Open Spiral Bar

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This is a free and open to the public online event. Join Zoom   Come and socialize with your fellow astronomy enthusiasts face-to-face virtually! Bring your latest astrophotography, mini-presentation, questions or none and your own refreshments.

Online General Meeting – November 2022

Online

This is a free and open to the public online event. Join Zoom   X-raying the Winds of Giant Stars         We are made of stardust—or, at least in significant parts, of material produced in giant stars. These giant stars have strong winds that strip away the outer layers of stellar material. […]

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 3rd session of the Beginners Astronomy Class covers different methods of finding objects in the night sky.  Special topic is learning the constellations. For details, please visit here and download the sample information PDF […]

Online General Meeting – October 2022

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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 […]

Online Beginner’s Class

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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 […]

OCA Board Meeting

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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.

Open Spiral Bar

Online

This is a free and open to the public online event. Join Zoom   Come and socialize with your fellow astronomy enthusiasts face-to-face virtually! Bring your latest astrophotography, mini-presentation, questions or none and your own refreshments.

Online General Meeting – September 2022

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This is a free and open to the public online event. Join Zoom   Cosmic rays, antimatter, dark matter:   connecting the dots     In August 1912, Austrian physicist Victor Hess made a discovery that opened a new window to the most energetic phenomena happening in the universe: he had discovered cosmic rays. Cosmic […]

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 1st 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 […]

Open Spiral Bar

Online

This is a free and open to the public online event. Join Zoom   Come and socialize with your fellow astronomy enthusiasts face-to-face virtually! Bring your latest astrophotography, mini-presentation, questions or none and your own refreshments.