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The San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) offers membership to this group, to anyone wishing to receive notices of SJAA news or events. This is not a discussion group... it is for announcements only.
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Reminder - Saturday - Potluck, Dr Steven Beckwith
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Hello SJAA Members and Friends, Just a reminder about tomorrow night's event. There will be a potluck starting at 6:30PM, followed by our speaker starting at 8PM. It's all at the SJAA basecamp, the Hall at Houge Park in San Jose. [link] Our speaker will be Dr. Steven Beckwith, Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley. The title of his talk is "The Dawn of Creation: The First Two Billion Years". That was just before the SJAA was founded, if records are correct. Here's a preview of what to expect:... more »
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SJAA This Weekend - 5/25
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Hello SJAA Members and Friends, here's an update on the general meeting, coming up this Saturday, 25 May. We will host Dr. Steven Beckwith, Professor of Astronomy from the University of California. [link] His talk is entitled, "The Dawn of Creation: The First Two Billion Years". Dr. Beckwith will begin at 8PM.... more »
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Rancho Canada del Oro - Visual Observing tonight 5/18
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Hi folks,
I have received a lot of emails requesting Rancho to be opened up tonight. Conditions do look good.
Therefore, I am opening up Rancho for visual observers. Please arrive by 8:30pm !!!!
Will be staying quite late. The directions are listed below. Remember to bring warm clothes (additional layers).... more »
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SJAA Friday 5-17
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Hello SJAA Members and Friends, quick reminder, two things this Friday, 17 May... Starting at 9:15PM, the SJAA will host another of its regular, ever-popular in town star parties. NWS says it will be mostly clear, so bring your scope, or just bring your eyes and your camaraderie, and be prepared to have a great time. It really is a great group of folks who come out, and as always, the more, the merrier, especially with more kids and families, and with Saturn coming back around again, there are plenty of oohs and ahhs to go around! Official star party shutdown is midnight, btw, which is ok, all the kids are usually long gone by then.... more »
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Rancho Canada del Oro (RCDO) Saturday May 11th
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Hi folks,
I am opening up RCDO tonight (Saturday May 11th) for visual observers. Please arrive by 8:30pm !!!!
Will be staying quite late. The directions are listed below. Remember to bring warm clothes (additional layers).
Hope to see everyone there tonight.
Regards,
Dave
Here are the directions:... more »
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Upcoming Events
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Hello SJAA Members and Friends, A new moon weekend is upon us, with darker skies. Weather should be favorable too, if the NWS is correct. Hope you have some observing plans; Bonny Doon Airport, the Santa Cruz club's primary site, looks like it will see some photon gatherers on Saturday. I plan to stoke the tiny spark my 9 year old has recently displayed about astronomy, and we'll bring out our scopes into the back yard.... more »
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Upcoming Imaging SIG - 24 May 2013
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Message from Harsh Kaushikkar of the SJAA's AstroImaging SIG (Special Interest Group): +++++++++++++++++ Hello Imagers, I am excited to announce that for our next meeting of the Imaging SIG, John Wainwright will be conducting our first seminar on Introduction to Astro-Image processing. This is scheduled for May 24 at 7:30PM at the hall... more »
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Opportunities
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Hello SJAA Members and Friends, As you know, the mission of our organization, is to promote astronomy and related sciences to the public and among its members. And there are lots of ways to get involved beyond just attending meetings and star parties. Some of the ongoing opportunities are listed here:... more »
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SJAA Events this weekend
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Hello SJAA Members and Friends, There are two, three, no, FOUR SJAA events this weekend: star party, beginners class, solar and FixIt. All happen at San Jose's Houge Park. Starting at 8PM on Friday, 03 May 2013, the beginners class is kid and family friendly. Topics this month include tonight's solar system, constellations Ursa Major, Canes Venatici, Crater, Corvus, and a solar system object in more depth. It's a mixture of mythology and science, then kids go outside "hands-on" using telescopes.... more »
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general meetings
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Hello SJAA Members and Friends, I'd like to acknowledge what happened with last weekend's general meeting where things didn't go as well as they normally do. We hit a bit of a rough patch with our speaker becoming unavailable, then the turbulence continued as our regular communication channels were unavailable and the backup lines got crossed.... more »
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