May 23rd: Reg Dunkley ~ Victoria Royal Astronomical Society
Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, CanadaOur meetings are open to the public. You are free to attend once for free and are then encouraged to join, Main Presentation: Weather Websites That Help Optimize Your Observing Opportunities We are very pleased to have Reg Dunkley presenting in-person! Brief: Clouds are the enemies of astronomers. Why don’t clouds fall down? What […]
June 27th: Dr. Raafat El-Hacha ~ Islamic Astronomy
Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, CanadaOur meetings are open to the public. You are free to attend once for free and are then encouraged to join. Main Presentation: Starlit Innovations: Muslim Contributions to Astronomy in the Islamic Golden Age We are very pleased to Dr. Raafat El-Hacha join us via Zoom Brief: During the Islamic Golden Age, spanning from the […]
The Dragonfly Telephoto array telescope + our AGM
Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, CanadaOur first meeting of the 2024-2025 Season and it promises to be a good one. Our meetings are free for members. Non members can attend once for free and are then encouraged to join the society. We're very happy to have Dr. Deborah Lokhorst present to us (Research Officer at the NRC Herzberg Astronomy & […]
Oct 24th : The Wonder and Awe of the Universe + Mt Kobau StarParty report
Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, CanadaOur meetings are free for members. Members of the public can attend once for free, and are then encouraged to join. We are very fortunate to have Dr David Prud’homme present in person! Title : The Wonder and Awe of the Universe Brief : This talk will take you on a mind-boggling journey through our […]
Monthly meeting : Underwater Astronomy!
This month's meeting is online only via Zoom. If you'd like to attend as a member of the public please email info@nanaimoastronomy.com for the Zoom invite link. ------- We are very pleased to have presenters from Oceans Network Canada joining us via zoom to introduce these fascinating underwater Astronomy projects. Solar storm detected in deep […]
Jan Meeting – The Hubble Space Telescope & The Webb Space Telescope
This meeting is online only. Paid members should have received a meeting invite email. Non-members can attend once for free and are then encouraged to join. Please email the society at info@nanaimoastronomy.com for the meeting invite link if you'd like to attend. We are very pleased to welcome Chris Gainer to present via Zoom. 'The […]
Planet viewing Public Outreach
Maffeo Sutton Pk 100 Comox Road, Nanaimo, BC, CanadaPlanets public viewing Mercury transit May 2016 : Image credit Chris Boar When : Sunday 26th Jan. 6-8pm. Where : Maffeo Sutton Pk near the washrooms. You may have seen on the news that we have an ongoing 'planetary alignment', i.e. all the planets are currently visible in the night sky. Tonight the Nanaimo Astronomy Society […]
Feb meeting : Capturing the wonders of the night sky + Member meet’n greet, Telescope hands-on
Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, CanadaPlease join us for this in-person meeting Members off the public can attend a meeting once for free, and are then encouraged to join. When : Thursday, Feb 27th, 7pm. Location : Beban Park Social Centre Rooms 2/3 Please arrive early and be seated to ensure we can start promptly at 7 pm. Main […]
March meeting : Intermediate mass stars + table top telescopes show n’ tell
Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, CanadaPlease join us for this in-person meeting. Free for members. Members of the public can attend once for free are then encouraged to join our little society. When : Thursday, March 27 7pm. Location : Beban Park Social Centre Rooms 2/3 Please arrive early and be seated to ensure we can start promptly at 7 […]
April meet : All the dark we cannot see & The Search for Life on Exoplanets
Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, CanadaThis meeting is free for paid members. Members of the public can attend once for free, and are then encouraged to join. Main Presentation We are very pleased to have UVic PhD student Simon Smith present to us in-person! 'All the dark we cannot see — How the twists and twirls of the smallest galaxies […]