On October 10th (Wed), you are invited to the exoplanet lecture in the Spanos Theatre that is open to the public! Amherst College astronomy professor Kate Follette is talking about her work as a planet hunter. She is also giving the physics colloquium the next day and spending two days [Read More…]
I wanted to alert you and the CCAS to an upcoming event at Cal Poly. On April 28, we will have a speaker from JPL to talk about the Mars InSight mission that (hopefully) launches in early May. Since Cal Poly built some of the hardware that is flying to [Read More…]
Thank you for donating to CCAS! Monetary donations are used to purchase new equipment for our observing programs, support regional star parties, print our newsletter and pay for postage, pay for our great speakers, and other incidentals. All donations are greatly appreciated. We will provide a receipt upon request for [Read More…]
On Sep 17, 2017 Cal Poly held their annual Showcase event to finish off WOW week. Ron Setina and Dave Majors helped the Cal Poly Astronomy Club with their booth with our Solar Scopes. Since their scopes were looking at the Sun, Dave powered his with solar panels. Here are [Read More…]
I am excited to announce that we have recently been able to secure a Cassini scientist to give our 2nd Ross and Sue Benitez Space Exploration Forum on Saturday, September 16. This is the day after the end of the Cassini mission as the spacecraft plunges into Saturn’s atmosphere. Jani [Read More…]
There is a major eclipse over much of North America this month. The sun will go dark during the day right in the middle of a cloudless day. An eclipse is when one object completely blocks another. If you’re big on vocabulary words, the word that describes this as a [Read More…]
Having recently visited UCSB’s Sedgewick Reserve at the foothills of Figueroa Mountain in the Santa Ynez Valley, I was eager to learn more about the organization, people, and equipment comprising the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, commonly shortened to LCOGT Network or simply LCO. LCO’s very first fully automated [Read More…]
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