HI RASCals – Our annual star party is coming up this week, and I urge you to support it. Event details Here’s why: 1. It is unique. It is literally an “urban star party” (“semi-urban?”) 2. It’s close. It’s twenty minutes from
2014 General Assembly – it’s over!
Thanks to the legions of volunteers who made the GA a great success! The Canadian Space blog – the RASC looks back and looks forward Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) facebook I had so much fun last night
Saturday Night Public Observing Returns to the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
For release June 18, 2014 The Victoria Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada is pleased to announce that the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory will be open for public observing on seven Saturday nights this summer. The grounds of the
Two Public Astronomy Lectures Help Mark 100 Years of Astronomy Group in Victoria
Free public lectures by two top astronomers will be part of this year’s General Assembly of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, which will take place at the University of Victoria from June 26 to 29. This meeting is part
2014 General Assembly in Victoria – June 26-29, 2014
We are now less than thirty days till the start of the 54th General Assembly of RASC. We will gather in Victoria BC, on the shores of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This year’s meeting promises to be educational
Winner of the telescope draw announced
Cole Gorman is the winner of the Meade LX-90 telescope draw. Here he is being congratulated by our President, Nelson Walker at the monthly meeting held May 14, 2014.
New observatory being built at Shawnigan Lake School
The observatory is well under way at Shawnigan Lake School. This picture shows the lower level (as of yesterday). There will be a suspended concrete floor capping it and then the dome. Thanks again for all your support, Cowichan Valley
Mapping the Deep: the past and future promise of searches for trans-Neptunian worlds
Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting, to be held on Wednesday May 14, 2014 in room A104 of the Bob Wright Centre, UVic, at 19:30. Directions and venue info. Presentation: Mapping the Deep: the past and future promise of searches for trans-Neptunian