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Free astronomy events, San Jose, CA area vicinity
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Jim Van Nuland
Jan 23, 2012, 2:20:03 AM1/23/12
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Free astronomy events, San Jose, CA area vicinity
The SJAA hotline is available 24 hours/day at (408) 559-1221. This
posting contains the current hotline message. For more about SJAA,
and for weather cancellations for the Houge Park events,
visit our web site at <http://www.sjaa.net>.
WELCOME! to the San Jose Astronomical Association's Calendar Hot Line.
Following is a list of all the public activities of SJAA.
You are invited to any and all of them! Driving directions
will be given afterward.
Jan.27 - Friday - Public observing session on the grounds at Houge
Park, featuring the small 23% moon, Venus, Jupiter, the pretty
Pleiades star cluster, and other show objects of the winter sky.
Star party hours: 7:00 until 10:00 pm.
Feb. 4 - Saturday - General Meeting. Our speaker is Dr. Lynn
Rothschild, on: Life at the Edge: Life in Extreme Environments
on Earth. And, the Search for Life in the Universe.
In the hall at Houge Park, 8:00 pm.
Feb.17 - Friday - Our beginner's astronomy class meets. The
topic: Types of telescopes, designs, utility, practicality.
In the hall at Houge Park, 7:00 pm.
Also on February 17 - Friday
Feb.17 - Friday - Public observing session on the grounds at Houge
Park, featuring Venus, Jupiter, the pretty Pleiades star cluster,
and other show objects of the Winter sky. The moon is absent.
Star party hours: 7:00 until 10:00 pm.
Feb.18 - Saturday - Dark-sky weekend. Get away from the city
lights, to enjoy the night sky. Sunset is at 5:50 pm, and
the 8% moon rises at 5:15 am.
Feb.25 - Saturday - Another dark-sky weekend. Sunset is at
5:57 pm. The 17% crescent moon sets at 9:57 pm.
Mar. 2 - Friday - Our beginner's astronomy class meets. Topic:
the moon (indoors and outdoors) at Houge Park, 7:00 pm
On the grounds at Houge Park, 7:00 pm.
Also on March 2 - Friday
Mar. 2 - Friday - Public observing session on the grounds
at Houge Park, featuring the gibbous moon, Venus, Jupiter, the
pretty Pleiades star cluster, and other show objects of the
Winter sky. Star party hours: 7:00 until 10:00 pm.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
Houge Park is in San Jose, near Campbell and Los Gatos.
From Hwy.17, take the Camden Avenue exit.
Go east 4/10 mile, and turn right at the light, onto Bascom Avenue.
At the next light, turn left onto Woodard Road.
At the first stop sign, turn right onto Twilight Drive.
Go three blocks, cross Sunrise Drive, then turn left into the park.
From Hwy.85, take the Bascom Avenue exit. Go north about 3/10 mile,
and turn right at the first traffic light, onto White Oaks Road. Go
nearly 3/10 mile to the first stop sign, then turn left onto Twilight
Drive. You will now be passing the park. Turn right at the first
driveway, into the parking lot.
Let me repeat that all of our events are open to anyone interested
in the celestial science. No reservations needed,
We supply telescopes, or bring your own.
Clear Skies! -- and, Keep Looking Up!
--
Jim Van Nuland, calendar keeper,
San Jose Astronomical Association
The SJAA hotline is available 24 hours/day at (408) 559-1221. This
posting contains the current hotline message. For more about SJAA,
and for weather cancellations for the Houge Park events,
visit our web site at <http://www.sjaa.net>.
WELCOME! to the San Jose Astronomical Association's Calendar Hot Line.
Following is a list of all the public activities of SJAA.
You are invited to any and all of them! Driving directions
will be given afterward.
Jan.27 - Friday - Public observing session on the grounds at Houge
Park, featuring the small 23% moon, Venus, Jupiter, the pretty
Pleiades star cluster, and other show objects of the winter sky.
Star party hours: 7:00 until 10:00 pm.
Feb. 4 - Saturday - General Meeting. Our speaker is Dr. Lynn
Rothschild, on: Life at the Edge: Life in Extreme Environments
on Earth. And, the Search for Life in the Universe.
In the hall at Houge Park, 8:00 pm.
Feb.17 - Friday - Our beginner's astronomy class meets. The
topic: Types of telescopes, designs, utility, practicality.
In the hall at Houge Park, 7:00 pm.
Also on February 17 - Friday
Feb.17 - Friday - Public observing session on the grounds at Houge
Park, featuring Venus, Jupiter, the pretty Pleiades star cluster,
and other show objects of the Winter sky. The moon is absent.
Star party hours: 7:00 until 10:00 pm.
Feb.18 - Saturday - Dark-sky weekend. Get away from the city
lights, to enjoy the night sky. Sunset is at 5:50 pm, and
the 8% moon rises at 5:15 am.
Feb.25 - Saturday - Another dark-sky weekend. Sunset is at
5:57 pm. The 17% crescent moon sets at 9:57 pm.
Mar. 2 - Friday - Our beginner's astronomy class meets. Topic:
the moon (indoors and outdoors) at Houge Park, 7:00 pm
On the grounds at Houge Park, 7:00 pm.
Also on March 2 - Friday
Mar. 2 - Friday - Public observing session on the grounds
at Houge Park, featuring the gibbous moon, Venus, Jupiter, the
pretty Pleiades star cluster, and other show objects of the
Winter sky. Star party hours: 7:00 until 10:00 pm.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
Houge Park is in San Jose, near Campbell and Los Gatos.
From Hwy.17, take the Camden Avenue exit.
Go east 4/10 mile, and turn right at the light, onto Bascom Avenue.
At the next light, turn left onto Woodard Road.
At the first stop sign, turn right onto Twilight Drive.
Go three blocks, cross Sunrise Drive, then turn left into the park.
From Hwy.85, take the Bascom Avenue exit. Go north about 3/10 mile,
and turn right at the first traffic light, onto White Oaks Road. Go
nearly 3/10 mile to the first stop sign, then turn left onto Twilight
Drive. You will now be passing the park. Turn right at the first
driveway, into the parking lot.
Let me repeat that all of our events are open to anyone interested
in the celestial science. No reservations needed,
We supply telescopes, or bring your own.
Clear Skies! -- and, Keep Looking Up!
--
Jim Van Nuland, calendar keeper,
San Jose Astronomical Association
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