Transcript video of meeting Dr. Michelle Kunimoto is a postdoctoral associate working on NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)mission. She leads the Quick Look Pipeline team at MIT which is dedicated to analyzing TESS data to discover and characterize exoplanets. As an undergraduate,
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 – 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 – July 26, 2021
Video transcript of meeting The Heart of the Crab Nebula – Reg Dunkley M1 sketched by Philip Teece Images by Reg, John McDonald, Garry Sedun, and other members Image and 3D model from CFHT – SITELLE spectrograph Various analysis of the
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 – July 5, 2021
Meeting transcript video Intro – Chris Purse Next week’s Astro Cafe – Lunar session – Randy Enkin & Mike Nash Photos of the July 4th fireworks from Lopez Island by Randy Enkin Astrophotography of the Year 2021 – Royal Observatory,
Astronomy Cafe – June 14, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Annular Eclipse – review of photos Iqaluit photos by David Aglukark & Vinnie Karetak – presented by Chris Purse Worldwide photo collection – presented by Randy Enkin CRD Bike Trail Widening & Lighting – Dave Robinson Dave has
Astronomy Cafe – June 7, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Chit chat Planetary imaging discussion Saanich News reporting Lucky Budd’s daytime shot of Jupiter RASC GA & AGM – Chris Gainor Last weekend in June 25-28 Good speakers on all four days Sunday 3PM – AGM
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
Astronomy Day 2021
A celebration of International Astronomy Day in Victoria, BC, Canada was held on May 15, 2021 as a virtual online event, sponsored by the Friends of the DAO and RASC Victoria Centre. Hundreds of people attended this live-streamed 4-hour event