There are several lines of evidence pointing to the
SPEAKER: Bugs in Space – Astrobiology and the Habitable Zone – Dr. Julia Foght
March 8, 2016, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Event info Bugs in Space!? A Microbiologist’s View of Astrobiology and the Habitable Zone – Dr. Julia Foght As astronomers discover myriad planets in
Concert: On the Construction of the Heav’ns – Music of William Herschel – Jan 21, 2017
Saturday, 21 January 2017 at 19:30–21:30 Pre-concert talk at 19:00 Christ Church Cathedral, 930 Burdett Ave, Victoria, BC V8V 3G8 William Herschel wasn’t just the first President of the Royal Astronomical Society. And he didn’t just discover that the
Speaker: The MASSIVE Galaxy Survey – Dr. John Blakeslee, NRC Herzberg
January 11, 2016, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Event info “The MASSIVE Galaxy Survey” – Dr. John Blakeslee, NRC Herzberg The MASSIVE Galaxy Survey is a project to study the structure, internal
2016 Award Recipients for Victoria Centre
Service and achievement awards presented at RASC Victoria Centre’s Annual General Meeting, held November 27, 2016 at the Cedar Hill Golf Course, Victoria, BC, Canada All AGM Event photos Certificate of Appreciation, For Public Outreach at the DAO summer
2016 Victoria Centre Council Nominations
RASC Victoria Centre Council (Board of Directors) Nominations 2017 President Overall responsibility for Victoria Centre, public relations, conducts meetings Nomination: Chris Purse 1st Vice President arrange speakers for meetings and events, event preparation Nomination: Reg Dunkley 2nd Vice President membership,
Oct 12, 2016 – Searching for Habitable Planets around Alpha Centauri – Dr. Christian Marois
October 12, 2016, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Event info “Searching for Habitable Planets around our Closest Neighbors, the Alpha Centauri Triple Star System.” – Dr. Christian Marois, NRC Herzberg The Alpha
FOR SALE: Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way – Barnard, 1927
RASC Victoria Centre is selling a rare antiquarian star atlas from our library: Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way – by Edward Emerson Barnard Published by Carnegie Institution of Washington 1927 Part I – Photographs and Descriptions Part II