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
January 2020 Speaker: From Baby Planets to Black Holes: ALMA Explores the Cold Universe
Dr. Gerald Schieven, NRC Herzberg 7:30 PM Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 Room A104, Bob Wright Centre, UVic The ALMA Observatory is a billion dollar multi-national astronomy facility located at high elevation in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. Its 66