Category Archives: Article

International Occultation Timing Association

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Occultation Web site for Anza OCA Observatory & Southern CaliforniaI enjoyed attending your Open Meeting on June 14, talking with many of you about occultations. This is just a quick […]

July OCA Beginner’s Class: “How to use your Telescope”

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On Friday, July 3 is the OCA “How to use your telescope” session.  Due to COVID-19, we will not hold this class at the Heritage museum in Santa Ana.   Therefore, […]

Download Zoom

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We are using zoom.us for all our online meetings. You would need to have the latest version of the zoom client installed on your device prior to joining a meeting.Even […]

COVID-19 Response

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From the Orange County Astronomers’ Board of Trustees: Response to COVID-19 Crisis.   The OCA Board of Trustees discussed our best course of action for upcoming events at its March […]

March 2020 Meeting Cancelled

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In an abundance of caution and following the Chapman University guidelines the March General Meeting is cancelled. Chapman made an announcement today which is summarized in this article: Chapman University […]

2020 OCA Board of Trustees Ballot

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Happy Holidays to everyone and hope this year as it winds down has been a great year. With the end of year looming up quickly it is once again time […]

Free to All: How to Use Your Telescope Class

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Friday January 3, 2020 is the next “How to Use Your Telescope Class” at the Heritage Museum in Santa Ana. If you just got a shiny new telescope for the […]

James Webb Space Telescope Tour

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Orange County Astronomers have been invited to come to Redondo Beach and tour the James Webb telescope. We get to see it from two different viewing galleries. We will be going […]

Beginner’s Class – August 2, 2019 at 7:30PM

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Introduction to Astrophotography As part of the ongoing series of beginning astronomy classes offered to the public by Orange County Astronomers, you are invited to attend a free introductory class […]

NEW WEBSITE! Important Information

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Welcome to the new website of the Orange County Astronomers!   As many of you have realized over the years we have needed a new website. Our old site was […]