The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Sunshine Coast Centre
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The Royal Astronomical Society of CanadaSunshine Coast Centre |
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Welcome to the Sunshine Coast CentreLocated on the beautiful Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, we are the newest centre of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.next meeting & events FRIDAY, February 12, 2010 @ 7:30 pm @ Chatelech High School (Sechelt) Regular Meeting. "Dark Matter". Club members Bruce Fryer and Garth Jones will present a short film and discussion about this mysterious force in the Universe. This will be our next general meeting. Note that our meetings are now held on the second Friday of the month. FRIDAY, March 27, 2010 @ 8:30 pm EARTH HOUR. Join the Sunshine Coast Centre in supporting this event. recent news On October 24, 2009 we celebrated Fall Astronomy Day at the Sunnycrest Mall in Gibsons. See all the pictures here. 
On October 16, RASC President David Lane came to Sechelt and gave an interesting talk on the observatory he's built in his backyard in Nova Scotia and some of the research he's conducted into variable stars. See all the pictures here.
On September 25, Dr. David Helfand, Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University in New York, and Acting President of Quest University Canada in Squamish, spoke on "Global Warming: What We Really Know, and Don't Know, About Climate Change" at the Roberts Creek Hall. See all the pictures here. On August 29 we held our 5th annual Astronomy in the Park event on a perfect day at Porpoise Bay Provincial Park. We attracted numerous campers and other visitors, giving away almost 100 star finders while entertaining the kids with a reading, trading cards, etc. Our two new solar scopes were kept very busy. See all the pictures here. On July 1 we were in the Canada Day parade in Sechelt. Our float consisted of a 20-foot replica of Galileo's 1609 telescope as well as Gary Little dressed as Galileo and Bruce Fryer as Isaac Newton. See all the pictures here. On June 19, Mike Bradley gave an excellent presentation on the life and accomplishments of Galileo Galilei. You can download his presentation here.
On May 2 we had more than 200 people visit us at our Astronomy Day exhibit at the Trail Bay Mall in Sechelt. See all the pictures here. On April 24 we had more than 100 Astronomy enthusiasts packing the Sechelt Legion to hear Dr. Marcello Pavan of the TRIUMF accelerator deliver a stunning lecture on The Big Bang, Black Holes, Life, and all that. Dr Pavan is a charismatic speaker and he entertained his audience for almost 2 hours. See all the photos here. On April 4 we had about 100 people show up for an astronomy exhibit at the Gibsons Public Library followed by telescope viewing at Winegarden Park. See the photos here. On March 27, Gary Seronik gave an interesting & useful presentation on Exploring the Binocular Universe at the Sechelt Legion Hall. See all the photos here.
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On May 29 we were awarded a grant of $2,000 for the purpose of purchasing a Solar Scope Assembly for the Club. The grant comes from the Sunshine Coast Community Foundation and we thank them for their support.