Transcript video of meeting Canadian France Hawaii Telescope Virtual Tour at UVic Observatory Open House At 7:30PM on Wednesday November 25th, Cam Wipper, Remote Observer, at the CFHT will give us a virtual tour of the observatory and the telescope,
Astronomy Cafe – Monday November 16th 2020
Video transcript of the meeting Diane Bell memorial FDAO Saturday Star Party zoom event UVic Observatory Open House – Lisa Wells, CFHT Remote Observer, talks about Supernovae You are invited to a Zoom presentation by Lisa Wells at 7:30 PM
Diane Bell -1953-2020 – In Memoriam
Diane Eleanor Bell, joined RASC in 2010 It is with sadness that I announce the sudden passing of Diane Bell. The Victoria Centre has lost one of its most active members. Diane was a positive spirit who radiated a sense
Astronomy Cafe – Jun 8 – Nov 9, 2020
November 9, 2020 Monthly meeting – announcements & reports – Reg Dunkley & others Four Decades Beneath the Shadow of the Moon – Jay Anderson Review of Astro Cafe web page – John McDonald’s M27 wide field photo, public lecture
Astronomy Cafe – November 9th 2020
Transcript video of the Zoom meeting Image of Dumbbell Nebula From New VCO Telescope by John McDonald Public Lecture on latest discoveries regarding cosmology: 7PM Tuesday Nov. 10th Jim Hesser recommends this public lecture by Joel Primack, prof. emeritus UC
President’s Message November 2020
Skyrocketing cases of Covid and disturbing developments south of the border have stoked our levels of anxiety. As an antidote to these concerns it is high time for a good news story. Let’s revisit a happy moment in 2017 when
Astronomy Cafe – November 2nd 2020
Meeting transcript recording UVic Observatory Open House: “Messy Stellar Siblings” You are invited to a Zoom presentation at 7:30PM on Wednesday November 4th by Dr Melissa Graham from the Vera Rubin Observatory. The title is “Messy Stellar Siblings” and the
Astronomy Cafe – October 26th 2020
Video transcript of meeting Maritime Museum development proposal Nominate Alex Schmid for upcoming Victoria Council by-election – email UVic Astronomy Open House Wednesday October 28th: Deep (Machine) Learning with Neural Networks by Karun Thanjavur (UVic) You are invited this Zoom
Astronomy Cafe – October 19, 2020
Transcript video of the online meeting. Kevin is a friend of Ken Mallory. Presented by Chris Purse Astrophotography by the Victoria Camera Club members – John McDonald John introduced VCC members who participated in his astrophoto workshop, which was two
President’s Message October 2020
Have you noticed that the red planet has received the lion’s share of planetary press coverage lately? In July 2020 three Martian space missions were launched: The United Arab Emirates mission will place an advanced weather satellite, called Hope, in