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2014 Victoria GA Report by Gordon Farrell I Arrived at the Marina in Islands to Oak Bay NOVANEWSLETTEROFTHEVANCOUVERCENTRERASC VOLUME2014ISSUE4JULYAUGUST2014 2014 Victoria GA Report by Gordon Farrell I arrived at the marina in Islands to Oak Bay. While I’m previously made the trip on a Langley at 7:45 Thursday certain we’re not the first to boat so small! morning. There I met We arrived at the Oak our Secretary, Scott Bay Marina around 3:30 McGillvray, who had that afternoon. Scott offered to take people to would be using his boat the GA in Victoria via his for accommodations, 32-foot Bayliner, a unique but the rest of us had to opportunity that was check in at the residences hard to turn down. We at UVic. The first item were joined by Suzanna on the GA agenda Nagy (VP), Muguette was a barbecue at the MacDonald and Ken Lui Dominion Astrophysical (Dir. of Telescopes), and Observatory north of set out on our voyage to Victoria. This wasn’t my Victoria once everyone first trip to the dao—I had was aboard. This trip a co-op job working in was weather-dependent the Canadian Astronomy (nobody wanted it to turn Data Centre up there back into Gilligan’s Island) so in the early 90s—but the we were fortunate that place had changed a bit the poor weather finally in those 20-or-so years. broke just in time for the Gordon Farrell, Scott McGillvray, Suzanna Nagy, Doug We travelled there via trip. Seas were calm as we Montgomery, Mugette MacDonald and Ken Lui volunteer drivers from crossed Georgia Strait and Victoria Centre, and followed a ferry into Active Pass travel to a GA via boat, there’s I found myself sharing a car on our way through the Gulf a good chance nobody has continued on page 4 JULY 10 SFU SEPTEMBER 11 SFU Dr. Phil Stooke of UWO: A Cartogra- NO MEETING IN AUGUST Dr. J.J. Kavelaars of the HIA and pher’s Guide to Mars Exploration. member of the New Horizons science Room SWH 10081. See Meetup for team describes next year’s Pluto fly- map. by. See Meetup for details. Cruising to the Victoria GA 2 rasc-vancouver.com JULYAUGUST2014 Vice-President’s Message by Suzanna Nagy The days and nights are warmer. The rasc Vancouver Centre solar telescopes that belong to The Summer Solstice has passed. is looking forward to seeing our Vancouver Centre is now two plus a The nights are slowly but surely members and the public at the solar projector that was purchased getting darker earlier. The high upcoming summer star parties at for the 2013 Venus eclipse. We season for observing is upon us. Mt. Kobau (July 26 to August 3) are no longer limited to just night We currently have four planets in and Merritt Star Quest (August time observing anymore. the night sky this month so if you 23 to September 1). Go to each We have been putting these solar start observing early and stay up event’s website for more details. observing tools to good use. Most late, you can view Mars, Venus, However, with the recent recently, members of Vancouver Jupiter and Saturn all in one donation of a solar telescope by Centre attended Canada Day evening. Mr. Cal Mark, the number of continued on page 4 About RASC The RASC Vancouver Centre meets at the Treasurer at the address on page 5. herein are not necessarily those of the 7:30 PM on the second Thursday of ev- Annual membership includes the invalu- Vancouver Centre. ery month at various locations in Metro able Observer’s Handbook, six issues of Material on any aspect of astronomy Vancouver (see page 1 for meeting loca- the RASC Journal, and, of course, access should be e-mailed to the editor or tions and page 4 for maps). Guests are to all of the club events and projects. mailed to the address below. always welcome. In addition, the Centre For more information regarding the Remember, you are always welcome has an observing site where star parties Centre and its activities, please contact to attend meetings of Council, held on the are regularly scheduled. our P.R. Director. first Thursday of every month at 7:30pm Membership is currently $75.00 per NOVA, the newsletter of the Vancou- in room P8445.2 of the Physics wing of year ($43.00 for persons under 21 years ver Centre, RASC, is published on odd- the Shrum Science Centre at SFU. Please of age) and can be obtained by writing to numbered months. Opinions expressed contact a council member for directions. 2014 Vancouver Centre Officers President Mark Eburne Past President/Telescopes Howard Trottier Merchandise Leigh Cummings [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Vice-President/Events Suzanne Nagy Dir. of Telescopes Kenneth Lui Webmaster Rick Vandenberg [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Secretary/P. R./Observing Scott McGillvray Membership Rohit Grover NOVA Editor Gordon Farrell [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer Bruce Hutchison LPA Chair Paul Stewart Speakers Barry Shanko [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] National Rep. Doug Montgomery Education Bill Burnyeat At Large Terry McComas [email protected] [email protected] Honourary President Dr. John Macdonald Librarian William Fearon AOMO Alan Jones Trustees Pomponia Martines [email protected] [email protected] J. Karl Miller Library On the Internet Mailing Address The centre has a large library of books, http://rasc-vancouver.com or RASC Vancouver Centre magazines and old NOVAs for your enjoy- http://www.rasc.ca/vancouver PO Box 19115 ment. Please take advantage of this club http://astronomy.meetup.com/131/ 2302 West 4th Ave. service and visit often to check out the new http://www.facebook.com/RASC.Van Vancouver, B.C. purchases. Suggestions for future library @RASCVancouver V6K 4R8 acquisitions are appreciated. JULYAUGUST2014 rasc-vancouver.com 3 Maps to Meeting Sites SFU st We ve Dri ity ers iv P P Our July meeting is in room SWH Un Saywe ll Blus Hall son Hall 10081 of Saywell Hall, indicated AQ Lecture Room by the arrow on the map. P T So o uth w Cam e Pay parking is available at sev- Road closed for pus r Rd constructon R d eral locations around campus (indicated as “P” on the map). Burnaby Mtn Pkwy G a g Un la iv r er d sity i Dri W ve East a y continued from page 3 of Metro Parks, Vancouver Centre www.meetup.com/astronomy-131 celebrations in Maple Ridge and will be hosting a dedicated solar for details and we hope to see you 300 people looked at our Sun. observing event at Campbell Valley there. On July 19 and at the invitation Regional Park in Langley. See Here’s hoping for clear skies. continued from page 1 open it for several weekends with Eric Briggs from Toronto over the summer, which was Centre. He had recently good to hear. Dinner was purchased a 3D printer and followed by a panel discussion has brought with him a bag on the history of the 72-inch of goodies he had made with Plaskett Telescope at the dao it. I reached in and grabbed a and a tour of the telescope itself model of the Keck mirror in following the presentation. Not blue. He also had tmt mirrors much had changed inside the in yellow and various other dome since I had worked there less astronomical (but equally as a student (no great surprise) geeky) items to choose from, and if the weather had been many of which could be seen clear they would have run the pinned to attendees over the scope (though they did open the course of the GA. Here we also shutter). While I was snapping bumped into fellow Vancouver away with my camera, someone Centre member Michael Levy. offered me his fisheye lens so I Dinner was held on the patio could take a few shots that fit The Plaskett Dome. shrunk down, adjacent to the Centre of the the whole scope in the frame sweetened and ready to eat Universe. As many are aware, (I wish I got his name to thank this facility was shut down by him). There was also an open grabbed the next available car the federal government last year, house for the scope Victoria back to the residences. but Victoria Centre has managed Centre has on the mountain, For those of us not on the to raise enough money to re- but it had been a long day so I continued on page 10 4 rasc-vancouver.com JULYAUGUST2014 On Starry Trails with John Dobson by Bill Burnyeat John Dobson? Just an inventor, sky is crowded with substance, tarps covering large tripods and astronomer, philosopher, dense and dark with pigment, a even larger tubes. The scene in telescope maker and amateur firmament, not an airy nothing, a Mt. Kobau morning is like an cosmologist; he’s also a snake while at the same time it’s army camp with tarps concealing hunter like Hercules and over his dazzling, so blue that it’s strongly mighty cannon barrels awaiting long life he’s tackled more than dark and bright at the same an order to pack up and begin a his share of petulant Hydras, time, and tempts one to scan fresh campaign. raging lions and cringing, three- the sky for signs of concealed So, unable to find the kettle, headed dogs. constellations before adjusting I stood looking up at the bright I met John years ago—how the vision to the prosaic ground, sky.
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