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Presentations made at past monthly meetings and events often include audio
or video material that is of interest to our members - whether they attend these
meetings or not. In the interest of broadcasting this material as widely
as possible, please find below links to each presentation Victoria Centre has
hosted. Please also refer to our collection of
Online Articles for other interesting
astronomical material.
2013
 | Jan 9, 2013 - Cosmic train wrecks: when
galaxies collide - Jillian Scudder |
| Feb 13, 2013 - "Understanding Dark
Energy Using New Instrumentation for Precision Photometry Calibration: The
ALTAIR Project" - Justin Albert |
| Mar 13, 2013 - Scientific Predictions
Through Computer Simulations - Dr. Falk Herwig |
| Apr 10, 2013 - Enlightened Amateurs and
Professional Academics: Astronomy in Eighteenth-Century Scotland - Prof.
Paul Wood |
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Apr 27, 2013 -
International Astronomy Day
- at the University of Victoria |
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May 8, 2013
- Members Night - Michel Michaud, John McDonald & Malcolm Scrimger |
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June 4, 2013 -
Habitable Worlds: The Search Continues - Debra Fischer |
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Jun 12, 2013 -
The Remarkable Sundial of Ibn al-Shatir - Roger T. Bailey |
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Sep 11, 2013 -
Supernova Through the Ages - Jason Kezwer |
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Oct 9, 2013 -
Human-powered Flashlight - Ann Makosinski |
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Oct 9, 2013 -
Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon :The �Search for Water� evolves into the �Search
for Life� - William E. Smith, BSc |
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Nov 17, 2013 - RASC
Victoria Centre Annual General Meeting |
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Dec 11,
2013 - A Short Astronomy Tour of Chile - Dorothy & Miles Paul |
2012
| Jan 11, 2012 - "Eureka" siting a
future telescope at 80� north - Dr.Eric Steinbring |
| Feb 8, 2012 - A Different Perspective
with the Herschel Space Observatory - Sarah Sadavoy |
| March 14, 2012 - The Search for Life in
the Universe - Dr. Stephen Kane |
| April 11, 2012 - Applications of Strong
Gravitational Lensing - Kaushala Bandara |
| April 21, 2012 - Earth Walk -
Media Release |
| May 9, 2012 - Clearing Up the Dust:
Understanding the Role of Debris Discs in Planetary Systems - Dr. Mark Booth |
| June 13, 2012 - Galactic
Archaeology - Dr. Else Starkenburg |
| Sept 12, 2012 - Why is there a Universe?
- Dr. Alan Batten |
| Oct 10, 2012 - Canadian
Astronomy � An International Star - Dr. Dennis Crabtree |
| Nov 18, 2012 - RASC Victoria Centre Annual
General Meeting 2012, speaker: Thirty Meter Telescope Project - Dr. Luc
SImard |
| Dec 12, 2012 - The James Webb Space
Telescope and Canada's Contribution - Dr. John Hutchings, HIA/DAO |
2011
| Jan 12, 2011 - Members' Night
- Michel Michaud, John McDonald and Joe Carr |
| Feb 9, 2011 - "Intelligent life in the
Universe" - Dr. David Helfand |
| Mar 9, 2011 - "Massive Star Formation..."
by Dr. Cassandra Fallscheer |
| April 13, 2011 - "The New UVic 0.8 Meter
Telescope" by Russell Robb |
| April 16, 2011 - Earth Walk Victoria |
| May 11, 2011 - "Wide Binaries in the
Kuiper Belt" - Alex Parker |
| May 30, 2011 - Night Sky Viewing in
Fairfield |
| June 7, 2011 - "Galaxies and their
environments" - Dr. Trevor Mendel |
| Sept 14, 2011 - "The Next Generation Virgo
Cluster Survey" - Nick Ball |
| October 12, 2011 - Members' Night
- Diane Bell, Joe Carr, Mile & Dorothy Paul |
| RASC Victoria Centre Annual General Meeting
2011 - Nov 5, 2011 - Jim Nemec, speaker |
| Dec 14, 2011 - Cerro Tololo
InterAmerican Observatory - Dr. Jim Hesser |
2010
| Jan 13, 2010 - Members' Night |
| Feb 10, 2010 - IYA and Beyond - Dr.
Jim Hesser |
| March 10, 2010 - The Bright, Turbulent
and Short Life of the Most Massive Stars - Dr. Andr�-Nicolas Chen� |
| April 14, 2010 - "Galaxy Bulge
Formation: Observational Perspectives" - Dr. Lauren MacArthur |
| May 12, 2010 - "Star Formation in the
Milky Way" - Dr. Scott Schnee |
| June 9, 2010 - A Tour of Select
Constellations - Dr. Walter Hilse |
| Sept 8, 2010 - From chicken livers to
the Quadrivium - Chris Mundigler |
| Nov 13, 2010 - RASC Victoria Centre Annual General
Meeting - Dr.
Stephanie C�t� guest speaker |
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Dec 8, 2010 - ALMA - Dr. Andy Woodsworth |
2009
| Jan 14, 2009 - "Timelines" by Roger Bailey |
| Feb 11, 2009 - "Chemical Composition of
Galaxies" by Dr. Thomas Puzia |
| March 11, 2009 - "BaBar & SNAP" - Dr.
Justin Albert |
| April 8, 2009 - "Peering through
Nature's telescope - Gravitational Lensing" - Mr. Karoun Thanjavur |
| May 13, 2009 - "Active Galactic Nucleii: A
matter of perspective" - Dr. Emily Down |
| June 10, 2009 - Members Night
- presentations by Joe Carr, John McDonald, Michael Webb, and David Lee |
| Sept 28, 2009 - Fairfield
Night Sky Viewing |
| Nov 14, 2009 - Annual General Meeting and Dinner- Dr.
Christian Marois, guest speaker |
| Dec 9, 2009 - Looking at Cold Stuff:
Sub-millimetre-wave Astronomy - Dr. Gerald H. M. Schieven |
2008
| Jan 9, 2008 -
How to become a professional astronomer in four easy(?) steps - Helen Kirk |
| Feb 13,
2008 - Astronomical Activities at the HIA - Dr. Patrick C�t� |
| March 12, 2008 - Observing With The
World's Best Telescope - Dr. Jim Nemec |
| March 17, 2008 - Night Sky
Viewing in Fairfield |
| April 9, 2008 - Dwarf Galaxies -
Dr. Alan McConnachie |
| May 14, 2008 - Dark and Luminous Matter
in Clusters of Galaxies - Dr. Andisheh Mahdavi |
| June 11, 2008 -
Pre-Confederation Astronomy in Quebec City - David Orenstein |
| August 18, 2008 3:00pm-4:30pm - Victoria Centre Observatory Official Opening VCO Official Opening Photos |
| RASCals
Star Party - August
29-31, 2008
- Malahat, BC |
| Sept 15, 2008 - Night Sky Viewing
in Fairfield - Sir James Douglas School - a free public event |
| Oct 8, 2008 - The Large Hadron
Collider and the ATLAS experiment - Dr. Michel Lefebvre |
| Nov 15, 2008 - Victoria Centre AGM & Dinner |
2007
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Jan 10, 2007 - Three
Radio Astronomy Futures: EVLA, ALMA and SKA - Dr. Mark Adams |
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Feb 14, 2007 -
Supernovae and the Mystery of "Dark Energy" - Dr. Chris Pritchet |
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March 14, 2007 - Full Circle
- The Physics and Astronomy Connection - Dr. John McDonald |
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April 11, 2007 - The
Hierarchical Formation of the Milky Way - Dr. Julio Navarro |
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May 9, 2007 - Search for
Transiting Extrasolar Planets - Russ Robb |
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June 13, 2007 - The Role of
X-ray Astronomy in Modern Cosmology - Dr. Gregory Poole |
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Sept 12, 2007 - Life-cycle of
stars: formation, adulthood, and death - Dr. Marla Geha |
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Oct 10, 2007 - Planetary Debris
Disk Observations with the Keck and Hubble Telescopes - Dr. James Graham |
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Nov 17, 2007 - Victoria Centre 2007 Annual
General Meeting -
Speaker:
NEPTUNE Canada
Regional Cabled Observatory -
Brian
Bornhold |
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Dec 12, 2007 - Telescopes
for Amateur Astronomy - Jim Stilburn |
2006
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Jan 11, 2006 -
Members' Night - Brian Robilliard, Cliff Caprani, Bill Weir, David Lee |
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Feb 8, 2006 -
Adaptive Optics - Dr. David Anderson, NRC/HIA |
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Mar 8, 2006 -
Zarbula's Sundials - Roger Bailey |
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Apr 12, 2006 - Chemical
Evolution of Local Group Galaxies - Kim Venn |
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May 3, 2006 - Adventures in the
Promised Land: Cassini Explores Saturn, Titan, and the Fountains of Enceladus -
Dr. Carolyn Porco |
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June 14, 2006 -
Widespread Influence of Supermassive Black Holes - Dr. Chris Onken |
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Members' Night - Sept
13, 2006 - 2006 Solar Eclipse by Joe Carr, member's astrophotographs |
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IS THIS THE YEAR 2006? -
Calendars and Time-Reckoning from Antiquity to the Present - Dr. Florin Diacu |
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RASC Victoria Centre - 2006 AGM and
Dinner Meeting - Nov 4, 2006 - Speaker
- Gary Seronik, Associate Editor, Sky & Telescope�
magazine "Adventures in Amateur Astronomy" |
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Dec 13, 2006 -
Astronomy in Canada's High Arctic - Dr. Eric Steinbring |
2005
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Hunting for Moons -
solar system irregulars - Dr. JJ Kavelaars, Herzberg Institute |
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Planetary Nebulae
- Gail Conway, Malaspina College |
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Cassini at
Saturn - by
Constantine Thomas, Planetary Scientist, IOS |
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Super-massive Black
Holes & Galaxies - by Laura Ferrarese, HIA-HST |
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Looking at the Dark Side
of the Universe - by Henk
Hoekstra, UVic Astronomy. |
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Members Night - June 8,
2005 |
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Debris Disks around
Main Sequence Stars - Sept 14, 2005 - Dr. Brenda Matthews, NRC-HIA |
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Imaging Cosmic Origins: ALMA
- Oct 12, 2005 - Dr. James Di Francesco, NRC-HIA |
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Annual General Meeting - Nov 19, 2005 |
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Expedition Mars - A 3D
Adventure - Dec 12, 2005 - Pal Virag |
2004
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Astro Imaging - lunar eclipse video and members show-and-tell |
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Don Morton - a life of
Canadian astronomy |
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RASC Victoria Centre's 90th Anniversary |
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April 14, 2004 - The Latest
Science from Gemini - Jean-Rene Roy |
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Astronomy Day 2004 -
April 24, 2004 |
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May 12, 2004 - The Evolution
of the Ecliptic Calendar - Steven Courtin |
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June 9, 2004 - The
Story of Mars Exploration & Astro Imaging - Chris Gainor (Mars), Joe Carr &
David Lee (Astrophotography) |
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Centre of the Universe's Third Birthday |
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The History of Mars
Exploration - Chris Gainor |
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From Schiaparelli to
Spirit: A history of the human exploration of Mars - Dr. Gregory G. Arkos |
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MOST - Dr. Jaymie Matthews |
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Victoria Centre Annual General
Meeting & Living on Thin Air - Drs Sara Ellison & Jon Willis - Nov
20, 2004 |
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The JCMT: Past, Present, and
Future -
Doug Johnstone,
National Research Council Canada, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics.- Dec
8, 2004 |
2003
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