Next week’s Astronomy Cafe is cancelled due to it being Thanksgiving Day. Go outside and look for Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)! We resume Astronomy Cafe on October 21st. Video transcript of meeting
Astronomy Cafe – Oct 7, 2024
Astronomy Cafe – Sep 23, 2024
Astronomy in South America – Peru – Incas – Jeff Pivnick; Once in a Blue Moon – Randy Enkin; International Year of Quantum Science 2025 – Natasha van Bentum; Three Stars Dark Sky Festival – Kirsten Pedersen & Bill Weir; Events at the Centre of the Universe – Lauri Roche
Astronomy Cafe – Sep 16, 2024
Beginning Telescopes by Kirsten Pedersen, Bulk Orders for 2025 RASC publications are being taken by Lauri Roche, Saturn will be occulted by the Moon tomorrow morning, and planetary astrophotos by Brock Johnston.
Presentation: The Wombs of Pregnant Stars – Jess Speedie
Date/Time: Wednesday September 11, 2024 starting at 7:30PM Location: University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre, Lecture Theatre A104. Park in Lot 1 (pay parking) and cross Ring Road. The womb of a pregnant star is a vast rotating disk of cosmic gas
Astronomy Cafe – Sep 9, 2024
New attendees introduce themselves, Astronomy Cafe Volunteers are needed, FDAO star parties by Lauri Roche, Island Star Party recap by Randy Enkin, Mt. Kobau Star Party recap by Bill Weir, Three Stars Dark Sky Festival discussed, Saanich Fair reviewed by Marji Welchframe, Astrophotos by David Lee and Dave Payne, 10th anniversary of Enkin’s Daily Moon, and Sep 11 UVic presentation highlighted.
Astronomy Cafe – May 27, 2024
How to use online aurora prediction tools, upcoming astronomical events and reports from events just past. Our last Astro Cafe before the summer break.
Astronomy Cafe – May 13, 2024
Aurora displays observed and photographed by members, how aurora happen, upcoming events, and Cosmic Wonders book
Astronomy Cafe – May 6, 2024
Astronomy podcasts and videos members find interesting and informative, RASC General Assembly, monthly meeting at UVic, Hubble space telescope, astrophotography, events.
The Photographic Legacy of the DAO and John Stanley Plaskett – Dennis Crabtree
Date/Time: Wednesday May 8, 2024 starting at 7:30PM Location: University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre, Lecture Theatre A104. Park in Lot 1 (pay parking) and cross Ring Road. Transcript video of meeting presentation The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (DAO) is fortunate that John
Astronomy Cafe – April 29, 2024
RASC General Assembly, Vancouver Island Science Fair, Cosmic Wonder book, Astronomy Day, Solar Eclipse topics, astronomy history