telescope – RASC Victoria

Astronomy Cafe – Jan 26, 2026

Velocity, gravity & ground clocks as they relate to GPS satellites

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
A 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

Astronomy Cafe – Jan 19, 2026

John McDonald - self-portrait observing from the Victoria Centre Observatory with red lights and a dark sky above

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

Astronomy Cafe – Jan 12, 2026

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

FOR SALE: Connectors, adapters & spacers and a Reticle – $95

Connectors, adapters and spacers for astronomy gear

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.

FOR SALE: ZWO ASI 183MM Pro camera – $700

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

FOR SALE: Skywatcher 120mm telescope, EQ3 mount & accessories – $650

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

FOR SALE: SMC XW Pentax 10mm eyepiece – $350

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

FOR SALE: Canon T5i, duo band filters, Askar Astrograph, Ioptron mount

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

Astronomy Cafe – Dec 15, 2025

Plaskett Telescope Virtual Reality - Darren Delorme

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

Astronomy Cafe – Dec 8, 2025

The upgraded 16" Centre of the Universe (CU) Boller & Chivens telescope

Intro & new attendees – Lauri Roche; Upcoming Astronomy Cafes – Randy Enkin; Astrophotography and 16″ CU telescope upgrades – Brock Johnston; Geminid Meteor Shower in 2014 – Reg Dunkley; The Week That Shaped Astronomy in Victoria – Dennis Crabtree; Newcombe Singers Concert – Randy Enkin; Mizar (and friends) – binary stars – Randy Enkin

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