The COVID-19 Pandemic affected the Victoria Centre and its members in many ways, most of them negative. In a positive vein, our weekly Astronomy Cafés were transformed from small in-person gatherings to larger get-togethers on Zoom, and today they are
Our 27th annual Island Star Party on the weekend of August 9 to 11 at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church in Saanichton has gone into the books as a success. Like everyone else, I got in some good observing and looked
Spring this year will always be remembered for the total solar eclipse of April 8 and the great auroral display of May 10-11. Even though those memorable events have been followed by June observing conditions best characterized as mixed, there
The month of May opened with all of us still talking about the total solar eclipse on April 8, an event that we all assumed would go down as the singular celestial highlight of this year. As the one-month anniversary
What else can I write about or even talk about other than that celestial event that took place on April 8? I had seen the 1979 eclipse in Manitoba and the 2017 eclipse in Oregon. After 2017, all us eclipse
Usually Victoria Centre Presidents serve two years and then move on to something else. Right now, things are a little different. Randy Enkin has just wrapped up three years as President and shifted to other jobs in the centre, including
This message marks my return to the presidency of the Victoria Centre after nearly 20 years away from the job. While it is not unprecedented for someone to serve separate terms as President of the Victoria Centre, it has only
It’s October! The nights are longer. The moon is higher. And lots of events are happening for our amateur astronomy community. The big one is the Annular Solar Eclipse which will happen on the morning of Saturday October 14. The
I’ve been something of an amateur astronomer since I was little. I like to say it was the Apollo missions that sparked my interest – all my friends wanted to be astronauts – but I thought the astronomers on the
We are members of this venerable institution because we share a bond of fascination with the wonders of the sky. I don’t think any of us joined the Centre to worry about the details of how it runs. These are