SJAA Activities Calendar

August
4 General Meeting. Board meeting (*)at 6:00; Social Time at 7:30; General Meeting at 8:00. Our speaker is Tim DeBenedictis, Founder/Owner of Southern Stars software, maker of the Sky Safari app and SkyFi WiFi controller. His topic: Planetarium software: “Astronomy on the iPhone”.
5 Observing H-alpha flares and sunspots at Houge Park. Also our Telescope Tune-up Time. Sun party and tune-up hours: 2:00 until 4:00 p.m.
10 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 8:00 p.m. The topic: Star charts and planetarium programs.
10 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:05 p.m, 37% moon rises 12:56 a.m. Star party hours: 9:00 until midnight.
11 Dark-Sky weekend. Sunset 8:04 p.m, 28% moon rises 1:42 a.m.
18 Dark-Sky weekend. Sunset 7:55 p.m, 3% moon sets 8:18 p.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
24 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:47 p.m, 57% moon sets 12:25 a.m. Star party hours: 8:45 until 11:45 p.m.

September
1 General Meeting. Board meeting (*)at 6:00; Social Time at 7:30; General Meeting at 8:00. Slide and Equipment Night.
2 Observing H-alpha flares and sunspots at Houge Park. Also our Telescope Tune-up Time. Sun party and tune-up hours: 2:00 until 4:00 p.m.
7 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. The topic: Deep sky observing - galaxies, nebulae, clusters, etc.
7 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:27 p.m, 53% moon rises 11:36 p.m. Star party hours: 8:30 until 11:30 p.m.
8 Dark-Sky weekend. Sunset 7:25 p.m, 44% moon rises 12:25 a.m.
15 Dark-Sky weekend. Sunset 7:14 p.m, no moon. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
21 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:05 p.m, 43% moon sets 11:20 p.m. Star party hours: 8:00 until 11:00 p.m.
29 General Meeting. Board meeting (*)at 6:00; Social Time at 7:30; General Meeting at 8:00. Our speaker is Steve Gottlieb, speaking on Lord Rosse’s Discovery of Spiral Nebulae.