Betelgeuse winked two years ago. The bright red shoulder star of Orion became noticeably dimmer and then recovered over a number of months. I prepared a presentation on this red giant for our Astro Cafe (2020-01-27) and included a note
Astronomy Cafe – Jan 24, 2020
Video transcript of meeting JWST Report – Chris Gainor Spacecraft now in orbit around L2 Telescope commissioning is now starting over the next six months Cooling the onboard instruments is critical Discussion about Black and White photography B&W Gallery by
Astronomy Cafe – Jan 17, 2022
Transcript video of the meeting Meeting notes A Woman of Astronomy – Marji Welchframe Urania, Muse of Astronomy Seal of the RASC – “Quo Ducit Urania” (i.e. where Urania leads, we follow) Urania is 1 of 9 Muses of the Arts in
Astronomy Cafe – Jan 10, 2022
Video transcript of meeting Lunar sketching & movie review – Randy Enkin Randy’s Lunar “scissors” sketch, compared with Mike Nash and Bill Weir photos of the same area “Don’t Look Up” popular movie on Netflix Amy Mainzer was the science advisor
Astronomy Cafe – Dec 6, 2021
Transcript video of the meeting Review next week’s presentation by Dr. Robert Thirsk – Chris Purse Connection to meeting will be through a waiting room Jeff Pivnick will host Link for this meeting will be unique, and emailed to all RASC Victoria
Astronomy Cafe – Nov 29, 2021
Meeting transcript video Astro Cafe hosting – Randy Enkin John has resigned as a meeting host, so we need a new second host Job description Send meeting link to members on the Skynews list Create a short slide show for Astrophotos
Astronomy Cafe – Nov 8, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Dr. Robert Thirsk speaker for Dec 13th – arranged by Jeff Pivnick 20 minute Q&A after online presentation Two Clusters from earlier this year – Dave Payne Double Cluster – 3-6 million years old, so stars are blue Caroline’s Rose in Cassiopeia
Astronomy Cafe – Nov 1, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Edmonton astrophotos – Dave Robinson Comet 67P and Crab Nebula – Alister Ling Pacman Nebula NGC 281 – Dennis Boucher David Lee Beginners’ SIG tomorrow night EAA SIG Thursday night Sky Brightness Survey Group has met
Astronomy Cafe – Oct 4, 2021
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
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