SJAA Activities Calendar

March
1 Houge Park star party. Sunset 6:02 p.m, 79% moon rises 10:34 p.m. Star party hours: 7:00 until 10:00 p.m.
2 Dark-Sky weekend. Sunset 6:03 p.m, 68% moon rises 11:40 p.m.
3 Observing H-alpha flares and sunspots at Houge Park. Also our Telescope Tune-up Time. Sun party and tune-up hours: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
9 Dark-Sky weekend. Sunset 6:10 p.m, 2% moon rises 5:28 a.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
10 DST begins. At 2 a.m. advance clocks to 3 a.m.
15 Beginner Astronomy Class at Houge Park 7:15 p.m.
15 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:15 p.m, 19% moon sets 11:38 p.m. Star party hours: 8:15 until 11:15 p.m.
16 First quarter Moon outdoor meeting at Houge Park: Advanced topics. Meeting hours: 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
24 Auction XXXIII. Noon to 5:00 p.m. See page 6.
24 Observing H-alpha flares and sunspots at Houge Park. Sun party and tune-up hours: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
April
5 Beginner Astronomy Class at Houge Park 8:15 p.m.
5 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:34 p.m, 19% moon rises 4:28 a.m. Star party hours: 8:30 until 11:30 p.m.
6 Dark-Sky weekend. Sunset 7:35 p.m, 11% moon rises 5:02 a.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
7 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.
12 Hall and grounds reserved for SJAA use from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
19 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:47 p.m, 66% moon sets 3:12 a.m. Star party hours: 8:45 until 11:45 p.m. This is part of SJAA’s Astronomy Day observation.
27 General Meeting. Board meeting at 6:00; Social Time at 7:30; General Meeting at 8:00. Our speaker is Dr. Nathalie Cabrol, NASA; “A Decade of Revolution in Astrobiology: How our vision of habitability and life potential in the Solar System has changed”.