Transcript video Comet NEOWISE C/2020 F3 RASC Victoria members’ photos of Comet NEOWISE C/2020 F3 More Victoria RASCal images and sketches of Comet NEOWISE C/2020 F3 Useful Comet Websites The following websites are a rich source of information about visible
Astronomy Cafe – July 6, 2020
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
January 2020 Speaker: From Baby Planets to Black Holes: ALMA Explores the Cold Universe
Dr. Gerald Schieven, NRC Herzberg 7:30 PM Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 Room A104, Bob Wright Centre, UVic The ALMA Observatory is a billion dollar multi-national astronomy facility located at high elevation in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. Its 66
December Speaker: The lives and deaths of galaxies — more than just a metaphor
Dr. Marcin Sawicki 7:30 PM Wednesday, December 11th, 2019 Room A104, Bob Wright Centre, UVic Astronomers often say that galaxies were “born” soon after the Big Bang, that they “live” while they are forming new stars, and that they “die”
2019 Transit of Mercury
This transit of Mercury will be well underway when the Sun rises at 7:00AM on November 11th. Observers in our location on the west coast of Canada will need to get up early and setup in the dark or pre-dawn,
Astronomy Day 2019 in Victoria
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and the Royal BC Museum present International Astronomy Day at the Royal BC Museum Press Release Saturday, April 27, 2019 Amazing Astronomical Activities for all Ages! All Astronomy Day activities are FREE and available