November Member’s night : Astrophotography Show & Tell
If you are interested in astrophotography or were thinking of getting into it yourself, we have a few member volunteers who will be showing off some of their favorite personal images and how they took them. Meeting will be online for paid members only. Members will receive email meeting invites.
September monthly Meeting + AGM
Hope you are having a great summer....all things considered! So we had hoped that we would be at Stage 4 of the BC Government plan for COVID restrictions lifting for our September meeting, which would have allowed us to restart in person meetings for our membership with no restrictions. But as you all know that didn't […]
October Main Meeting : The Sun, Earth, and us.
Our meetings are currently online for members only. Members should be receiving email invitations for upcoming meetings. We're very happy to have Dr Ken Tapping presenting to us. Astronomer with the National Research Council’s Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory near Penticton. Presentation ''The Sun, Earth, and us' Brief : Now, more than at any time in […]
November Main Meeting : Sketching the Moon
Our monthly meetings are currently online for Paid members only. If you wish to attend once as a guest please contact the club via email. We're very happy to have Randy Enkin presenting to us. President, Victoria chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Presentation 'Selenophile or Lunatic? Thirty Years of Observing and Loving […]
Jan Meeting : New Eyes on the Universe and Black Holes with JWST
Our January meeting for paid members is online via Zoom invite. Members please check your emails! We're very happy to have Dr. Alexandra Tetarenko presenting to us. NASA Einstein Fellow, Texas Tech University Presentation ' New Eyes on the Universe and Black Holes with JWST' BRIEF : The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is NASA's next generation […]
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 […]