General Meeting – May 2020 – Online

Online

This was an online event! Please help us by submitting the feedback form. The link is on the box above. Deploying Astronomy-Inspired Techniques to Help Reduce the Damage from Wildfires Over the last decades, we have developed image acquisition, processing, and analysis systems for finding distant supernovae. Such efforts resulted in the Berkeley Automated Supernova […]

Private Outreach – Canceled

Gates Elementary School

Event:           Gates Elementary School Date:             Friday, 5/15/2020 Viewing at 8:45 PM, Sunset at 7:45 PM Place:           Gates Elementary School Address:       23882 Landisview; Lake Forest Location:       33°36'57"N, 117°41'47"W Directions:   Take the 55 Fwy south to the I-5 south. Go south on the I-5 20 miles to the El Toro Rd exit. Turn left on Avenida de […]

Kuhn Reservation

The Kuhn has been reserved by Barbara and Alan for private viewing session.

Palomar Science

Online

An online talk open to all in which Kin Searcy, one of the Palomar Docents, will survey the many questions in astronomy that have been addressed for the last 70 years by professional researchers at Palomar Observatory. Use the link on the top box to join. Zoom Meeting ID: 996 5232 6483

Beginner’s Class

Online

This online event has ended. The 4th session of the Beginners Astronomy Class covers the science behind the telescope. How do our eyes actually perceive objects we see in the telescope and what is the physics that allows that perception. For details, please visit here and download the sample information PDF package. Free and open […]

General Meeting – June 2020

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This event has passed. To provide feedback about the meeting, click here. Our Dusty Universe The two first images of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project combined to show a whole view of the Milky Way as could be seen with the unaided eye, and a more central region observed with an amateur telescope.   Most of […]

Open Meeting – June 2020

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Come and socialize with your fellow astronomy enthusiasts face-to-face at this online meeting! Bring your latest AstroPhotos or questions or mini-presentation. This event was created as a response to those who missed the social interaction opportunity provided at our in-person general meetings.

Online Beginner’s Class

Online

RSVP using the zoom.us link on the box above. Please install/update zoom client prior to the event. This is the "How to Use Your Telescope" session of the Beginners Astronomy Class. If you have a telescope and would like some help learning to set it up and use it, bring it along to this class. […]

Online General Meeting – July 2020

Online

RSVP using the link on the box above. Please install/update zoom client prior to the event. Cosmic Dawn: The Birth of Galaxies in our Universe The Milky Way is but one of an estimated two trillion galaxies in our observable Universe. Modern astronomical telescopes have revealed a rich ecosystem of galaxies, but our Universe wasn't […]