Video transcript of meeting Edmonton astrophotos – Dave Robinson Comet 67P and Crab Nebula – Alister Ling Pacman Nebula NGC 281 – Dennis Boucher David Lee Beginners’ SIG tomorrow night EAA SIG Thursday night Sky Brightness Survey Group has met
Astronomy Cafe – Oct 25, 2021
Video meeting transcript Canadian Women Astronomers – Marjie Welchframe Dr. Victoria Kaspi Moved to Canada when she was 7 years old McGill & Canadian Space Agency X-ray astronomy expert Herzberg Canada Gold Metal winner for 2016 Astronomers Find a ‘Break’ in
Astronomy Cafe – Oct 18, 2021
Transcript video of meeting Dr. Michelle Kunimoto is a postdoctoral associate working on NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)mission. She leads the Quick Look Pipeline team at MIT which is dedicated to analyzing TESS data to discover and characterize exoplanets. As an undergraduate,
Astronomy Cafe – Oct 4, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Milky Way from Cattle Point – a photo showing no stars, just galaxies – Nathan Hellner-Mestelman Women in Astronomy – Marjie Welchframe Isabel Williamson has an asteroid named after her Dava Sobel also has an asteroid
Astronomy Cafe – Sept 27, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Women Astronomers – Marjie Welchframe Dr. Michelle Kunimoto, age 27, lives in Vancouver Works (post doc) for MIT’s NASA Mission Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Jan 2020 Lunar Eclipse photos – Nathan Hellner-Mestelman The Shadow of the Earth
Astronomy Cafe – Sep 20, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Remembering Ed Maxfield – David Lee Earth – Potentially Habitable Planet – Nathan Hellner-Mestelman Earth is pretty small…some comparisons with larger celestial objects Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Alpha Centauri, the Sun, Sirius, Vega, Bellatrix, Pollux, Sagittarius A, Beta
Astronomy Cafe – Sep 13, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Astro Cafe is not going to in-person meetings until the health regulations relax – contact Chris Purse or Randy Enkin if you have thoughts on how to move forward History of Women in Astronomy – Marjie
Astronomy Cafe – Aug 30, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Local professional astronomer Frank Younger died at 80 years old – Jim Hesser zoom service on Friday Sept 3 at 3:00PM (zoom Passcode: Frank) RASC Exploring Exoplanets course – Aug 4 – Sep 1 – David
Astronomy Cafe – August 23, 2021
Transcript video of the meeting Mark Wheen at Pearson College wants to train some people to operate the 25″ telescope – members should contact Bill Weir if interested Astrophotos from Victoria Centre members Intro from John McDonald Brock Johnston –
Astronomy Cafe – Aug 16, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Location, Location, Location (Plaskett history) – Dennis Crabtree, NRC Herzberg John Stanley Plaskett – took lots of photos Site testing for proposed 72″ telescope used a Cooke 4.5″ equatorially-mounted telescope, mainly operated by W.E. Harper Plaskett’s 1913