Events Calendar

Monthly Meetings and Speakers:

On the 2^nd Friday of every month (except July and August) at 7:30 PM we have a meeting open to the public featuring a speaker at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, 5714 Medusa St (at Trail Ave), Sechelt, BC. Donations are gratefully accepted at the door. Meetings commence with a brief business meeting followed by a lecture or educational class that is usually over by 9 pm. Tea and coffee are always served. Check out the listings of the upcoming speakers for 2016 below. Click on the name of the speaker to go to the detailed posting for the event:

Public Viewing:

The Saturday night following our monthly meeting is the public viewing night at our SCC Observatory (weather permitting). Check out the schedule below for dates and our Observatory page for more details on the SCC Observatory. The viewing will be posted on the web site and updated the day of the viewing to confirm opening due to weather conditions.

SCC Observatory

Astro Cafe:

Every third Friday of the month at 8:30 PM we have a coffee at Pier 17 café at Davis Bay and discuss astronomy news and developments. As soon as it is dark (weather permitting) we take our telescopes out to the seawall for public viewing of the night skies. Absolutely free! Click on the astro cafe date to go to the detailed posting for the event:

 

 

2017

Date	Event or Speaker	Location	Topic/Comments
10 February	Dr. Howard Trottier	Sunshine Coast Arts Centre	Trottier Observatory
11 February	Public Viewing	SCC Observatory
19 February	Astro Café	Davis Bay
25 February	SCC Executive Meeting	Roberts Creek Co-Housing
10 March	Dr. Stanley Greenspoon	Sunshine Coast Arts Centre	Are we alone: the search for extra solar planets
11 March	Public Viewing	SCC Observatory
17 March	Astro Café	Davis Bay
25 March	Member Viewing	SCC Observatory
25 March	SCC Executive Meeting	Roberts Creek Co Housing
14 April	Leigh Cummings, VP Vancouver Centre	Sunshine Coast Arts Centre	10 Mysteries of the Solar System
15 April	Public Viewing	SCC Observatory
21 April	Astro Café	Davis Bay
22 April	Earth Day	Roberts Creek
29 April	SCC Executive Meeting	Roberts Creek Co-Housing
12 May	Dr. Sun Kwok	Sunshine Coast Arts Centre
13 May	Public Viewing	SCC Observatory	International Astronomy Day
19 May	Astro Café	Davis Bay
20 May	Member Viewing	SCC Observatory
27 May	SCC Executive Meeting	Roberts Creek Co-Housing
9 June	Dr. Julio Navarro	Sunshine Coast Arts Centre	Dark Matter and Dark Energy: the puzzling forces that shape our Universe
10 June	Public Viewing	SCC Observatory
16 June	Astro Café	Davis Bay
17 June	Member Viewing	SCC Observatory
24 June	SCC Executive Meeting	Roberts Creek Co Housing
29 June – 3 July	General Assembly	Ottawa
1 July	Canada Day	Hackett Park, Sechelt
8 July	Public Viewing	SCC Observatory
14 July	Astro Café	Davis Bay
22 July	Member Viewing	SCC Observatory
	SCC Executive Meeting	Roberts Creek Co Housing
TBA August	SCC Observatory Day	SCC Observatory	Noon – midnight
18 August	Astro Café	Davis Bay
26 August	SCC Executive Meeting	Roberts Creek Co Housing
TBA August	Rogue Festival	Shirley Macey Park, Gibsons
TBA August	Harvest Festival	Sechelt Botanical Garden
8 September	Christa Van Laerhoven	Sunshine Coast Arts Centre	Planetary Science
9 September	Public Viewing	SCC Observatory
15 September	Astro Café	Davis Bay
16 September	Starbeque	SCC Observatory	Members only
TBA September	Science Literacy Week	SCC Observatory
23 September	Member Viewing	SCC Observatory
	SCC Executive Meeting	Roberts Creek Co Housing
13 October	James Edgar	Sunshine Coast Arts Centre	The Synthesis of Elements in Stars
	AGM	Sunshine Coast Arts Centre	SCC Members only, precedes monthly talk
14 October	Public Viewing	SCC Observatory
20 October	Astro Café	Davis Bay
28 October	Member Viewing	SCC Observatory
	SCC Executive Meeting	Roberts Creek Co Housing
10 November		Sunshine Coast Arts Centre
11 November	Public Viewing	SCC Observatory
17 November	Astro Café	Davis Bay
25 November	Member Viewing	SCC Observatory
	SCC Executive Meeting	Roberts Creek Co Housing
8 December	Xmas party	Sunshine Coast Arts Centre
9 December	Public Viewing	SCC Observatory
15 December	Astro Café	Davis Bay
	SCC Executive Meeting	Roberts Creek Co Housing

 

Every fourth Saturday evening is being set aside as a members only viewing session at the SCC Observatory. Members are permitted to bring guests. If the weather is inclement, then the session will be moved to an alternate date.Member Viewing: