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Become RASC Vancouver Member and Recieve $20 Canadian Telescopes Gift Certificate. See our membership page for details.
Monthly Meetings
Please note that monthly meetings take place at various locations besides the Space Centre from now on, refer to the events list on the right side of the page for specific information about each event including location.
February 2012
The RASC Vancouver public lecture for Thursday February 9 will be held at the HR MacMillan Space Centre in the Star Theatre.
Our speaker will be in Vancouver at the invitation of the RASC Vancouver. His presentation will be co-hosted by the HR MacMillan Space Centre:
Dr. Ed Krupp,
Director,
Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles
Title: Time’s Up: 2012 and the Maya Calendar
According to the rules of the Maya calendar system, which relied on multiple cycles of time, a primary interval, Baktun 13, ends on the winter solstice, 2012. Although pseudoscientific claims have linked this calendrical curiosity to a Maya prophecy of the end of time, there is no documented Maya belief in the world’s end in 2012 or even in any unusual significance to the event. Recent claims, however, promote the date’s galactic alignment and link it with the detailed structure of the Milky WayGalaxy, information known only through modern astronomy.
The January / February 2012 President’s message has been posted on the blog.
The Vancouver Centre of the R.A.S.C. meets at 7:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month. Each meeting usually has a program which is a blend of current astronomical research and local amateur activities. The meeting is followed by an informal gathering at the Gordon MacMillan Southam Observatory for the three “c’s”; coffee, cookies and conversation. Visitors are welcome to attend most of our meetings, which are free.
The Vancouver Centre hosts or participates in many other events throughout the year. See the Vancouver Astronomy Meetup Group for details.
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RASC Vancouver Antony Overton Memorial Observatory, Maple Ridge
