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Sidewalk Astronomy Day Success!

April 25, 2010 admin 0

We had lots of sun at the Earth Day event in Mission Plaza, SLO on Sat. April 24th, 2010. Representing CCAS were members Dave and President Aurora, who found they were the only booth that didn’t bring a tent for shade, as their exhibit included five solar-viewing telescopes. Dave’s 12″ [Read More…]

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1-Meter Telescope – BIG Hit!

April 25, 2010 admin 0

Report from VP Chris Estrada on the monthly CCAS meeting for April 2010: The meeting went great – we had lots of people both young and “seasoned” alike. The power point, though a little mistimed was full of interesting information ( I should know I spent the better part of [Read More…]

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Star Party Report from Dave M.

April 18, 2010 admin 0

Dancing Deer Ranch 17 Apr 2010: We had a small group of 7 people   and 2 telescopes. Just a nice small informal group. We had a retired physicist who is a new member to the club along with one of Peter’s staff who live on the grounds. Along with [Read More…]

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Citizen Sky Blog

April 18, 2010 admin 0

Here’s a website with the Epsilon Aurigae IR images: http://www.citizensky.org/content/big-announcement

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Space and Astronomy News

February 24, 2010 admin 0

YouTube:  KSBY TV News Report of Delta IV Heavy launch from Vandenberg in December 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upq6bsvjLS0&feature=youtube_gdata Santa Maria Times Article: VAFB Gets Ready for Heavy Duty  (Delta IV Heavy) http://www.santamariatimes.com/news/local/military/article_e5e6b9c2-2119-11df-948a-001cc4c002e0.html Scientific American Article:  Does the U.S. Produce Too Many Scientists? You can provide your views and comments to the author [Read More…]

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Hubble Space Telescope

February 11, 2010 admin 0

This is Part 1 in a series of ten videos produced by the ESA for public distribution about the Hubble Space Telescope and much more. If you want to watch all ten videos, click on the player below and you’ll be taken to You Tube, where you can access all [Read More…]