Welcome to the
Cowichan Valley Starfinders

The Cowichan Valley Starfinders are a non-profit society who’s mandate is to promote and enjoy amateur astronomy in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Monthly Club Socials

Socials are held the 4th Wednesday of every month at 7:00pm with the exception of July, August and December (dinner) and are hosted in Mill Bay. Come and enjoy a fun and informative social and maybe a little observing afterward.

Astronomy & Space News

• Voyager 2 Enters Interstellar Space
  Sky & TelescopePublished on 2018-12-10By Christopher Crockett
• Solar activity research provides insight into sun’s past, future
  Science DailyPublished on 2018-12-10
• Evidence for carbon-rich surface on Ceres
  Science DailyPublished on 2018-12-10
• NASA’s Voyager 2 probe enters interstellar space
  Science DailyPublished on 2018-12-10
• 60-Second Astro News: Helium Exoplanets and a Supernova Surprise
  Sky & TelescopePublished on 2018-12-10By Christopher Crockett
• NASA InSight lander ‘hears’ Martian winds
  Science DailyPublished on 2018-12-07
• NASA’s Mars InSight flexes its arm
  Science DailyPublished on 2018-12-07
• Planetary defense: The Bennu experiment
  Science DailyPublished on 2018-12-07
• Mercury-Bound BepiColombo is About to Start Using the Most Powerful Ion Engines Ever Sent to Space
  Astronomy and Space News from Universe TodayPublished on 2018-12-07By Evan Gough
• The Draco Constellation
  Astronomy and Space News from Universe TodayPublished on 2018-12-07By Matt Williams