September 9, 2015, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Event info “The Search for Alien Life in the Universe” – Dr. Jon Willis, UVic professor Abstract: Do aliens exist and how are scientists proposing
Monthly meeting speaker: “Slicing & Dicing Galaxies to Understand What Built Them Up” – Dr. Joel Roediger (NRC/Herzberg)
June 10, 2015, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting – Event Info Slicing & Dicing Galaxies to Understand What Built Them Up – Dr. Joel Roediger (NRC/Herzberg) As best we can define
Monthly meeting speaker: ALMA, low mass star formation, and the SOLA project – Dr. Lewis Knee, NRC Herzberg
May 13, 2015, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting “ALMA, low mass star formation, and the SOLA project” – Dr. Lewis Knee, Radio Astronomy Program Programme, Millimetre Technology Group, NRC Herzberg Abstract: ALMA, the Atacama Large
Monthly meeting speaker: Frontiers in Adaptive Optics and Stellar Spectroscopy: Searching for the First Stars Ever Formed – Dr. Masen Lamb
April 8, 2015, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre B150 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Frontiers in Adaptive Optics and Stellar Spectroscopy: Searching for the First Stars Ever Formed – Masen Lamb, PhD student at the University of Victoria working
Monthly meeting speaker: Galaxy mergers in the nearby Universe – Dr. Sara Ellison, Professor, UVic Physics & Astronomy
March 11, 2015, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Despite the emptiness of space, mergers between galaxies are surprisingly common. Around 1% of galaxies in the nearby Universe are currently experiencing an
Jan 14, 2015 Speakers: John McDonald & Reg Dunkley – Rare Meteor Manifestations
RASC Victoria Monthly Meeting – Jan 14, 2015, 7:30PM at University of Victoria, Bob Wright Building A104 Speakers: John McDonald & Reg Dunkley – Rare Meteor Manifestations While photographing the Geminid meteor shower this year, John McDonald managed to
Speaker: The Construction of the DAO – Dan Posey
RASC Victoria Monthly Meeting – Dec 10, 2014, 7:30PM at University of Victoria, Bob Wright Building B150 ’Astronomers’ Work is of Great Value’: The Construction of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory and the Foundations of the Modern Canadian Astronomy Program,
AGM, Awards & Elections
Victoria Centre’s Annual General Meeting and dinner was held on Nov 16, 2014 at Moon Under Water Pub in Victoria, BC, Canada. After enjoying a delicious dinner, and a fascinating presentation by Dr. James Di Francesco on the latest discoveries coming
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
Call for nominations 2014
Dear RASC members As Past President it is one of my duties to oversee the Election of Officers for the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Victoria Centre. I hereby give notice that the Election will take place at this year’s