- 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
- Dr. Victoria Kaspi
- Astronomers Find a ‘Break’ in One of the Milky Way’s Spiral Arms – Dorothy Paul
- High pitch angle structure in the Sagittarius Arm – Gaia data & Spitzer IR telescope
- Astronomy and Astrophysics – scientific paper
- Sketches by Dorothy & Howard Banich (S&T)
- Astronomical Drawing presentation by Howard Banich
- Randy Enkin
- Triumph at Saturn (Parts 1 & 2) – Cassini Mission – NASA JPL
- Dating the Viking settlement L’Anse aux Meadows with a solar flare
- The Norse Discovery of America – Anne Stine Ingstad, Helge Ingstad
- Carbon dating – how it works
- Record Maritime Bomb – Oct 24-25, 2021 – Reg Dunkley
- Low pressure weather event hitting us over the last couple of days
- Maritime Bomb caused by energy sources: colder air from the north moving south; hurricanes from the south
- Mesoscale Wind Forecast – better resolution models showing SE winds in Georgia, Haro and Juan de Fuca Straits
- Review of weather data from buoys and weather stations
- Weather system time lapses & video
- Edmonton Astrophotos – Dave Robinson
- M31 redone using PixInsight – Denis Bouche
- Coathanger area – Alister Ling
- Events & SIGs – David Lee
- Astrophotography SIG this Wed – John McDonald
- Makers SIG (7PM), then RASC Light Pollution Survey (8PM) this Thursday – David Lee
- FDAO AGM (7PM) & Star Party (8PM) this Saturday – Lauri Roche
- NRC meeting with W̱SÁNEĆ Elders on Friday – James di Francesco
- Astrophotos – Brock Johnston
- M33 – Triangulum Galaxy – Oct 8th
- Soul Nebula – Oct 11th
Transcript video of the online meeting
- Photos from Edmonton – Dave Robinson
- Noctilucent Clouds – Alister Ling, Bruce McCurdy, Tom Owen’s daughter
- Diffraction corona on setting Sun – Eric Klaszus
- Bubble Nebula – Tom Owen
- Impressions of the GA and AGM
- Another virtual GA for next year – Chris Purse
- Gather Town
- a challenge to use by some attendees
- tablet app was beta – difficult to use – Bill Weir
- could easily locate or follow people
- Tours on Monday were excellent
- Presenters were very good – Reg Dunkley & David Lee
- A generational transition is happening within RASC – Chris Gainor
- nextGen committee
- Invite Karun’s students and Vic High students to get involved in Victoria Centre
- AGM – Chris Gainor
- Robyn Foret and Chris Gainor will be retiring next year
- 3 new board members: Betty Robinson, Malhar Kendurkar, Michael Watson (all 3 year terms)
- Next GA in 2022 will be mainly virtual
- 2023 should return to an in-person event
- 2024 possibly with Astronomical League in Toronto
- Andrew MacIntosh, a non-member from Victoria won an astrophotography award
- Trouble with Hubble – Chris Gainor
- Payload computer problems, but main computer is still alive
- Goddard staff will very likely fix or workaround the current problem
- Latest Hubble updates
- Photos of the Saturn & Jupiter with the Full Moon – Randy Enkin
- Hot Weather Ending – Reg Dunkley
- Lee Trough is causing the circulation for the current hot weather in our area
- Cloud currently offshore from Washington and Oregon will move north over Vancouver Island, which will shut down the hot outflow over us
- Warm air dome will move eastward