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New Star Site for CCAS Members

May 28, 2010 admin 0

Saturday, June 5, 2010 at Sunset CCAS Members are invited to a private star party just for CCAS members at an 80-acre ranch in Templeton, owned by retired professor Peter Huber (who is also an amateur astronomer). The ranch is an eco-friendly retreat center available to CCAS free of charge [Read More…]

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Boy Scout Star Party

May 25, 2010 admin 0

The CCAS provided a star gazing event on May 15th, 2010 to Boy Scout Pack 91 at Lopez Lake – here are the highlights! From Member Joseph Carro: We met at Camp Mabel French at 8pm to find about 20 Boy and Girl Scouts and about 15 adults who accompanied [Read More…]

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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