Summer Saturdays at the DAO Program for Saturday, July 18, 2015 Event Info The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory is open from 7:30 to 11:00 pm with last entrance at 10:00 pm In the Centre of the Universe: Exhibits Open: 7:30 to
New Horizons Pluto fly-by celebration – July 14th
Tuesday July 14 is going to be an historic day. The New Horizons spacecraft will make its long-awaited flyby of Pluto, obtaining the first closeup photos and data from this mysterious world. In honour of this event, I am arranging
Summer Star Parties at the DAO – May 30, 2015
Summer Saturdays at the DAO Program for Saturday, May 30, 2015 Event Info The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory is open from 7:30 to 11:00 pm with last entrance at 10:00 pm In the Centre of the Universe: Exhibits Open: 7:30 to
DAO Summer Star Party – May 23, 2015
Summer Saturday Star Party Activities In the Dome: Tours of the historic dome and the Plaskett computer room begin every 20 minutes from 7:45 through to about 9:45 pm. After this the Plaskett telescope will be opened and visitors are
May 9, 2015 – Presentations at the CU
Presentations in the Centre of the Universe Auditorium Saturday, May 9, 2015 Speaker: Garry Sedun, HIA Presented as part of the Summer Star Parties on Observatory Hill event 8:15 pm – Weird Things in Space 1) Come and see how
Astronomy Day in Victoria April 25th, 2015
International Astronomy Day was celebrated in Victoria, BC, Canada Saturday, April 25th, 2015 10AM-4PM at the Royal BC Museum – daytime observing, interactive displays, presentations 8PM-11PM at the top of Observatory Hill – nighttime observing Event details Photos from this year’s
Summer Star Parties at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in 2015
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Victoria Centre with the support of The National Research Council of Canada, Herzberg Presents Summer Star Parties at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory 5071 West Saanich Road September 12th, 2015 7:30 PM TO 11:00 PM (Gates close
Messier Marathon – March 20 or 21, 2015
The Messier Marathon will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2015 here in Victoria, hosted by Michel Michaud, our Observing Co-Chair. If the weather looks poor for Saturday, Michel may move the event ahead a day to Friday night (the
Solar Eclipse Viewing – Oct 23, 2014
News Release 14 October 2014 RASC Victoria Plans Viewing of Solar Eclipse Thursday October 23 Members of the RASC Victoria Centre plan to have their telescopes and viewing equipment out on Mount Tolmie for the solar eclipse that
OUR STAR PARTY THIS WEEK – WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND IT!
HI RASCals – Our annual star party is coming up this week, and I urge you to support it. Event details Here’s why: 1. It is unique. It is literally an “urban star party” (“semi-urban?”) 2. It’s close. It’s twenty minutes from