International Astronomy Day 2022

Events

Full event details at the RASC website

Royal BC Museum

10am - 3pm

Come say hi!

Our booth will include:

• VR activities
• Solar telescope

Other organizations will be there too, including UVic Astronomy and RASC, Shawnigan School.
Exhibits will include a children's activity area and the Responsible Lighting association

RASC Cross Country Lunar Webinar

4pm - 6pm

RASC Centres across the country will do presentations in a webinar called "Shooting for the Moon". The Victoria Centre of the RASC will be on from 5:15pm - 5:30pm.

Register for the event: https://bit.ly/shootingforthemoon

Star Party

7:30pm - 11pm

Tickets available at this link

The Star Party at the Centre of the Universe will include:

• 8pm Dr Christopher Gainor
  The Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope
  (Chris wrote the official history of Hubble)
• 7:30pm Dome Tour
• 7:30pm Children's Program
• 8:00pm Children's Dome Tour
• 9:00pm Dr Christopher Gainor (repeat presentation)
• 9:00pm Dome Tour
• 10:00pm Dome Tour and Live Observing
  with the Plaskett Telescope (weather permitting)
• All evening
  • Exhibits
  • Sidewalk Astronomers

Dr Chris Gainor with the Hubble Space Telescope

These are the stories of two of the largest space telescopes: The Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched in 1990 and is still operating after 32 years, and the James Webb Space Telescope, which is about to begin operations in space after its launch last December 25.

Christopher Gainor is a historian of technology specializing in space exploration and aeronautics. He has written four books on the history of space exploration and two on Cold War history. His most recent book is a history of Hubble Space Telescope operations published by NASA.

Gainor is editor of Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly. From 2018 to 2020, he was President of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and he is a fellow of the British Interplanetary Society.
He holds a Ph.D. in the history of technology from the University of Alberta, and has worked as a history instructor at the University of Victoria and the Royal Military College of Canada.