Intro and Important Reminders – Chris Purse
Astro Imaging Corner No 151 from Edmonton Centre – Alistair Ling
Plaskett’s Director’s House – Dennis Crabtree
Events – David Lee & Lauri Roche
Astrophotos – Dave Payne
Jeremy Hansen’s mission patch – Natasha van Bentum
Artemis II Mission to the Moon Update – Chris Gainor
Astronomy from Namibia – Alistair Ling
Intro and New Members – Lauri Roche
Sid’s Books – Lauri Roche
Remembering Mark Tovey – Peter Jedicke
Coordinated Universal Time and UTC, GMT and all that – Jeff Pivnick
Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) – Randy Enkin
Artemis II Mission to the Moon – Chris Gainor
Jeremy Hansen’s mission patch – Natasha van Bentum
Aurora and hunt for Comet 24p/Schaumasse – Jan 20th early morning – David Lee
VCO Jan 23 Observing Report – David Lee and Reg Dunkley
Events – Lauri Roche
Intro and New Members – Jeff Pivnick
Remembering John McDonald
Sid Sidhu’s Legacy Astronomy Gear – David Lee
New Zealand: Ventures in Astronomy and iPhone Astrophotography in the Southern Hemisphere – Chris Purse
Astrophoto of the Horsehead Nebula – Vince Geisler
Current Solar Wind and Possible Aurora – Randy Enkin
Intro and New Members – David Lee
What’s up in the solar system in 2026 – Phil Stooke
Risk of Satellite Collision or “Fall” – Jeff Pivnick
Events – Kevin Bertles, Randy Enkin, Lauri Roche
If you’re an astro-photographer, you’ll get it: you never have the right connector, adapter or spacer. I’m getting out of the hobby and willing to part with a huge collection of miscellaneous spacers and adapters. I’m even throwing in a 12mm illuminated reticle, worth the price of this collection alone.
This mono CMOS camera is one of the most sensitive and efficient astro cameras available with peak QE reaching 84%. The sensor diagonal size is 15.86 mm for approx. 20.48M-effective pixel. It is cooled, and has a 256MB DDR3 memory
Complete with tripod, 8×50 finder scope, 90 degree diagonal eyepiece adapter, eyepieces and accessories. 1 ¼” eyepieces included: Accessories Asking $650 Contact Chuck Filtness – email or 778-533-7622 – Saanich Personal advertising appears on RASC Victoria Centre’s website as a
Excellent condition – complete with plastic container The Pentax SMC XW10 is a premium 10mm, 1.25-inch astronomical eyepiece featuring a 70-degree apparent field of view, 20mm eye relief, and high-refraction, extra-low-dispersion lanthanum glass. It uses SMC multi-coating for >90% light
Selling a bunch of astronomy equipment due to upgrades! Victoria buyers preferred, but shipping can be discussed. $450 – Canon T5i $250 – Optolong L-enhance Canon clip-in duo band filter $200 – Askar C1 and C2 2″ duo band filter
December 22 at 19:00: Informal Astro Café. On-line only! No host, no video recording or notes, but good old conviviality. Same Zoom link as always. NO ASTRO CAFE ON DECEMBER 29. Video recording of meeting