Ah 2021. What a strange trip around the Sun! I am writing this letter on the day of the winter solstice. There is a waning gibbous moon shining high in the east, when I go to bed, and it is
Astronomy Cafe – Dec 20, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Updates – Chris Gainor James Webb Space Telescope – launch on Dec 24th 4:20AM – NASA TV & Youtube live streaming Parker Solar Probe – 5 min video from NASA RASC Board of Directors reportNational office moved last
Astronomy Cafe – Nov 22, 2021
Video transcript of the meeting Astrophotography SIG – intro by John McDonald Special Interest Group meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month Challenge project – processing the recent Plaskett data Martin Gisborne – a short journey to astrophotography Professional
President’s Message – Nov 2021
Everybody should have a good astro-project on the go. My current one concerns the timing of lunar eclipses. Solar eclipse geography and timing is known with remarkable precision. So much so that people, including many members of our RASC community,
President’s Message – October 2021
Questions, Answers, and Questions One satisfaction of astronomy is the sense of continuity with astronomers from all over the world and spanning the decades, centuries, and millennia. The wonders of the sky fill us with awe and provoke so many
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 – July 19, 2021
Video transcript of meeting ISS Transits of the Moon – Randy Enkin Enkins Daily Moon on Facebook Lunar Eclipse and Solar Eclipse with ISS transiting – Thierry Legault ISS Transit Finder Photo of the ISS and Mars – by Tom
Astronomy Cafe – June 28, 2021
Transcript video of the online meeting Photos from Edmonton – Dave Robinson Noctilucent Clouds – Alister Ling, Bruce McCurdy, Tom Owen’s daughter Diffraction corona on setting Sun – Eric Klaszus Bubble Nebula – Tom Owen Impressions of the GA and
Astronomy Cafe – May 31, 2021
Video transcript of the meeting CRD lighting of Galloping Goose Trail from Selkirk Water to Lochside/Borden and Spectrum School – Chris Purse & Dave Robinson Dave has given CRD feedback – dark adaption is adequate, so opposed Members should give
President’s Message – May 2021
Part of the fun of amateur astronomy is getting caught up in “rabbit holes”. You see something on Facebook, that gets you looking up articles in the popular press, and then into academic publications, and they lead you in a