Event: Nix Nature Center Date: Saturday, 8/24/2019 Viewing at 8:30 PM, Sunset at 7:30 PM Place: Nix Nature Center Address: 18751 Laguna Canyon Rd; Laguna Beach Location: 33°36'30"N, 117°45'48"W Directions: Take CA-55 S to I-5 South. Take exit 11A to merge onto I-5 South; go 7.7 mi. Take exit 95 for State Hwy 133 South. […]
Event: Stanton Star Party Date: Friday, 8/30/2019 Viewing at 8:30 PM, Sunset at 7:24 PM Place: Stanton Star Party Address: 10660 Western Avenue; Stanton Location: 33°48'28"N, 118°00'07"W Directions: Take CA-55 North and take exit for CA-22 W towards Garden Grove. Follow CA-22 W to Westminster, 8.3 mi. Take exit 7 for Garden Grove Fwy. Turn […]
Tonight is the meeting of the AstroImagers Special Interest Group (AISIG). The meeting will start at 6:30pm and ends at 9pm at the Urban Workshop. This meeting is open to all members of the OCA. We have members of all skill levels and this is the place to ask questions, learn and meet other members […]
The first session of the Beginners Astronomy Class gives a general overview of all of the different objects you can see in the night and day time skies, with some history and information about what they are and their significance. An overview of the current scientific understanding of the Universe's beginning, present and future is […]
Event: Los Alamitos Elementary Campout Date: Friday, 9/6/2019 Viewing at 8:15 PM, Sunset at 7:15 PM Place: Los Alamitos Elementary Campout Address: 10862 Bloomfield St.; Los Alamitos Location: 33°48'21"N, 118°03'43"W Directions: Take CA-91 West. Take the Valley View exit. Turn left onto Valley View from the exit ramp; go 3.0 mi. Turn right onto Ball […]
News from the Universe The Virgo and two LIGO Gravitational Wave observatories are in observation mode. They detect more than one inspiral event per week, of Black Holes and Neutron Stars, and started making a strange picture of the collapsed-matter Universe. Why are there so many heavy Black Holes out there? How did they form […]
