Barbara Lane, Secretary, RASC Victoria Centre There will be an election for the Victoria Centre council at the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Victoria Centre, being held on February 22, 2020 at 7:30PM. Location: The
RASC Victoria AGM 2020
You may have heard that the venue we had booked for our AGM, the Cedar Hill Golf Club was flooded and will be closed for the next 6 months. We are very fortunate to have found an alternative and excellent
January 2020 Speaker: From Baby Planets to Black Holes: ALMA Explores the Cold Universe
Dr. Gerald Schieven, NRC Herzberg 7:30 PM Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 Room A104, Bob Wright Centre, UVic The ALMA Observatory is a billion dollar multi-national astronomy facility located at high elevation in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. Its 66
December Speaker: The lives and deaths of galaxies — more than just a metaphor
Dr. Marcin Sawicki 7:30 PM Wednesday, December 11th, 2019 Room A104, Bob Wright Centre, UVic Astronomers often say that galaxies were “born” soon after the Big Bang, that they “live” while they are forming new stars, and that they “die”
November Speaker: The Moon After Apollo
Dr. Philip Stooke 7:30 PM Wednesday, November 13th, 2019Room A104 Bob Wright Building, UVic Phil Stooke looks at missions to the Moon since the Apollo era (NASA’s Apollo landings and the Soviet Union’s final missions of the early 1970s). After
October Speakers: Linda and Tom Spilker
Cassini’s Intriguing New Discoveries and the Design of Space Missions The Cassini Project Scientist and a Space Mission Architect Share Their Insights 7:30 PM Wednesday October 9th 2019, Flury Hall, Bob Wright Centre, UVic Cassini’s Intriguing New Discoveries Abstract: Dr.
September Speaker: Canada’s role in the next generation wide field spectroscopy
Dr. Alan McConnachie 7:30 PM Wednesday September 11th Room A104 Bob Wright Building, UVic The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT, 1979-) is a 3.6-metre class facility that has been a consistently productive and competitive instrument during its decades long life. Science evolves,
June Speaker: Going Interstellar: When and How Will We Travel to the Nearest Stars?
Matthew Williams 7:30PM Wednesday, June 12th 2019 Room A104 Bob Wright Centre, UVic The dream of traveling to the nearest stars is one that has haunted the public imagination for centuries. But it has only been in the past few
May Meeting Speakers: A Medley of Short Presentations by Victoria Centre RASCals
7:30 PM Wednesday May 8th 2019 in Room A104, Bob Wright Centre at the UVic Instead of featuring a single speaker the May meeting will be a “Members Night” where a number of Victoria Centre RASCals will deliver short presentations