August 21-23, 2015 Metchosin Municipal Grounds behind the Metchosin Fire Hall, 4440 Happy Valley Road, Victoria, BC, Canada – on beautiful Vancouver Island The weather was near perfect for our RASCals Star Party this year for both nights, Friday and Saturday.
Summer Star Parties at the DAO – Aug 8, 2015
Summer Saturdays at the DAO Program for Saturday, August 8, 2015 Event Info The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory is open from 7:30 to 11:00 pm with last entrance at 10:00 pm In the Centre of the Universe: Exhibits Open: 7:30 to
Summer Star Parties at the DAO – Aug 1, 2015
Summer Saturdays at the DAO Program for Saturday, August 1, 2015 Event Info The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory is open from 7:30 to 11:00 pm with last entrance at 10:00 pm In the Centre of the Universe: Exhibits Open: 7:30 to
Summer Star Parties at the DAO – July 25, 2015
Summer Saturdays at the DAO Program for Saturday, July 25, 2015 Event Info The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory is open from 7:30 to 11:00 pm with last entrance at 10:00 pm In the Centre of the Universe: Exhibits Open: 7:30 to
Summer Star Parties at the DAO – July 18, 2015
Summer Saturdays at the DAO Program for Saturday, July 18, 2015 Event Info The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory is open from 7:30 to 11:00 pm with last entrance at 10:00 pm In the Centre of the Universe: Exhibits Open: 7:30 to
New Horizons Pluto fly-by celebration – July 14th
Tuesday July 14 is going to be an historic day. The New Horizons spacecraft will make its long-awaited flyby of Pluto, obtaining the first closeup photos and data from this mysterious world. In honour of this event, I am arranging
President’s Message, June 2015
PLEASE NOTE: due to the lack of darkness at this time of year, our Saturday Evening Star Parties at the Observatory are now on scheduled hiatus until July 18th. Please join us then! May was quite a month! The Victoria
Monthly meeting speaker: “Slicing & Dicing Galaxies to Understand What Built Them Up” – Dr. Joel Roediger (NRC/Herzberg)
June 10, 2015, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting – Event Info Slicing & Dicing Galaxies to Understand What Built Them Up – Dr. Joel Roediger (NRC/Herzberg) As best we can define
Summer Star Parties at the DAO – May 30, 2015
Summer Saturdays at the DAO Program for Saturday, May 30, 2015 Event Info The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory is open from 7:30 to 11:00 pm with last entrance at 10:00 pm In the Centre of the Universe: Exhibits Open: 7:30 to
RASC Award for Excellence in Astronomy won by Gordon Head girl at Canada-Wide Science Fair
The Canada-Wide Science Fair was held in Fredericton in mid-May. The RASC sponsors two awards at the CWSF. The award is a $200 cash prize along with a certificate and a one year Youth membership in the Society (and a