The Couch-Potato Telescope “Picheloup”

July 10, 2023 admin4 0

In March of 2021, board member Tom Frey recorded a video of his binocular chair, also called a “Couch Potato Telescope”. Since then, that video has been viewed over 1,000 times and people have been asking for the plans to build one of their own. The original design for this [Read More…]

Public lecture at Cal Poly SLO on May 11th

May 5, 2023 admin4 0

The Benitez Space Exploration Forum, with a talk titled “Exploring our Dusty Universe with JWST,” will take place May 11 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Advanced Technology Laboratories (Building 07) on the Cal Poly campus. Click this link to see the location on Google Maps. UC San [Read More…]

Month by Month Stargazing Tours

September 3, 2021 admin4 0

Join Aurora Lipper and Kent Wallace for a month by month tour of the night sky. Each video below provides a tour of objects visible for that particular month. To get started, click on the image for the month in which you’re interested.   Click to open the handout for [Read More…]

Pre-order Astronomy Activity Book for Kids by Aurora Lipper

August 30, 2021 admin4 0

We’re pleased to announce that club president Aurora Lipper’s, Astronomy Activity Book for Kids will be released on September 14th!   You can pre-order it here: https://amzn.to/3BaCmqv   Astronomy Activity Book for Kids: 100+ Fun Ways to Learn About Space and Stargazing   In this interactive activity book, kids ages [Read More…]