Private Star Party – Orange County

Monthly Star Party in the OC Parks Open space (Location may vary), open to OCA Members and their guests only. NOTE: The actual time the gate opens may be different from what is shown above. The Orange County star parties generally begin with the opening of the gate about 30 minutes before sundown and close […]

Beginner’s Class

7:30:00 PM - 9:30:00 PM The 4th session of the Beginners Astronomy Class provides a more indepth explanation of telescopes and how they operate. This is a technical discussion covering the physics behind the telescope. The Beginners Astronomy Class is held at the Heritage Museum of Orange County in Santa Ana. For details, please see […]

General Meeting – June 2019

Irvine Lecture Hall of the Chapman University 336 N Center St, Orange, CA, United States

Exoplanets: Finding Life in the Galaxy Join Dr. Zellem, a planetary astronomer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as he discusses how scientists find and characterize exoplanets, planets outside of our Solar System, with the ultimate goal of finding extraterrestrial life. Robert Zellem