Cassini’s Intriguing New Discoveries and the Design of Space Missions The Cassini Project Scientist and a Space Mission Architect Share Their Insights 7:30 PM Wednesday October 9th 2019, Flury Hall, Bob Wright Centre, UVic Cassini’s Intriguing New Discoveries Abstract: Dr.
September Speaker: Canada’s role in the next generation wide field spectroscopy
Dr. Alan McConnachie 7:30 PM Wednesday September 11th Room A104 Bob Wright Building, UVic The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT, 1979-) is a 3.6-metre class facility that has been a consistently productive and competitive instrument during its decades long life. Science evolves,
RASCals Star Party 2019
September 27-29, 2019 St. Stephen’s Anglican Church7921 St Stephens Road – off Mt. Newton Cross RoadSaanichton, BC, Canada 2019 RASCals Star Party poster (774kb PDF) Gates will open at 3pm on Friday. Camp on the field and setup your telescope for two
You are Invited to the Cowichan Valley Starfinders Star Party
Memories of Apollo 11 Lunar Landing from members
RASC Victoria Centre members who were old enough to have watched original television broadcasts and read the newspapers of the day, featuring the momentous landing of the Apollo 11 mission on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969 have some
50th Anniversary of Apollo 11
July 20th marks the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. Due to media attention a desire to take a closer look at the Moon may grow as this date approaches. Unfortunately the Moon will not rise until 11:14PM
June Speaker: Going Interstellar: When and How Will We Travel to the Nearest Stars?
Matthew Williams 7:30PM Wednesday, June 12th 2019 Room A104 Bob Wright Centre, UVic The dream of traveling to the nearest stars is one that has haunted the public imagination for centuries. But it has only been in the past few