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The CCAS was invited to host a star-gazing event on Saturday, June 5, 2010 with the American Cancer Society. The event was called Camp Reach for the Stars “Creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays…” According to one of the organizers there where approximately 15 children, cancer survivors, [Read More…]

We were at the new star site, Dancing Deer Ranch in Templeton on Saturday, June 5th, 2010. Although we weren’t sure what to expect to see with the scopes (it was really our first time out there), we were quite impressed! Here’s the scoop on the scopes: From Tom Frey: [Read More…]

On June 5,   CCAS members were finally able to give the Dancing Deer Ranch site a good workout. Attending with their scopes were the dobs: Aurora’s 8 year old son Benji with his 3″ scope. Kent with his 20″ Tom with his 17″ Dave and Andy with their 12″ [Read More…]

The CCAS provided a star gazing event on May 15th, 2010 to Boy Scout Pack 91 at Lopez Lake – here are the highlights! From Member Joseph Carro: We met at Camp Mabel French at 8pm to find about 20 Boy and Girl Scouts and about 15 adults who accompanied [Read More…]

We had lots of sun at the Earth Day event in Mission Plaza, SLO on Sat. April 24th, 2010. Representing CCAS were members Dave and President Aurora, who found they were the only booth that didn’t bring a tent for shade, as their exhibit included five solar-viewing telescopes. Dave’s 12″ [Read More…]

Report from VP Chris Estrada on the monthly CCAS meeting for April 2010: The meeting went great – we had lots of people both young and “seasoned” alike. The power point, though a little mistimed was full of interesting information ( I should know I spent the better part of [Read More…]