Dark Sky Locations in Central California

May 25, 2021 admin4 0

These locations* have been recommended by club members. If you have additional recommendations, please let us know.   Vineyard Dog Park Reasonably dark skies and good surface. parks4pups.org/vineyard-dog-park-templeton   Santa Margarita Lake The campsites in the Grey Pines Loop are reasonably dark.  slocountyparks.com/camp/santa-margarita-lake/   Blinn Ranch Trailhead Has dark skies [Read More…]

Guest Speaker Ray Weymann

February 17, 2021 admin4 0

Central Coast Astronomical presents: The Mystery of ‘Oumuamua: Our First Interstellar Visitor by Dr. Ray Weymann Dr. Ray Weymann shares current methods and equipment used to discover objects in our solar system and recounts the discovery of ‘Oumuamua.     About our presenter: Dr. Ray Weymann is a retired astrophysicist [Read More…]

Image of the Moon by David Majors

Free Online Tour of the Moon

August 9, 2020 admin4 0

Join CCAS Officer, Lee Coombs as he presents a tour of the Moon. He will discuss its formation and terrain while diving deep into the features that one can observe starting with the 5 day Moon, and ending with the 11 day Moon. This will include features that one can [Read More…]

Guest Speaker Russ Glenn – July 23rd

July 9, 2020 admin4 0

Our speaker for July is Russ Glenn, the Director of Education for Slooh. Designed to inspire, Slooh’s education curriculum is the fruition of Slooh’s National Science Foundation grant, ‘Curriculum Driven Gamification of Space Exploration’. Slooh offers: Robotic Telescopes: Slooh provides real-time viewing and control of robotic telescopes, including seven telescopes [Read More…]