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
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
Victoria Centre AGM & Dinner – Sunday, Nov 16, 2014
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Victoria Centre Annual General Meeting and Dinner Sunday, November 16, 2014 at the Moon Under Water Brewpub, 350 Bay St, Victoria, BC 6:00pm – Drinks, conversation No host bar If interested there may be a
Partial Solar Eclipse – success!
October 23, 2104 Sid Sidhu – What a day it was for viewing the Solar Eclipse! In the early morning all the weather reports indicated nothing but rain in Victoria for the rest of the day, however the 10 am updates
RASCals Star Party – schedule of events
Please download our poster to stick on your fridge and to refer to: Poster (130k PDF) Event – map and times for your e-calendar Come join us! Learn Astronomy and Explore the Night Sky July 25 to 27, 2014 At the
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
Space dust, bugs and Tao: Beneficial Bacteria – Dr. Réal Roy
Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting, held on Wednesday April 9, 2014 in room A104 of the Bob Wright Centre, UVic, at 19:30. Presentation: Space dust, bugs and Tao: Beneficial Bacteria – Dr. Réal Roy, a biologist at UVic – a talk about
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
First evening of observing by the RASCals of Cattle Point
After several months of being skunked by bad weather, the RASCals of Cattle Point finally had a good night to offer observing to the public from RASC’s newest Urban Star Park. Our Treasurer Bruce Lane coordinates this event. Here is