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  • Lyrid Meteor Shower

    Starting on the night of the 19th, and continuing until the 25th of April. You don't need particularly dark skies to see meteors, just keep looking up. Maybe one a minute or so.

  • Canada Day Outreach – Mafeo Sutton Park

      Our annual outreach on Canada Day with out Solar Telescopes. We will be set up at the end of the lagoon bridge at Mafeo Sutton Pk.    

  • Persieds Meteor Shower

    Biggest Meteor Shower of the year peaks on the evening of the 13th August. You can view from pretty much anywhere, just keep looking up. Maybe one or 2 meteors every minute.

  • January Meeting : Exploring the Oceans of the Solar System

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

    'Exploring the Oceans of the Solar System', plus 'My Backyard Observatory'   Credit UVic Photo Services. 2 Presentations tonight for our first meeting of 2020. Main Presentation : Jon Willis, Associate Professor UVIC :- 'Exploring the Oceans of the Solar System' Abstract: The solar system moons Europa and Enceladus harbour vast sub-surface oceans. How might […]

  • June Astronomy Meeting – Online

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    Details to be confirmed. We have moved to an online meeting format, which we are currently only offering to paid Society members. Members, please keep an eye on your email for meeting details.

  • 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

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    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 […]