RASC Victoria Centre Council (Board of Directors) Nominations 2017 President Overall responsibility for Victoria Centre, public relations, conducts meetings Nomination: Chris Purse 1st Vice President arrange speakers for meetings and events, event preparation Nomination: Reg Dunkley 2nd Vice President membership,
Pizza Party! Yes, the one I promised. :-D
Remember the pizza party I mentioned? Probably not…it was a year ago or more. Well, it’s on! As a thank you for all the long hours and hard work you’ve put in at various events, we’re inviting all Victoria Centre
Oct 12, 2016 – Searching for Habitable Planets around Alpha Centauri – Dr. Christian Marois
October 12, 2016, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Event info “Searching for Habitable Planets around our Closest Neighbors, the Alpha Centauri Triple Star System.” – Dr. Christian Marois, NRC Herzberg The Alpha
2016 Annual General Meeting & Dinner
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Victoria Centre Annual General Meeting and Dinner Sunday, November 27, 2016 at the Cedar Hill Golf Course, 1400 Derby Road, Victoria, BC Call for Nominations Event photos for the AGM Awards presentations 6:00pm – Drinks,
Stardust: the cosmic seeds of life – Prof. Sun Kwok
September 14, 2016, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Event info “Stardust: the cosmic seeds of life ” – Prof. Sun Kwok, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong How did
SPEAKER: Exploring exoplanetary systems with the Gemini Planet Imager – Zach Draper
June 8, 2016, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Event info “Exploring exoplanetary systems with the Gemini Planet Imager” – Zach Draper, UVic Astronomy The Gemini Planet Imager is an instrument designed to
SPEAKER: Hitchhiker’s Guide to Other Galaxies – Maan Hani
May 11, 2016, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Event info “Hitchhiker’s Guide to Other Galaxies” – Maan Hani, UVic Astronomy Abstract: Since the earliest civilizations, we have been trying to understand the
ROOM CHANGE FOR APRIL’s MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING
Please note: for April 13th’s general meeting we will be meeting in room ELL167 in the lecture hall directly behind the Elliott Building.
APRIL’S MONTHLY MEETING GUEST SPEAKER: Dr. Helen Kirk: Watching the birth of stars with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and Herschel Space Observatory.
Have you ever wondered how stars are born? In this presentation, we’ll dive deep into the hearts of molecular clouds, vast reservoirs of gas and dust which are the birthplace for stars. Our tour will include stunning recent results from
March Monthly Meeting Guest Speaker: Dr. James DiFrancesco- The Secret Sits.
“The Secret Sits: What’s in Our Galactic Centre?” “I will discuss recent observations of the very centre of the Milky Way galaxy. At ~8 kpc from the Sun, the Central Parsec is filled thousands of stars, but also most interestingly