Meeting transcript video Astro Cafe hosting – Randy Enkin John has resigned as a meeting host, so we need a new second host Job description Send meeting link to members on the Skynews list Create a short slide show for Astrophotos
Astronomy Cafe – Nov 22, 2021
Video transcript of the meeting Astrophotography SIG – intro by John McDonald Special Interest Group meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month Challenge project – processing the recent Plaskett data Martin Gisborne – a short journey to astrophotography Professional
Astronomy Cafe – Nov 15, 2021
Video transcript of meeting The Last Stargazers – Dr. Emily M Levesque – intro by David Lee A bird that mimicked a black hole. The astronomer that discovered microwave ovens. A telescope that got shot. The science of astronomy is filled
Astronomy Cafe – Nov 8, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Dr. Robert Thirsk speaker for Dec 13th – arranged by Jeff Pivnick 20 minute Q&A after online presentation Two Clusters from earlier this year – Dave Payne Double Cluster – 3-6 million years old, so stars are blue Caroline’s Rose in Cassiopeia
Astronomy Cafe – Nov 1, 2021
Video transcript of meeting Edmonton astrophotos – Dave Robinson Comet 67P and Crab Nebula – Alister Ling Pacman Nebula NGC 281 – Dennis Boucher David Lee Beginners’ SIG tomorrow night EAA SIG Thursday night Sky Brightness Survey Group has met
Astronomy Cafe – Oct 18, 2021
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 – 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 – August 23, 2021
Transcript video of the meeting Mark Wheen at Pearson College wants to train some people to operate the 25″ telescope – members should contact Bill Weir if interested Astrophotos from Victoria Centre members Intro from John McDonald Brock Johnston –
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