Video transcript of meeting
- ISS Transits of the Moon – Randy Enkin
- Enkins Daily Moon on Facebook
- Lunar Eclipse and Solar Eclipse with ISS transiting – Thierry Legault
- ISS Transit Finder
- Photo of the ISS and Mars – by Tom Glenn
- Hubble status – Chris Gainor
- Hubble HST Computer Problem is solved with the swap to the backup Control Unit/Science Data Formatter
- First images from rebooted Hubble
- Operating on 3 out of 6 gyros
- James Webb and Kepler space telescopes discussed
- FDAO Star Party – Lauri Roche
- Solar observing early at 7:30PM – David Lee & Sid Sidhu
- 8-11PM this Saturday – history of the Plaskett telescope by Dan Posey
- Scott Wilkinson and Dennis Crabtree – narrator and Ask An Astronomer
- Event info
- RASC National – Lauri Roche
- RASC Robotic telescope demo of acquiring exoplanet data – Samantha Hewitt and Jenna Hinds -Wed nights starting in August – more info
- Aug 29th – EPO Astrophotography processing workshop for data from the Mars Perseverance mission – info pending
- Diane Bell Tribute – planned for Aug 15th, Sunday afternoon at the Aviation Museum – tour by Gord Bell
- UVic Observatory Open House this Wednesday evening – David Lee
- NOVA – New Observers of Visual Astronomy program – Lauri Roche
- Modules are being revamped so it is both virtual and in-person
- Being done over about four months
- Edmonton photo – noctilucent clouds – presented by Dave Robinson
- Victoria Centre photos
- Venus & Mars conjunction – Mike Webb
- Solar prominences & surface features – John McDonald
- Test photos using the new telescopes at Victoria Centre observatory – John McDonald
- Observing Planets
- Planets in good positions at 3AM
- Visual observing of planets at more civilized hours coming up in a few weeks’ time
- Moon observers – Lauri Roche
- Completing the RASC Lunar Observing programs
- Lunar atlases that are useful for finding features
- The Last Stargazers a book by Emily Levesque – David Lee
- Resuming in-person meetings discussed
- Astronomy Cafe in Fairfield – likely to resume mid-September in hybrid form (online & in-person)
- Monthly meetings at UVic – no plans in place yet
- Annual picnic at Pearson College observatory – possibly late August, depending on Bill Weir’s schedule