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Bob Mcdonald NOVANEWSLETTEROFTHEVANCOUVERCENTRERASC VOLUME2015ISSUE1JANUARYFEBRUARY2015 Bob McDonald: Canadian Spacewalkers 2015 Paul Sykes Memorial Lecture Saturday, January 31 at 8pm with meet-and-greet for RASC members at 7pm Room SWH 10081 at SFU’s Burnaby Campus (see Meetup for a detailed map) Only three Canadian astronauts, new book, copies of which will be lecture hall from 7:00-7:45pm Chris Hadfield, Steve MacLean, available after the presentation. and Dave Williams, had the privilege of donning space suits Bob McDonald has been and stepping into the void outside communicating science the International Space Station. internationally through This illustrated presentation tells television, radio, print and their remarkable tales of training live presentations for more for years in the world’s largest than 30 years. He is the swimming pool, the challenges of host of cbc Radio’s Quirks working against a suit that doesn’t & Quarks, the award- want to bend, the disorientation winning science program of weightlessness, performing with a national audience of construction work in a realm where nearly 500,000 people. He up and down do not exist, all while is also a regular reporter floating 400 km above the most for cbc Television’s The spectacular view of the Earth they National as well as Gemini- had ever seen. Meanwhile, this winning host and writer of Earthbound journalist has had the children’s series Head’s the opportunity to get a taste of Up. astronaut training and discovered just how remarkable our three The meet-and-greet for Canadian spacewalkers truly are. members will be held in This is the subject of McDonald’s the atrium adjacent to the JANUARY 15 SFU FEBRUARY 12 SFU MARCH 11 SFU Vancouver Centre’s own Howard Trot- Dr. Ben Williams of the University of Dr. Rita Mann of the HIA in Victoria on tier: The SFU Observatory: Update and Washington on using the HST to cre- looking for planet formation around What’s Next. Blusson Hall 9660 (see ate a high-resolution mosaic of the protostars in the Orion Nebula. Room map on p. 4) Andromeda Galaxy. BH 9660 BH 9660 (see map on p. 4) Members’ Gallery The Pelican Nebula (IC5067) by Howard Trottier I finished processing the above narrowband image of the Pelican nebula (IC5067) over the holidays—although image capture was way back in summer of 2012! I shot 20+ hours in Ha, sii, and oiii filters, and kept the best 17 hours for processing. The field of view is about 3/4 of a degree, at roughly 1” per pixel. The colour-mapping scheme I used corresponds approximately to sii as red, Ha as orange, and oiii as cyan. A blog with more information on the image is here: http://www.sfu.ca/~trottier/Observatory/Blogs/citsoblogbirding.html 2 rasc-vancouver.com JANUARYFEBRUARY2015 President’s Message by Mark Eburne Welcome to 2015. observatory at sfu. Howard has other observatory our centre has, I would like to welcome all the been keeping us in the loop on the the aomo. Alan is making great new members who have joined construction and it looks very close progress in the renovation project us for 2015 and welcome back to seeing first light. rasc has a very and he is getting a lot of hands-on the returning membership. I look close relationship with sfu and support from the membership. One forward to interacting with all you we will have dedicated time at the day in the not to distant future we at the various events this year and observatory. Get your thinking caps will be developing projects for this we have lots going on this year. Of on for projects and activities you observatory as well. course one of the big events is to and centre centre can lead. Council has just completed the able to spend some time at the new We also have good news on the continued on page 4 About RASC The RASC Vancouver Centre meets at the address below. Annual membership are not necessarily those of the Vancouver 7:30 PM on the second Thursday of every includes the invaluable Observer’s Hand- Centre. month at SFU’s Burnaby campus (see map book, six issues of the RASC Journal, and, Material on any aspect of astronomy on page 4). Guests are always welcome. In of course, access to all of the club events should be e-mailed to the editor or mailed addition, the Centre has an observing site and projects. to the address below. where star parties are regularly scheduled. For more information regarding the Remember, you are always welcome Membership is currently $75.00 per Centre and its activities, please contact to attend meetings of Council, held on the year ($43.00 for persons under 21 years our P.R. Director. first Thursday of every month at 7:30pm of age; family memberships also avail- NOVA, the newsletter of the Vancouver in room P8445.2 of the Physics wing of able) and can be obtained online, at a Centre, RASC, is published on odd-num- the Shrum Science Centre at SFU. Please meeting, or by writing to the Treasurer at bered months. Opinions expressed herein contact a council member for directions. 2015 Vancouver Centre Officers President/LPA Mark Eburne Past President/Events Howard Trottier Webmaster Rick Vandenberg [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Vice-President/Events Suzanne Nagy Dir. of Telescopes Kenneth Lui NOVA Editor Gordon Farrell [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Secretary/P. R./Observing Scott McGillivray Membership Muguette MacDonald Speakers Barry Shanko [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer Bruce Hutchison Education Bill Burnyeat At Large Michael Levy [email protected] [email protected] Adrian Mitescu National Rep. Doug Montgomery AOMO Alan Jones Kyle Dally [email protected] [email protected] Honourary President Dr. John Macdonald Librarian William Fearon Merchandise Leigh Cummings 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. JANUARYFEBRUARY2015 rasc-vancouver.com 3 Map to Meeting Site Our SFU meeting site is in room st We 9660 (the Mowfaghian Theatre) ive Dr sity of Blusson Hall. After entering er P niv P U Sa ywell B Hall lusson through the east doors, turn right Hall AQ then take the stairs on the left Lectur e Room down one floor. The theatre is P T So o uth w just to your left. Cam e pus r Rd R d Pay parking is available at sev- eral locations located around Burnaby Mtn Pkwy campus (indicated as “P” on the G a g Un la iv r er map). d sity i Dri W ve East a y continued from page 3 out at our events or work behind the it privileges. 2015 planning meeting, an all-day scenes, please let us know. We have As always, 2015 will be an session held last Sunday here at several opportunities to make 2015 outstanding year for astronomy sfu. We have new faces on council an even bigger success for everyone. enthusiasts. Be sure to make time to which always provides new energy As a member in 2015, you will enjoy some or all of the Vancouver and creativity. As a volunteer see more activity geared specifically Centre’s offerings. I encourage you organization, we are very fortunate to you and for the public. We to get connected whichever way you to have a strong group of leaders, hope your interactions will lead can. passionate about what they do you to join the rasc and get even Remember, look up then look and are committed to providing more benefits to help feed your around and share your VIEWS. membership services and public astronomy hunger. Membership has Welcome everyone; clear skies. outreach activities all year long. Our financial picture is very solid and membership numbers are growing. Our Meetup network is well over 1000 and grows every day, which promotes events like the Paul Sykes Lecture, Astronomy Day and Metro Parks partnered events, including the Perseid Meteor Shower night. The astronomy community is alive and well in Vancouver and area. I would like to recognise all the volunteers that we are lucky to have at the rasc Vancouver Centre. Without the efforts from each of these volunteers, our events would not be as successful. If you are thinking of getting involved, to help cartoon by Dan Collier 4 rasc-vancouver.com JANUARYFEBRUARY2015 2014 RASC-Van Volunteer Appreciation Award by Suzanna Nagy The rasc Vancouver Centre living in Toronto, Karl was slipped on ice and fell, fracturing Volunteer Appreciation Award jointly a member of Toronto and his pelvis. is acknowledgment to an rasc Vancouver centres and became Thankfully, surgery was not member for his/her long-standing active with the National Office required but Karl was wheelchair- commitment to the society, where he was National Treasurer bound and home-bound for a few its administration, events, and for two years. weeks. Despite that, Karl didn’t success. Since returning to Vancouver, miss a council meeting, attending And when I mean long- Karl has remained active in the the meetings via Skype.
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