Private Passions on BBC Radio – Natasha Van Bentum; Reporting for Lauri Roche by Marjie Welchframe; Observing – David Lee; Space Missions – Chris Gainor; Astrophotography by Ron Fisher, Darren Dolorme, Brock Johnston, Megan Meraz
Stars concert – Ensemble Laude; Victoria Centre Observatory; Occultation of Mars by the Moon; Japanese Gifts; 2027 Total Solar Eclipse tour in Egypt; Events; CU star parties; NOVA course.
UVic meeting – Wed, Jan 8, 2025; new members; observing certificates; The Moon Over Italy; astronomy puzzles; events; astronomy discussions.
Our next Astro Cafe meeting is on Jan 6th, 2025. Happy Holidays everyone! Video transcript of the meeting
Intro by David Lee; Astronomical Dusk in the Arctic – Chris Purse; Observatories and Observations in Japan – Brian Barber; Book Picks – David Lee and other members; Upcoming Events; Streetlight problems on Prospect Lake Road – Cameron Burton; PROBA-2 Coronograph – Randy Enkin.
Sunrise, Sunset, and Twilight – Randy Enkin; Star Formation – Dave Payne; A new member intro with a telescope show-and-tell – David; New Zealand Astronomy – Susan; Upcoming events – Lauri Roche, Kirsten Pedersen, David Lee…..
J.S. Plaskett and the Size of the Milky Way – Randy Enkin; Comet Tsuchishan-ATLAS – Reg Dunkley; Marc Garneau book signing at Bolen Books with Bob McDonald – Wyman Lee, Chris Gainor and Chris Purse; Observers Handbook – David Lee; Upcoming events
Origins of the Moon – Randy Enkin; Cloud Chamber – Alex Schmid; Asteroids named after UVic astronomers – Peter Jedicke; Cloudy Nights Astronomy Resource List – Lauri Roche.
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is a mission concept for a large UV/optical/near-infrared observatory to search for and characterize habitable planets beyond our solar system. With an expected launch in the 2040s, the mission’s main objective would be to identify and directly image at least 25 potentially habitable worlds.
One of the greatest benefits of membership in the Victoria Centre is that we get to meet and know some of the giants of Canadian astronomy. This centrewas founded under the tutelage of the father of Canadian astrophysics, John S.