Video transcript of meeting Milky Way from Cattle Point – a photo showing no stars, just galaxies – Nathan Hellner-Mestelman Women in Astronomy – Marjie Welchframe Isabel Williamson has an asteroid named after her Dava Sobel also has an asteroid
President’s Message – September 2021
Carolyn Shoemaker died last month. After her children had grown up and she was 51 years old, she started her astronomy career. She helped establish the Palomar Asteroid and Comet Survey, and for decades she studied the photographic plates coming
Astronomy Cafe – Sept 27, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Women Astronomers – Marjie Welchframe Dr. Michelle Kunimoto, age 27, lives in Vancouver Works (post doc) for MIT’s NASA Mission Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Jan 2020 Lunar Eclipse photos – Nathan Hellner-Mestelman The Shadow of the Earth
Astronomy Cafe – Sep 20, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Remembering Ed Maxfield – David Lee Earth – Potentially Habitable Planet – Nathan Hellner-Mestelman Earth is pretty small…some comparisons with larger celestial objects Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Alpha Centauri, the Sun, Sirius, Vega, Bellatrix, Pollux, Sagittarius A, Beta
Astronomy Cafe – Sep 13, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Astro Cafe is not going to in-person meetings until the health regulations relax – contact Chris Purse or Randy Enkin if you have thoughts on how to move forward History of Women in Astronomy – Marjie
President’s Message – August 2021
I’ve had a couple of requests this summer to help friends who have never seen Saturn through a telescope with their own eyes before. One of them was lent the wonderful 1970s Tasco 60mm refractor that I bought off Reg
Astronomy Cafe – August 23, 2021
Transcript video of the meeting Mark Wheen at Pearson College wants to train some people to operate the 25″ telescope – members should contact Bill Weir if interested Astrophotos from Victoria Centre members Intro from John McDonald Brock Johnston –
Astronomy Cafe – Aug 16, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Location, Location, Location (Plaskett history) – Dennis Crabtree, NRC Herzberg John Stanley Plaskett – took lots of photos Site testing for proposed 72″ telescope used a Cooke 4.5″ equatorially-mounted telescope, mainly operated by W.E. Harper Plaskett’s 1913
Astronomy Cafe – August 9, 2021
Transcript video of meeting Randy Enkin Mars Retrograde – July 7, 2020 to Jan 27, 2021 at 7-day intervals from the Phillipines Meteor shower in real time from Mauna Kea, Hawaii ISS Synchronized Swimming Program and other space Olympics Announcements
President’s Message – July 2021
Do we ever get tired of the view? I recently picked up my niece from the airport. When we got our first sight of the Olympic Mountains towering over the Juan de Fuca Strait, she asked if people in Victoria