SJAA Activities Calendar

June (late)
26 General Meeting at 8 p.m. Our speaker is Brian Day of NASA/Ames, who will speak on the LCROSS mission.

July
2 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. Topic is TBA.
2 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:32 p.m., 63% moon rises 11:53 p.m. Star party hours: 9:45 until midnight.
10 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 8:30 p.m., No moon. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
16 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:27 p.m., 37% moon sets 11:27 p.m. Star party hours: 9:30 until midnight.
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. 7:30 p.m. Topic is TBA.
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”.