Intro; New Members; Summer Astro Events; UVic Meeting ; The Green Flash; Astrophotos; Astro Cafe; Skynews.
Astronomy Cafe – Sep 8, 2025
Astronomy Cafe – Mar 31, 2025
Partial Solar Eclipse on Mar 29th – Randy Enkin; Beginners SIG & Observing – David Lee; Astronomy Day – David Lee, Kirsten Pedersen; UVic Presentation – April 9th – Kirsten Pedersen; RASC General Assembly – Apr 26-27 – Lauri Roche; Parker Solar Probe mission – Natasha van Bentum; Horsehead Nebula image, night sky bathing, new observatory – Garry Sedun; Skynews – April 2025 – review by Randy Enkin; Space News – Chris Gainor;Neptunian & Uranian Moons – Kirsten Pedersen; Astronomy discussion.
Astronomy Cafe – March 17, 2025
An Irish Eye – the Great Rosse Leviathon telescope – Reg Dunkley; Astronomy Events – Lauri Roche; Total Lunar Eclipse photographs and observations by members; Space News – Chris Gainor.
Total Lunar Eclipse 2025 – Observations
Observing reports and photos of this Total Lunar Eclipse by our members from locations on Vancouver Island and Nova Scotia. Everyone in North and South America were able to see this apparition.
Astronomy Cafe – Mar 10, 2025
New Observers to Visual Astronomy (NOVA) – Lauri Roche; Size of Solar System using Google Earth – CJ Sandoz; Lunar Eclipse – March 13-14, 2025 – Kirsten Pedersen & David Lee; Centre of the Universe News – Lauri Roche and Kirsten Pedersen; Ellen Harding Baker’s “Solar System” Quilt – Natasha Van Bentum; Moon & Venus photos from Maui, Hawai’i – Dave Payne; *Astronomy at Cattle Point; Presentation at UVic Bob Wright A104 – March 12th, 7:30PM – Exploring the Europa Clipper Mission by Tess Grindlay .
Astronomy Cafe – March 3, 2025
Observing Mercury from Victoria – Feb 28th – David Lee & Kirsten Pedersen; Observing Opportunities – David Lee; Astronomy Day – May 3 – Randy Enkin; Astrophotos (Sep 2024 images from Cattle Point) – Ken McGill; The Problem with Lunar Eclipse Crater Timing (Citizen Science) – Randy Enkin; Space Mission News – Chris Gainor.
President’s Message – Feb 2025
This month a new Council will take over the affairs of the Victoria Centre and move us into the second quarter of this century. Many of the people in the new Council will be the same as in recent years,
Astronomy Cafe – Jan 13, 2025
Stars concert – Ensemble Laude; Victoria Centre Observatory; Occultation of Mars by the Moon; Japanese Gifts; 2027 Total Solar Eclipse tour in Egypt; Events; CU star parties; NOVA course.
President’s Message – May 2024
The month of May opened with all of us still talking about the total solar eclipse on April 8, an event that we all assumed would go down as the singular celestial highlight of this year. As the one-month anniversary
Astronomy Cafe – April 29, 2024
RASC General Assembly, Vancouver Island Science Fair, Cosmic Wonder book, Astronomy Day, Solar Eclipse topics, astronomy history