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Month: March 2026

Public Dark Sky Star Party on Saturday, April 18

March 18, 2026 Aurora Lipper 0

Our next Star Party is on Saturday, April 18, starting at 7:30pm at Santa Margarita Lake Marina! Our stargazing site is located in the parking lot of the marina and boat launch at Santa Margarita Lake Park (SMLP). The park is approximately 8 miles south of the town of Santa [Read More…]

Project Scientist on NASA PUNCH Mission Coming to Cal Poly on April 8th

March 14, 2026 Aurora Lipper 0

NASA’s newest solar mission, PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere), is transforming how we understand our home in space. Launched last March from Vandenberg Space Force Base, PUNCH is a constellation of four small satellites flying together in coordinated Earth orbit to make global, 3D observations of the [Read More…]

A Trip to the Center of Our Galaxy Talk on April 8th

March 13, 2026 Aurora Lipper 0

Join us for an exciting evening exploring one of the most fascinating regions in the universe: the center of our own Milky Way galaxy! Dr. Anna Ciurlo, an astrophysicist at UCLA, studies the motion of gas and stars near the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center. Her work focuses [Read More…]

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Member’s Work

NGC 4565 by Dave Majors
M1 Crab Nebula by Peter Bresler
Globular Cluster M15 by Dave Majors
Rosette Nebula by Lee Coombs
M1
M65-M66 pair of the Leo Triplet by Dave Majors
Triangulum Galaxy M33 by Dave Majors
M33 by Dave Majors
M42
NGC 891 in Andreomeda by Dave Majors
M33 Hyperstar
M78 by Dave Majors

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