SJAA Activities Calendar

(late) April

18 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 7:46 p.m., 33% moon rises 3:28 a.m.
25 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 7:52 p.m., 2% moon sets 9:07 p.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.

May
1 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:58 p.m., 56% moon sets 2:32 a.m. Star party hours: 9:00 until midnight. This is also SJAA’s observation of Astronomy Day.
9 General Meeting. Our speaker is Dr. Christopher Mauche (LLNL),who will speak on The X-ray Universe.
15 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. Mark Wagner will talk on “How to Attend and Enjoy Out Of Town Star Parties”.
15 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:10 p.m., 60% moon rises 1:28 a.m. Star party hours: 9:00 until midnight.
16 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 8:11 p.m., 50% moon rises 1:55 a.m.
23 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 8:16 p.m., 0% moon rises 5:40 a.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
29 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:21 p.m., 41% moon sets 1:05 a.m. Star party hours: 9:30 until midnight.

June
6 General Meeting. Our speaker is our own Rod Norden (SJAA) who will tell us about the Pioneer 10-11 missions.
12 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. Topic is TBA
12 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:29 p.m., 75% moon rises 11:56 a.m. Star party hours: 9:30 until midnight.
20 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 8:31 p.m., 3% moon rises 4:19 a.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
20 Summer begins at 10:45 p.m.
20-24 Golden State Star Party - see http://www.goldenstatestarparty.blogspot.com/
26 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:32 p.m., 26% moon sets 11:35 p.m. Star party hours: 9:30 until midnight.