Transcript video of the meeting Meeting notes A Woman of Astronomy – Marji Welchframe Urania, Muse of Astronomy Seal of the RASC – “Quo Ducit Urania” (i.e. where Urania leads, we follow) Urania is 1 of 9 Muses of the Arts in
Astronomy Cafe – Jan 10, 2022
Video transcript of meeting Lunar sketching & movie review – Randy Enkin Randy’s Lunar “scissors” sketch, compared with Mike Nash and Bill Weir photos of the same area “Don’t Look Up” popular movie on Netflix Amy Mainzer was the science advisor
Astronomy Cafe – Dec 20, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Updates – Chris Gainor James Webb Space Telescope – launch on Dec 24th 4:20AM – NASA TV & Youtube live streaming Parker Solar Probe – 5 min video from NASA RASC Board of Directors reportNational office moved last
Astronomy Cafe – Dec 13, 2021
Mission to Mars – Dr. Robert Thirsk Deep space missions being planned – returning to lunar orbit, the Moon’s surface, and onward to Mars Maintaining the health of astronauts will be a significant challenge to the missions Mars atmosphere is thick
Astronomy Cafe – Dec 6, 2021
Transcript video of the meeting Review next week’s presentation by Dr. Robert Thirsk – Chris Purse Connection to meeting will be through a waiting room Jeff Pivnick will host Link for this meeting will be unique, and emailed to all RASC Victoria
Astronomy Cafe – Nov 29, 2021
Meeting transcript video Astro Cafe hosting – Randy Enkin John has resigned as a meeting host, so we need a new second host Job description Send meeting link to members on the Skynews list Create a short slide show for Astrophotos
Astronomy Cafe – Nov 22, 2021
Video transcript of the meeting Astrophotography SIG – intro by John McDonald Special Interest Group meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month Challenge project – processing the recent Plaskett data Martin Gisborne – a short journey to astrophotography Professional
Astronomy Cafe – Nov 15, 2021
Video transcript of meeting The Last Stargazers – Dr. Emily M Levesque – intro by David Lee A bird that mimicked a black hole. The astronomer that discovered microwave ovens. A telescope that got shot. The science of astronomy is filled