SJAA Activities Calendar

(late) October
24 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. TBA
24 Houge Park star party. Sunset 6:18 p.m., 12% moon rises 4:14 a.m. Star party hours: 7:30 until 10:30.
25 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 6:17 p.m., 6% moon rises 5:17 a.m.

November
1 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 6:09 p.m., 15% moon sets 8:31 p.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
2 DST ends at 2 a.m. Set clocks back 1 hour.
7 Houge Park star party. Sunset 5:03 p.m., 70% moon sets 1:32 a.m. Star party hours: 7:00 until 10:00.
8 General Meeting at Houge Park. 8 p.m. Our speaker is Dr. Helen Quinn of SLAC: her topic: “The Mystery of the Missing Antimatter”.
9 Fall Swap. TBA
21 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. TBA
22 Houge Park star party. Sunset 4:54 p.m., 25% moon rises 2:11 a.m. Star party hours: 7:00 until 10:00.
22 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 4:53 p.m., 16% moon rises 3:12 a.m.
29 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 4:51 p.m., 5% moon sets 6:20 p.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.

December
5 Houge Park star party. Sunset 4:50 p.m., 53% moon sets 12:20 a.m. Star party hours: 7:00 until 10:00.
13 General Meeting at Houge Park. 8 p.m. Our speaker is Dr. Robert Sabin of UCSC: his topic: “The Red Giant Phase”.
19 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. TBA
19 Houge Park star party. Sunset 4:53 p.m., 41% moon rises 1:05 a.m. Star party hours: 7:00 until 10:00.
20 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 4:54 p.m., 31% moon rises 2:07 a.m.
21 Winter begins 4:04 a.m.
27 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 4:58 p.m., new moon sets 5:11 p.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.