The 2014 GA Organizing Committee wishes to thank all of those who have signed up to help at our June event. Our volunteer roster is now complete and all positions have been filled. We will be reaching out to all
Lunar Eclipse – April 14, 2014
A Total Lunar Eclipse will be visible in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on Monday, April 14-15, 2014 – EVENT CANCELLED Penumbral Eclipse begins at 9:55 PM Partial Eclipse begins at 10:59 PM Full Eclipse begins at 12:08 AM Maximum Eclipse
President’s Message – April 2014
This month we have some excellent news. Last Wednesday, Victoria Centre Council voted unanimously to submit a proposal to NRC Herzberg that Victoria Centre host a series of Saturday openings of the Observatory this summer. These openings are in addition
Messier Marathon 2014
The Messier Marathon from Victoria was a bust this year. Both March 28 and 29 were cloudy, so it was called off. Our member Elizabeth van Akker spends her winters in New Mexico, and had much better luck: Hello, all, from
Early bird registration for the 2014 General Assembly
Join the RASC Victoria Centre as we host the 2014 GA from June 26 – June 29. Register before midnight on April 10th, 2014 and take advantage of the $130.00 early bird registration fee. The 2014 GA registration fee increases
Astronomy Day – May 3, 2014
Time/Location: Saturday, May 3, 10am-4pm at the Royal BC Museum, and 8pm-11pm at Observatory Hill Event Poster (4.9Mb PDF) It was wonderful to see so many enjoy themselves! In spite of the cloudy weather during the day and evening, the Victoria Centre’s
Island Star Party – update on site improvements
Thinking forward to the August 22/23/24 Island Star Party. I dropped in to Bright Angel Park the other afternoon and ran in to a CVRD park fellow there. (Graham). We spoke for a few minutes about the work that is
Through Infra-red Goggles Darkly – an engineer’s view of climate change!
Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting, held on Wednesday March 12, 2014 in room A104 of the Bob Wright Centre, UVic, at 19:30. A Short Bio of Dr. Parvez Kumar, P.Eng., FCASI (this latter is Fellow of the Canadian Aeronautics & Space
Volunteers needed for 2014 General Assembly!
The 2014 General Assembly is coming up quickly in late June, and our organising committee needs your help! Ideally, they would like to see every member of Victoria Centre contribute to the success of this event. Not only are we
Mathematics and understanding our universe – Nazim Açar
Monthly meeting speaker Feb 12, 2014 7:30PM, A104 – Bob Wright Building, University of Victoria Event info Presentation – 6.3Mb pdf Bio: Nazim was born in a perfect astronomy center: a remote Anatolian village with no electricity. For the summers