SJAA Activities Calendar

July (late)
22 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 8:30 p.m. The topic: Summer Constellations / Highlight Objects. (outdoors)
22 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:24 p.m, 50% moon rises 12:06 a.m. Star party hours: 9:30 until midnight.
30 Dark-Sky weekend. Sunset 8:17 p.m, 0% moon sets 8:09 p.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
August
5 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:11 p.m, 47% moon sets 11:41 p.m. Star party hours: 9:15 until midnight.
13 General Meeting. Board meeting at 6:30; General Meeting at 8:00 p.m. Our speaker is Dr. Elinor Gates of Lick Observatory. Her topic: Untwinkling the Stars: Improving our View of the Universe with Adaptive Optics.
19 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 8:00 p.m. The topic: Star charts and planetarium programs.
19 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:55 p.m, 66% moon rises 11:39 p.m. Star party hours: 9:00 until midnight.
27 Dark-Sky weekend. Sunset 7:44 p.m, 1% moon rises 6:08 a.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
September
2 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:35 p.m, 33% moon sets 10:24 p.m. Star party hours: 8:30 until 11:30 p.m.
10 General Meeting. Board meeting at 6:30; General Meeting at 8:00. Slide/Image & Equipment Night
23 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:00 p.m. The topic: Deep sky observing - galaxies, nebulae, clusters, etc.
23 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:03 p.m, 15% moon rises 3:44 a.m. Star party hours: 8:00 until 11:00 p.m.
24 Dark-Sky weekend. Sunset 7:02 p.m, 8% moon rises 4:54 a.m.