SJAA Activities Calendar

April (late)
23 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:50 p.m., 78% moon sets 3:49 a.m. Star party hours: 8:45 until 11:45.
25 Auction XXX. Open at noon. Selling 1:00 to about 5 p.m. in the hall at Houge Park. See
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/eve/1582539763.html
for more details. To post items to be offered at the Auction go to http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sjaaauction/ .

May
7 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. Topic is TBA.
7 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:03 p.m., 31% moon rises 3:00 a.m. Star party hours: 9:00 until midnight.
8 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 8:04 p.m., 31% moon rises 3:25 a.m.
15 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 8:10 p.m., 6% moon sets 10:23 p.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
21 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:15 p.m., 65% moon sets 2:21 a.m. Star party hours: 9:15 until midnight.
29 General Meeting at 8 p.m. Our speaker is Dr. Bradford Holden of Lick Observatory, speaking on The Physical Evolution of Massive Galaxies.

June
4 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. Topic is TBA.
4 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:24 p.m., 47% moon rises 1:26 a.m. Star party hours: 9:30 until midnight.
5 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 8:25 p.m., 37% moon rises 1:51 a.m.
12 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 8:29 p.m., No moon. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
18 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:31 p.m., 51% moon sets 12:54 a.m. Star party hours: 9:45 until midnight.
29 General Meeting at 8 p.m. Our speaker is Brian Day of NASA/Ames, who will speak on the LCROSS mission.