4- Wednesday, September 2, 1998 - North Shore News Night sky comes Cap College instructor _ i offers astronomy course | | Our North Vancouver office has moved Andrew Mecredie inside Lynn Valley Center across from Editor andrew@nsnews.com IGA and next to the liquor store. LOOK up. Waaaay up. Our new hours are Vhar’s what Capilano College instructor Bul Mon. - Fri. 9am - Spm / Sat. Vam - 6pm Van Luven will be telling students enrofled ina Sun 12pm - Spm new course being offered dts term: at the North . Vancouver college. 986-1 155 Astronomy is making a return to Capilano Wy ‘ j College's curriculum this mil oatter a) lengths - 121: - 1199 LYQM VALLEY.RD a NORTH VANCOUVER Astronomy, anon credit: course. is " ; an _ eases bed ty Van Tuven as “a night sky apprecia ° oes the Seah Vancouver man would like to see ‘ a a - FOR ALL YOUR PAINT HIDDEN. 4 se hee “oa full-ecred A Aan he ; Se, : the course became a tull-credit course i tie = 7 7 . ‘ ry AUTOBODY HEEDS HITCH » 4 future. “It’s a tentative first step to sce if the North ore Will embrace the idea of astronomy” Vaio ould we reach for the stars? ronomy is a science that addresses some ot the most basic questions that we've wondered about since the beginning,” he expiained. ; ; “ elven ¥ + : eo on mae . . 7 . binds oF awections planet Earth we an have these - pe DOMESTIC & IMPORT SPECIALISTS . OPEN s es . . a ” : : “QUALITY eee Van Luven adds that on the segey North Shore : ou ; WORKMANSHIP” SATURDAYS i + PRIVATE INSURANCE & we should be even more interested in what's hap- y 4 a ICBC REPAIRS ; , Same Day Service (most hitches) pening sbove the cloud cover. : i a 26 YEARS IN BUSINESS Same Day Service (most “We only get about one in four nights of clear 2 ¥ f RUST acks & ¢ a installed skies so that m ¢s those moments even More spe ; ‘ ae j ; Sport Uitlity, Van & Pick-up Specialists § cial, he said. “Ie’s entertainment for knowledg: : ; ‘ . . Van Luven lett the college for a three-yeac peri- _ ; P , esi “beta e, Hitch od earlier this decade to serve as head programmer an Coke sma Mw atthe H. R. MacMillan Planetarium. : Aithough he works in the communications department, astronomy is “my train set in the basement.” “Here on the North Shore we have some of the best venues to watch the skies,” he said. NEWS photo Grad Ledwicge : Van Luven was the mastermind behind a huge- : ‘ ly successful meteor shower viewing night atop CAPILANO College instructor Bill Van Luven will lead students on § Shannon Humphreys: every Friday on Grouse Mountain several years ago. an eight-week mission to explore North Shore skies. After a long f n your North Shore Ne Over 10,000 people showed up. absence, the college is bringing astronomy back to its curriculum. page seven in your Norin ohare News. Another good venue to watch the night sky trom is Cypress Bowl. The college has satellite campuses in Whistler, Squa and Sechelt. Van Luven has a grand scheme to have stud at all of the campus locations searching the sky. “A lot of people don’: know it, bur in our own backy and we have what was once the largest telescope in the world.” said. The observatory just north of Victoria near RIK Lake is Erol tip 7 oo / #/ Manufacturer of the Aschool trip to the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, built at the curs of the century, will be offered to students . 7 me : . Award winnin Pedro enrolled in Basic Astronon A tour of the UBC observatory is also planned. Another component of the course will be viewing movies, Be AE 3. 1 | Ne y