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  • September Meeting : TBC

    Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

    Details to be confirmed.

  • October meeting : Imaging Exoplanets

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    Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

    We're very happy to have Dr Garima Singh presenting over Zoom to us. Postdoctoral Fellow at the NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre, Victoria. Paid members will receive an email ZOOM meeting invite.  Members of the public can attend our meetings once for free, and are then encouraged to join.  Brief : Exoplanets are the planets […]

  • November Meeting : Defending Earth, One Cosmic Crash Test at a Time

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    Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

    Details of our meeting this month. We continue to hold hybrid in-person and online Zoom meetings for our paid members, who will receive email meeting notifications. The public are welcome to attend our meetings once for free and are then encouraged to join.   'Defending Earth, One Cosmic Crash Test at a Time' Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins […]

  • Jan meeting : Intruders in the night sky

    Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

    Happy New Year! We're very happy to have Patrick Seitzer (Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Michigan) present to us remotely over Zoom. Presentation ‘Intruders in the night sky: satellites, more satellites, and even more satellites’ Image Credit : CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/DECam DELVE Survey. (DECam shot of 19 starlinks crossing the field […]

  • Feb Meeting : ‘Astronomy – The Art’

    Details of our meeting this month. Paid members will receive a Zoom invite. This meeting is online only. Details below :- We're very happy to have Chris Vaughan (Digital Starlab Certified Presenter and Trainer ; Senior Astronomer and Earth Scientist, AstroGeo.ca) present to us. Presentation 'Astronomy – The Art’   We're very happy to have […]

  • March 23rd Meeting : Exploring the Solar System’s Fossils

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    Details of this month's meeting which will be online only. Paid members will receive email invitations to the online meeting. 'Exploring the Solar System's Fossils. My life in the bush of Meteorites!'   Photo : Murray Paulson and Alan Hildebrandt searching the Buzzard Coulee strewn field in the spring of 2009   We're very happy to have Murray […]

  • April meeting. The early USSR space program, plus VIU Astronomy student’s presentation.

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    Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

    Our April hybrid meeting. Online and in person. Society members will receive an email meeting invite. Main Presentation We're very happy to have Dr. David Prud’homme presenting to us. ‘Early Rocketry and Space Technology in the USSR' Brief : The US and USSR were in a race to develop ICBM’s (Intercontinental Ballistic Missles) to effectively deliver nuclear […]

  • May Meeting: Science Education in a Changing World plus The Celestial Sphere

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    Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

    Our May hybrid meeting. Online and in person. Society members will receive an email meeting invite. The public are welcome to attend meeting once for free and then encouraged to join the society. Main Presentation We're very happy to have Carl Savage presenting to us. Science Educator, Ballenas Secondary School 'Science Education in a Changing […]

  • June Meeting – Capturing the Universe: An Introduction to Astrophotography with showcase

    Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

    This Meeting is In-Person Only Please Join NAS President Chris Boar & VP Tony Puerzer for this engaging visual experience! Capturing the Universe: An Introduction to Astrophotography with showcase Brief: Join us for a fascinating journey through time and space as you experience the amazing world of astrophotography. Using traditional landscape photography as a “departure […]

  • September 28 Meeting: Canada’s Long Range Plan 2021-2030

    Beban Park Social Centre - Rooms 2&3 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

    Canada’s Long-Range Plan 2021-2030 We are very fortunate to have Dr. James Di Francesco from Victoria to present to us in-person! Dr. James Di Francesco Canada’s Long Range Plan 2021-2030   Brief : Every ten years, astronomers across Canada organize a nationwide discussion about the near-term future of astronomy in Canada.  This grassroots process, known as […]