Video transcript of the whole 1-hour meeting. More Lunar Photos from Mike Nash Two more beautiful lunar images from Mike. Check them out and zoom in! https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-rsJ3pkb/0/c0e69a9c/O/i-rsJ3pkb.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-QmJGhnz/0/2d67596c/O/i-QmJGhnz.jpg Balcony Astronomy from Edmonton – Abdur Anwar June 21st Annular Eclipse of
Astronomy Cafe – June 22, 2020
More Noctilucent Cloud Sightings from Edmonton’s Alister Ling UVic Open House Presentation: Using Telescopes as Time Machines Be sure to catch the following UVic Webinar that begins at 7:30PM on Wednesday June 24th: Using Telescopes as Time Machines by Nishith
Astronomy Cafe – June 15, 2020
Sketching by Victoria Centre Members Online collection of astro sketches created by our members Phillip Teece’s Messier Sketches – observations from 1973 to 1978 from Victoria Diane Bell Dorothy Paul Kuiper belt talk at the Wednesday Night UVic Astronomy Open
Astronomy Cafe – June 8, 2020
A new sunspot! There is a new sunspot on the Sun after three months of being spotless! Both Bill Weir and Joe Carr captured this apparition. More info on SpaceWeather.com for June 6, 2020. Golden Week of Webinars in Astrophysics
March 2020 Speaker: When Stars Explode: Understanding Supernovae from Tycho to Today
Dr. Tyrone Woods 7:30PM Wednesday March 11th 2020, Room A104 Bob Wright Centre, UVic In 1572, a new “star” appeared in the sky that forever changed the way we think about the Universe. Identified by famed Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe,
2020 AGM Service Awards
Awards to members for service in 2019 Newton/Ball Award: Michel Michaud Michel has made a major contribution to the Victoria Centre serving as Librarian and Observing Chair where he coordinated MIC’s for the VCO and scheduled Messier Marathons. He is
February 2020 Speaker: 40 Years of Astronomy at the Top of the World
Mary Beth Laychak, Canada France Hawaii Telescope 7:30 PM Saturday February 22nd 2020 The Ambrosia Centre, 638 Fisgard Street The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope celebrated it’s 40th anniversary in 2019. Mary Beth Laychak, CFHT’s Director of Strategic Communications will share stories of
Notice of Election at 2020 AGM
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