SJAA Activities Calendar

July (late)
24 General Meeting at 8 p.m. Our speaker is Dr. Jonathan Devor. His talk is on “Searching for Eclipsing Binary Stars, and the Strange Things We Find.”
30 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 8:15 p.m. Topic is TBA. Note the new starting time.
30 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:17 p.m., 77% moon rises 10:21 p.m. Star party hours: 9:15 until midnight.

August
7 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 8:09 p.m., 5% moon rises 4:32 a.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
20 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:53 p.m., 90% moon sets 3:38 a.m. Star party hours: 8:30 until 11:30 p.m.
28 General Meeting at 8 p.m. Our speaker is Dr. Seth Shostak from the SETI Institute. His talk is on “New Approaches to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence”.

September
3 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. Topic is TBA.
3 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:33 p.m., 23% moon rises 2:09 a.m. Star party hours: 8:30 until 11:30.
4 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 7:32 p.m., 14% moon rises 3:21 a.m.
11 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 7:21 p.m., 20% moon sets 9:11 p.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
17 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:12 p.m., 78% moon sets 2:32 a.m. Star party hours: 8:00 until 11:00.
25 General Meeting at 8 p.m. Slide and Equipment night (aka “Show and Tell”).