Back for 2016! The Victoria Centre will be hosting thirteen Saturday Evenings at the DAO, featuring guest speakers, solar and nighttime observing with telescopes provided by RASC-Victoria Centre volunteers, tours of the historic Plaskett telescope, and more! Rain or shine,
Monthly Meeting Speaker: Azadeh Fattahi, PhD Astronomy at UVic
January 13, 2016, 7:30PM, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre A104 – RASC Victoria Centre’s monthly meeting Event info “What dwarfs teach us about the galaxy formation” – Azadeh Fattahi, PhD Department of Physics and Astronomy at UVic The standard model
Total Solar Eclipse – August 21, 2017
![Total Solar Eclipse – August 21, 2017 2012 Total Solar Eclipse aboard the Paul Gauguin cruise ship, on the totality track south of New Caledonia Nov 14, 2012 200km south of New Caledonia in the Coral Sea](https://victoria.rasc.ca/media/2012JCXIMG-3050b.jpg)
A Total Solar Eclipse is a rare astronomical event, and it is even rarer for one to occur close to where you live. Those of us who live in the Pacific Northwest of North America will be favoured with such
Orion Nebula imaged by Dan Posey
M42 – Everything and the kitchen sink First off happy holidays! We have only had small windows of clear sky this month in Victoria, but I managed to gather a little bit of data about two weeks ago. I
New Horizons Pluto fly-by celebration – July 14th
![New Horizons Pluto fly-by celebration – July 14th New Horizons approaching Pluto](https://victoria.rasc.ca/media/NewHorizonsApproachingPluto.jpg)
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
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
Astronomy Day in Victoria April 25th, 2015
International Astronomy Day was celebrated in Victoria, BC, Canada Saturday, April 25th, 2015 10AM-4PM at the Royal BC Museum – daytime observing, interactive displays, presentations 8PM-11PM at the top of Observatory Hill – nighttime observing Event details Photos from this year’s
Astronomy Day – May 3, 2014
Time/Location: Saturday, May 3, 10am-4pm at the Royal BC Museum, and 8pm-11pm at Observatory Hill Event Poster (4.9Mb PDF) It was wonderful to see so many enjoy themselves! In spite of the cloudy weather during the day and evening, the Victoria Centre’s