Video transcript of meeting

• Thierry Legault’s Astrophoto Guide
• RASC GA and AGM – Registration site
• Geocaching and Public Outreach for Astronomy – Malcolm Scrimger
  • puzzle caches, cache on ISS, astronomy themed caches, geocoins
  • www.geocaching.com
• Summer Solstice – Randy Enkin
  • The Solstice happens at different times 
    • Actual time depends on time zone person is in
    • Gregorian calendar causes timing anomalies (Leap Years)
    • Earth’s eccentric orbit, astrophysical and geophysical components affects seasonal timing too
    • Sun setting angles in the north – https://metcam.navcanada.ca
• Astrophotography
  • Astrophotography SIG – John McDonald
    • This Thu 7:30PM
    • M101 Monthly Challenge
    • Beginners Introduction to planetary imaging and processing using PixInsight
  • Victoria Centre astrophoto – Brock Johnston
    • Ring Nebula M57 & galaxy (IC 1296) in the field using LRGB – Dave Payne
    • Ring Nebula M57 – more detail from narrowband Hydrogen (Ha), Oxygen, Sulphur wavelengths – Dave Payne
    • Visually observing the galaxy (IC 1296) – Dorothy Paul
    • Ring Nebula M57 – Brock Johnston
    • Eagle Nebula – narrowband using Hubble palette – Brock Johnston
    • Hercules Cluster M13 – Brock Johnston
    • Sunspot and granularity on Sun’s surface in Ha – John McDonald
    • Eagle Nebula M16 from Slooh Chile- Joe Carr
    • Recent astrophotos by Victoria Centre members
  • Edmonton Centre astrophotos – Dave Robinson
    • Dimming of Betelgeuse (ESO link) – Larry Wood 
    • Lightning storm June 15th – Stephen Olesen
• FDAO Star Party this Saturday (youtube & zoom) – new IMT building at the DAO – Lauri Roche
• Diane Bell’s astronomy equipment – Lauri Roche
• Variable Star visual observing – David Lee