Fully Accessible!
We’ve just received our wheelchair accessible porta pottie thanks to a grant from BC Rehab Society. Thanks to Laurelai for all the work she put into getting this grant.
Thanks to Capilano Highway Services
Capilano Highway Services is just finishing up grading the access road to the airport and applying dust control to improve access for us and for the Drag Racers. Tyler Lambert at Capilano Highways writes: “This is a donation that we are happy to provide to your association to allow relatively smooth and dust free access to the grounds for the vehicles and motorcycles attending. This is our second year of providing this service and we will continue to do so going forward.
“This service represents a considerable cost in machine time and material charges for the calcium chloride. I was hoping we could be listed on your website as a sponsor of the event.”
Since this has also assisted our club, I’ve listed them on our website as well and have written Tyler to thank him for his assistance.
Earth Day at Roberts Creek mandala, Sunday April 21st
The Astronomy Club will have our table at the Earth Day event next Sunday. We’ll be answering questions and showing some equipment. We’ll have solar telescopes on hand in case Sol pays us a visit.
Club members? please drop by, volunteer helpers are always welcome!
Michael
Observatory Open: Friday, 5 April 2024
Our observatory will be open Friday night, 5 April 2024. Gates open at 8 PM. Unfortunately the forecast for the skies for Saturday night, 6 April, are NOT looking good at present.
Solar Eclipse: Monday, 8 April 2024
At 1000 hours on Monday, 8 April, there will be an eclipse of the Sun in North America, with the center line for totality running up the east coast of Canada. From Sechelt you’ll be able to view a ~30% eclipse. Weather permitting our astronomers will be setting up our solar scopes to allow the public to safely view this partial eclipse: The current plan is to set up at two locations:
One at the foot of Trail Ave on the seawall in Sechelt.
One at the Pender Harbour Ocean Discovery Station (PODS) turnaround area in Pender Harbour.
The eclipse begins about 10:40 hours Pacific and ends at 12:20 hours Pacific.
We will be selling eclipse glasses in advance at Trail Bay Mall on March 1 and 2 between 10:00 hours and 15:00 hours. NOTE 31 March: We still have some eclipse glasses available for a donation of $5. We’ll bring them to the viewing stations or you can contact us.
Update 8 April 0900 hours: Satellite images and radar showing total overcast and rain through the partial eclipse here today. Looks like we’re rained out.
Speaker for 12 January: Michael Watson
Here is the link to view this on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqQ8mz1gzsU
Sunshine Coast Centre RASC 