Summer Saturdays at the DAO Program for Saturday, August 1, 2015 Event Info The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory is open from 7:30 to 11:00 pm with last entrance at 10:00 pm In the Centre of the Universe: Exhibits Open: 7:30 to
Summer Star Parties at the DAO – July 25, 2015
Summer Saturdays at the DAO Program for Saturday, July 25, 2015 Event Info The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory is open from 7:30 to 11:00 pm with last entrance at 10:00 pm In the Centre of the Universe: Exhibits Open: 7:30 to
Summer Star Parties at the DAO – July 18, 2015
Summer Saturdays at the DAO Program for Saturday, July 18, 2015 Event Info The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory is open from 7:30 to 11:00 pm with last entrance at 10:00 pm In the Centre of the Universe: Exhibits Open: 7:30 to
New Horizons Pluto fly-by celebration – July 14th
Tuesday July 14 is going to be an historic day. The New Horizons spacecraft will make its long-awaited flyby of Pluto, obtaining the first closeup photos and data from this mysterious world. In honour of this event, I am arranging
Monthly meeting speaker: “Slicing & Dicing Galaxies to Understand What Built Them Up” – Dr. Joel Roediger (NRC/Herzberg)
June 10, 2015, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting – Event Info Slicing & Dicing Galaxies to Understand What Built Them Up – Dr. Joel Roediger (NRC/Herzberg) As best we can define
Summer Star Parties at the DAO – May 30, 2015
Summer Saturdays at the DAO Program for Saturday, May 30, 2015 Event Info The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory is open from 7:30 to 11:00 pm with last entrance at 10:00 pm In the Centre of the Universe: Exhibits Open: 7:30 to
RASC Award for Excellence in Astronomy won by Gordon Head girl at Canada-Wide Science Fair
The Canada-Wide Science Fair was held in Fredericton in mid-May. The RASC sponsors two awards at the CWSF. The award is a $200 cash prize along with a certificate and a one year Youth membership in the Society (and a
DAO Summer Star Party – May 23, 2015
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