RASC - Victoria Centre

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Events - Victoria Centre meetings & observing events

Calendar of events for the month

Meeting Schedule

Astronomy Café - everyone welcome

Past Meetings - reference material

Skynews - our newsletter

Feb 2010 printable booklet (392kb pdf) or screen-readable (388kb pdf) Members Only

Past issues of Skynews - available to everyone

President's Message for February 2010

Astrophoto Galleries - astronomical photos and sketches from our members

Observing Highlights - what our members have observed, photographed and sketched recently

National eNews - a news feed from our national website containing late breaking news of interest to RASC members.

Observatory - Victoria Centre operates an observatory atop Observatory Hill

Job Jar - volunteer to help Victoria Centre by doing a job for us!

Members Only - latest issue of Skynews, meeting minutes & agendas, email lists (for RASC Victoria Centre members only)

School Telescope Program - outreach to schools

Light Pollution Abatement

Victoria Centre Council - who to contact

Membership is open to everyone with an interest in astronomy. You do not have to be an expert - we enjoy helping beginners! Joining the Victoria Centre of the Canada-wide RASC is easy - Applying for membership

International Year of Astronomy 2009 in Victoria

23,272 Galileo Moments for Victorians!

Plaskett photography - Jan 15, 2010 - The weather finally cooperated for Victoria Centre members, so they could use the 1.8m Plaskett telescope at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory to acquire photos of a wide variety of objects. Thanks to Dave Balam, our very capable telescope operator, it appears everyone had their chance to image some of the objects from their lists before the high haze took its toll on the seeing. Observing Highlights

The Bubble Nebula NGC 7635 - Jan 15, 2010

My first attempt at enhancing a LRGB image with hydrogen alpha through the VCO's TeleVue NP127is & a SBIG ST-2000XM CCD camera using LRGBHa Astrodon filters.

Charles Banville

Orion Nebula in H alpha - Jan 6, 2010

The Orion Nebula is a lovely sight visually and is strikingly beautiful when imaged in the light from the rich field of excited hydrogen gas that is feeding star formation in its core. Taken from Yellow Point Lodge, on southern Vancouver Island.

John McDonald

To read observing reports and see selected astrophotos taken by our members, please visit Observing Highlights

For current astrophotos and sketches and their narrative, please refer to: Zenfolio RASC Victoria Centre Astrophoto Galleries

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Last updated: February 08, 2010

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