OCA Board Meeting

Online

The OCA Board meeting will happen on September 11, at 10:30am via Zoom. All current members are welcome to attend the meeting, please contact Alan Smallbone so that the meeting information can be sent to you.

Draconids Meteor Shower

This is the one meteor shower of the year that is best viewed in the early evening hours. A minor meteor shower that runs Oct. 6-10, it produces about 10 shooting stars an hour. The first-quarter moon will blot out all but the brightest meteors from this shower, created by comet 21P Giacobini-Zinner.

Online Beginner’s Class

Online

This is a free and open to the public online event, to attend please register with zoom by clicking here. The 2nd session of the Beginners Astronomy Class covers the different types of equipment used to observe the night sky, including telescopes, mounts, eyepieces, filters, and advantages and disadvantages of different options. This session is […]

Online General Meeting – October 2022

Online

This is a free and open to the public online event. Join Zoom     The Dynamic Sky:     How We Find Discover and Understand     Stellar Explosions in the 21st Century     Humans have recorded the appearance of "new stars" since prehistory, but only in the last century have astronomers begun […]