Central Coast Astronomical Society

Central Coast Astronomical Society

Sharing the night sky above San Luis Obispo County, California, since 1979.

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Join us for live Virtual Stargazing – ONLINE – April 23, 2022

April 1, 2022 admin4 0

CCAS member Kent Wallace and club president Aurora Lipper will take you on a tour of the night sky. NASA Solar System Ambassador and CCAS member Brian P. Cox will also share an update on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). As part of the presentation, the team will show [Read More…]

Do Galaxies Breathe, Too? Presented by Dr. Xinnan Du

March 31, 2022 admin4 0

Join us on April 20th at 1PM Pacific for a special presentation from Dr. Xinnan Du. Galaxies are more than just hundreds of billions of stars; the gas that fills the space between the stars in fact plays a crucial role in determining the fate of a galaxy. Join this [Read More…]

Join us for live Virtual Stargazing – ONLINE – March 25, 2022

February 26, 2022 admin4 0

Note: Our start time has moved to 8PM Pacific NASA Solar System Ambassador and CCAS member Brian P. Cox together with club president Aurora Lipper will take you on a tour of the night sky using live telescope views! Our telescope targets for tonight will be: M42 – Great Orion [Read More…]

Join us for live Virtual Stargazing – ONLINE – February 18th, 2022

February 5, 2022 admin4 0

NASA Solar System Ambassador and CCAS member Brian P. Cox together with club member Kent Wallace and club president Aurora Lipper will take you on a tour of the night sky using live telescope views! Our telescope targets for tonight will be: M 45 Pleiades M1 Crab Nebula M42 Great [Read More…]

Join us for Virtual Stargazing – ONLINE – January 28th at 7PM

December 31, 2021 admin4 0

CCAS amateur astronomers Kent Wallace and Brian P. Cox together with club president Aurora Lipper will take you on a tour of the night sky so you can star gaze right from home! Brian will also provide live telescope views! (weather permitting) They’ll also show you how to use Star [Read More…]

Join us for Virtual Stargazing – ONLINE – December 3rd at 7PM

October 8, 2021 admin4 0

CCAS amateur astronomer Brian P. Cox and president Aurora Lipper will be taking you on a tour of the night sky so you can star gaze right from home! Brian will also provide live telescope views! (weather permitting) They’ll also show you how to use Star Charts to help you [Read More…]

Join us for Virtual Stargazing – ONLINE – October 8th at 7PM

September 13, 2021 admin4 0

CCAS amateur astronomers Kent Wallace and Brian P. Cox, together with President Aurora Lipper will be taking you on a tour of the night sky so you can star gaze right from home! Brian will also provide live telescope views! (weather permitting) They’ll also show you how to use Star [Read More…]

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Member’s Work

M42
M78 by Dave Majors
M33 by Dave Majors
M65-M66 pair of the Leo Triplet by Dave Mjors
Globular Cluster M15 by Dave Majors
Rosette Nebula by Lee Coombs
M1
M1 Crab Nebula by Peter Bresler
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NGC 4565 by Dave Mjors
NGC 891 in Andreomeda by Dave Majors
M33 Hyperstar

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