RASC Victoria Centre is selling a rare antiquarian star atlas from our library: Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way – by Edward Emerson Barnard Published by Carnegie Institution of Washington 1927 Part I – Photographs and Descriptions Part II
Encore! Encore! The RASC Victoria Centre, in partnership with Friends of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, the National Research Council of Canada, and Science Literacy Week, present one final Saturday evening Star Party at the DAO, on Saturday September 24th. All
Welcome to September! Goodness…is it just me, or did summer go by really quickly?! Maybe it’s because we had such a great time at the DAO and our other public events? In spite of some pretty sketchy weather early on,
September 14, 2016, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Event info “Stardust: the cosmic seeds of life ” – Prof. Sun Kwok, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong How did
August 26-28, 2016 At the Metchosin Municipal Grounds behind the Metchosin Fire Hall 4440 Happy Valley Road, Victoria, BC, Canada Gates will open at 12pm noon on Friday. Camp on the field and setup your telescope. Cost: Free of charge! RASC
August 13, 2016 Star Party at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory on Observatory Hill, Victoria, BC, Canada Sherry Buttnor What a night at the DAO! If you thought it was extra busy, you are right: we wowed 257 visitors this evening!
Just a reminder that our friends at the Cowichan Valley Starfinders are hosting their own terrific summer star party this coming weekend, August 5th – 7th! Always a great event! Location: Bright Angel Park in the Cowichan Valley More info: http://starfinders.ca/island-star-party
Dr. Alan Batten joined the Victoria Centre in 1962, three years after his 1959 arrival in Canada as a postdoctoral fellow at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (DAO) following his undergraduate (St. Andrew’s University) and graduate (University of Manchester) studies
June! It started off more like Juneuary, but as I write this, it’s full-on summer heat outside, and the first clear Saturday evening for our summer star parties at the DAO since we opened. Despite the first three Saturdays being
June 8, 2016, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Event info “Exploring exoplanetary systems with the Gemini Planet Imager” – Zach Draper, UVic Astronomy The Gemini Planet Imager is an instrument designed to