March, 2020 | Central Coast Astronomical Society

Follow-up from Dr. Pamela Gay’s Talk on How to Get Involved with Astronomy

March 1, 2020 admin 0

We had a full house (over 50 people in attendance) for our February guest speaker, Dr. Pamela Gay from CosmoQuestion and her 500+ episodes of AstronomyCast. During her presentation. Pamela had several suggestions about how to help our astronomers with doing their science, and I wanted to compile her information [Read More…]

CCAS Member Report: Betelgeuse

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Betelgeuse is classified as a Semi-Regular variable with a period of about 423 days and brightness range from visual mag 0 to mag 1.6. Like all Semi-Regulars the period and both maximum and minimum brightness levels are subject to fluctuations cycle to cycle. This cycle the star dimmed more than [Read More…]