Saturday, June 5, 2010 at Sunset CCAS Members are invited to a private star party just for CCAS members at an 80-acre ranch in Templeton, owned by retired professor Peter Huber (who is also an amateur astronomer). The ranch is an eco-friendly retreat center available to CCAS free of charge [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…]
Looking for fun ways to celebrate National Astronomy Day on April 24th? CCAS Members are invited to hit the streets with us on Saturday, April 24th at 11am at the Earth Day celebration event in the plaza at the SLO Mission. We’ll be showing the public the sun and answering [Read More…]
Dancing Deer Ranch 17 Apr 2010: We had a small group of 7 people  and 2 telescopes. Just a nice small informal group. We had a retired physicist who is a new member to the club along with one of Peter’s staff who live on the grounds. Along with [Read More…]
Here’s a website with the Epsilon Aurigae IR images: http://www.citizensky.org/content/big-announcement
YouTube: KSBY TV News Report of Delta IV Heavy launch from Vandenberg in December 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upq6bsvjLS0&feature=youtube_gdata Santa Maria Times Article: VAFB Gets Ready for Heavy Duty (Delta IV Heavy) http://www.santamariatimes.com/news/local/military/article_e5e6b9c2-2119-11df-948a-001cc4c002e0.html Scientific American Article: Does the U.S. Produce Too Many Scientists? You can provide your views and comments to the author [Read More…]
This is Part 1 in a series of ten videos produced by the ESA for public distribution about the Hubble Space Telescope and much more. If you want to watch all ten videos, click on the player below and you’ll be taken to You Tube, where you can access all [Read More…]
Sadly, the weather got in the way of our night under the starry skies! We highly suggest joining our email list, where you’ll get the latest information on whether a star party is a GO or NO-GO depending on weather conditions.
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