SJAA Activities Calendar

(late June)
23 Mirror-making workshop at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m.
30 General meeting at Houge Park. 8 p.m. John Dillon, science historian, will tell us of the search for the first telescope.
July
5 Mirror-making workshop at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m.
6 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m.
6 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:31 p.m., 55% moon rise 0:20 a.m. Star party hours: 9:30 to midnight.
7 Dark sky weekend. Sunset 8:31 p.m., 44% moon rise 0:48 a.m.
14 Dark sky weekend. Sunset 8:28 p.m., 1% moon sets 9:07 p.m.
20 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:24 p.m., 33% moon sets 11:41 p.m. Star party hours: 9:30 to midnight.
21 Coyote Lake Park star party. Sunset 8:23 p.m., 49% moon sets 12:04 a.m. Star party starts at 9:30.
21 Mirror-making workshop at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m.
28 General meeting at Houge Park. 8 p.m. Bryant Grigsby, staff astronomer at Lick Observatory, will tell of Developing Adaptive Optics for Lick Observatory.
August
2 Mirror-making workshop at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m.
3 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m.
3 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:13 p.m., 69% moon rise 10:52 p.m. Star party hours: 9:00 to midnight.
11 Dark sky weekend. Sunset 8:05 p.m., 1% moon rises 5:57 a.m.
17 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:57 p.m., 25% moon sets 10:07 p.m. Star party hours: 9:00 to midnight.
18 Coyote Lake Park star party. Sunset 5:55 p.m., 33% moon sets 10:32 p.m. Star party starts at 9:00.
18 Mirror-making workshop at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m.
25 General meeting at Houge Park. 8 p.m. Dr. Graeme Smith, UC Professor of Astronomy will tell us of his research on globular Clusters.