Video Premiere: Stargazing Targets for August
CCAS president Aurora Lipper and CCAS amateur astronomers Kent Wallace and Brian Cox provide a tour of the summer sky for August. This video premieres August 1, 2021 at 5PM (PDT)
Free Live Class: How to Use Binoculars for Astronomy
Join Brian from Central Coast Astronomy & Aurora from Supercharged Science as they go over what you need to know to get started touring the night sky with a pair of binoculars! Click the image below to join the live stream. Watching from a Smart TV or Roku? Log [Read More…]
Live Tour of the Moon
Join CCAS officer, Dr. 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 [Read More…]
Dark Sky Locations in Central California
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
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…]
Telescopes, Binoculars, Star Charts, and Equipment Recommendations
Wow – nothing says holiday gift more than a scientific instrument to look at the stars. The trouble is, most people are so excited about the instrument that they forget they still don’t know how to use it. A telescope is pretty useless unless you know where to point it, and [Read More…]
Leonids Meteor Shower Reminder!
Don’t forget about the upcoming meteor shower! The moon’s minimal (yay!) and you don’t even need a telescope – just go outside and look up! Try to find a space away from city lights, and enjoy it with a friend.
Blue Moon on Halloweeeeeen!
A lunar month takes 29.53 days. This is the amount of time it takes for the Moon to complete a cycle through all the phases, from new moon to full moon and then back to new moon again. This is very close to the length of a month in the [Read More…]
Free Online Tour of the Moon
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
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…]