RASC Victoria

There is not much to report this month, aside from confirming that the hum you hear in the background is Victoria Centre’s 2014 General Assembly committees working away as the June date nears. Remember too, that we have decided to

The long-awaited meeting of November 23, organized by Lana Popham (and her assistant, Samuel Godfrey, whom she has committed will stay on to help the “stakeholders”), occurred as scheduled. I suppose that one does not want to be overly optimistic,

The closing of the Centre of the Universe remains a big disappointment for members of Victoria Centre, to say nothing of its former staff, supporters within the NRC, kids, science-minded parents, teachers, schools, and other members of this community. Lana

About the only thing to report to have happened since last month is that Jim Hesser and Eric Chisholm, on behalf of the NRC/DAO, UVic, and RASC Victoria Centre, submitted a proposal to the Royal British Columbia Museum seeking the

The conversation during the two months that were our summer break was dominated by the announcement of the NRC that the Centre of the Universe was closing at the end of August, supposedly for what could be called “budgetary reasons.”

The next three months could be called the “Star Party Months.” Indeed, there are two of them easily available to us here on the island, and two more a scenic day’s drive away. For the more star-crazed among us, another

Although somewhat modestly attended, our International Astronomy Day 2013 event April 27 at the University of Victoria was a success. It was busy with families and lots of kids of all ages. Pearson College was well represented. University astronomers tended to the

There is little to report on the observing front other than that two wonderfully clear March nights appeared amidst the cloudy/rainy/windy and moonlit drear that is our winter season. These two nights enabled me to check off two more objects