February Members Night : The Secret life of Stars
Our members night presentation. Meeting is online by email invite for paid members only. As part of our Members night Astronomy-101 theme for 2022, our Vice President Tony Puerzer takes you on an interactive presentation :- 'The Secret Lives of the Stars' Image credit : NASA/ESA, SOHO-EIT Consortium BRIEF : When you look up […]
Feb Main Meeting : A year of Aurora Chasing
Our members night presentation. Meeting is online by email invite for paid members only. We're very happy to have Jeremy Kuzub presenting to us. Founder of Capture North Presentation 'A year of Aurora Chasing' Brief : Jeremy will share a year of Aurora travel and explore and along the way touch on the science behind the aurora […]
March Members night : Friends of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory: Can Public Outreach Work Online?
Our meetings are currently online for paid members of our Society, who should receive meeting invites by email. For our members meeting this month we have the Friends of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (FDAO) : Presentation 'Can Public Outreach Work Online?' Brief : The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory on Observatory Hill in Saanich is anchored […]
March Main Meeting – We are all made of stardust but gold, silver and platinum are neutron stardust’
All current meetings are online for paid Society members only who will receive their meeting invites by email. Guests can attend one meeting for free and are then encouraged to join. If you'd like to attend this online presentation please email info@nanaimoastronomy.com We're very happy to have Dr JJ Eldridge presenting to us from New […]
April members Meeting – Dark Sky Preservation
Our meetings are currently online for paid members only. If you are a paid member of our society, you should be receiving the email invites with Zoom meeting links. We're very happy to have the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada's Light Pollution Abatement Committee present to us. Presentation 'Creating Safe, Secure Nighttime Environments with […]
April Main meeting : The Search for Life on Mars: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Mission
All current meetings are online for paid Society members only who will receive their meeting invites by email. If you'd like to attend as a guest please email info@nanaimoastronomy.com We're very happy to have Chris Herd, PhD, BSc presenting to us. Professor, Faculty of Science - Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Admin University of Alberta Presentation 'The […]
May Members night – Details tbc
Meeting details to be confirmed.
May main meeting – Visiting Kitt Peak and the Sonoran Desert
This meeting is not open to the public. Society members should have received an email invite to the meeting. If not please email info@nanaimoastronomy.com.
June Members meeting : Probing the Stars
Our June meeting for our members only. All paid members should have received email invites to this online meeting. We're very happy to have Society Director Bill Weller present to us. Presentation 'PROBING THE STARS'
June Main Meeting : Telescopes 101 Show N Tell
Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, CanadaThis will be an in-person meeting only due to it's hands-on nature and live demonstrations. We're very happy to have Board members Tony Puerzer, Bill Weller, and Fraser Lee present to us. Presentation 'Telescopes 101 Show N' Tell' Are you interested in owning your own telescope, have one already but don't know how to use it, […]