Video meeting transcript Canadian Women Astronomers – Marjie Welchframe Dr. Victoria Kaspi Moved to Canada when she was 7 years old McGill & Canadian Space Agency X-ray astronomy expert Herzberg Canada Gold Metal winner for 2016 Astronomers Find a ‘Break’ in
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 – 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 – 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
Astronomy Cafe – Sep 13, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Astro Cafe is not going to in-person meetings until the health regulations relax – contact Chris Purse or Randy Enkin if you have thoughts on how to move forward History of Women in Astronomy – Marjie
President’s Message – August 2021
I’ve had a couple of requests this summer to help friends who have never seen Saturn through a telescope with their own eyes before. One of them was lent the wonderful 1970s Tasco 60mm refractor that I bought off Reg
President’s Message – July 2021
Do we ever get tired of the view? I recently picked up my niece from the airport. When we got our first sight of the Olympic Mountains towering over the Juan de Fuca Strait, she asked if people in Victoria
Astronomy Cafe – June 21, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Thierry Legault’s Astrophoto Guide RASC GA and AGM – Registration site Geocaching and Public Outreach for Astronomy – Malcolm Scrimger puzzle caches, cache on ISS, astronomy themed caches, geocoins www.geocaching.com Summer Solstice – Randy Enkin The Solstice
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