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”
President’s Message: November 2019
The Canadian astronomical community received a wonderful surprise on October 8th when it was announced that Manitoba native Dr. Jim Peebles would receive the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics. Jim was born in St. Boniface and obtained a Bachelor Degree
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
Speaker: Deep (Machine) Learning with Neural Networks – the second industrial revolution
Dr. Karun Thanjuvar 7:30 PM, Wednesday, April 10th; 2019 in Room A104, Bob Wright Centre, UVic Artificial intelligence (AI), especially Deep (Machine) Learning applications, are already ubiquitous and in everyday use, and have been called the second industrial revolution. Deep
Speaker: Exploring a new world on the Edge of the Solar System, New Horizons and 2014 MU69
Dr. J.J. Kavelaars 7:30 PM Wednesday March 13th Room A104, Bob Wright Centre at UVic On January 1st, 2019 NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft executed a flawless encounter of the small world provisionally known as 2014 MU69. Our understanding of the
Speaker: Planet Nine or Planet Nein? Discoveries in the Outer Solar System
Dr. Samatha Lawler Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 At 7:30 PM In Room A104, Bob Wright Centre, UVic Abstract:Over the last couple of years, there have been many headlines about the possibility of an undiscovered giant planet in the outer reaches