Transcript video Views from Doug Hardy’s Deck David Lee’s Creamsicle Moon Could Creamsicles overtake Viva Puffs to become the favourite Astro Cafe summer treat? Penumbral Eclipse July 4. 2020 Billed as a subtle eclipse the penumbral shadow is subtle. What
Astronomy Cafe – June 29, 2020
Video transcript of the whole 1-hour meeting. More Lunar Photos from Mike Nash Two more beautiful lunar images from Mike. Check them out and zoom in! https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-rsJ3pkb/0/c0e69a9c/O/i-rsJ3pkb.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-QmJGhnz/0/2d67596c/O/i-QmJGhnz.jpg Balcony Astronomy from Edmonton – Abdur Anwar June 21st Annular Eclipse of
Astronomy Cafe – June 22, 2020
More Noctilucent Cloud Sightings from Edmonton’s Alister Ling UVic Open House Presentation: Using Telescopes as Time Machines Be sure to catch the following UVic Webinar that begins at 7:30PM on Wednesday June 24th: Using Telescopes as Time Machines by Nishith
Astronomy Cafe – June 15, 2020
Sketching by Victoria Centre Members Online collection of astro sketches created by our members Phillip Teece’s Messier Sketches – observations from 1973 to 1978 from Victoria Diane Bell Dorothy Paul Kuiper belt talk at the Wednesday Night UVic Astronomy Open
Astronomy Cafe – June 8, 2020
A new sunspot! There is a new sunspot on the Sun after three months of being spotless! Both Bill Weir and Joe Carr captured this apparition. More info on SpaceWeather.com for June 6, 2020. Golden Week of Webinars in Astrophysics
President’s Message June 2020
President’s Report June 2020 The abrupt onset of the pandemic introduced a wave of uncertainty. There is a growing realization that the impacts will continue for some time. Most Victoria Centre activities including monthly meetings, VCO observing sessions and Saturday
President’s Message May 2020
President’s Message May 2020 During the early dawn of February 16th I obtained a glimpse of the future. After months of almost perpetual overcast, skies finally cleared. While looking northward towards Cassiopeia I noticed a long precession of fairly bright
President’s Message April 2020
The tipping point occurred near the 15th, the Ides of March. Just a few days earlier at the Victoria Centre Monthly Meeting 50 RASCals enjoyed the entertaining talk by Dr. Tyrone Woods which involved both supernovae and sword fights. While
March 2020 Speaker: When Stars Explode: Understanding Supernovae from Tycho to Today
Dr. Tyrone Woods 7:30PM Wednesday March 11th 2020, Room A104 Bob Wright Centre, UVic In 1572, a new “star” appeared in the sky that forever changed the way we think about the Universe. Identified by famed Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe,
President’s Message March 2020
This is the inaugural Presidents message for my second and final term as President of the Victoria Centre of RASC. I would like to thank members of the Council and other active members for their support in the past year.