Citizen Sky Blog
Here’s a website with the Epsilon Aurigae IR images: http://www.citizensky.org/content/big-announcement
Space and Astronomy News
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…]
Hubble Space Telescope
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…]
No-Go Status for Star Gazing
Sadly, the weather got in the way of our night under the starry skies! We highly suggest joining our email list, where you’ll get the latest information on whether a star party is a GO or NO-GO depending on weather conditions.
Go Status for Star Gazing
Are you ready for Saturday’s STAR GAZING event? We’ll be at the Santa Margarita KOA at sunset – come join us for this once-a-month free public event under the night skies!
Dancing Deer Ranch Star Party
April 17, 2010 at Sunset CCAS Members are invited to a private star party just for CCAS members at an 80-acre ranch in Templeton, Dancing Deer Ranch, owned by retired professor Peter Huber (who is also an amateur astronomer). The ranch is an eco-friendly retreat center available to CCAS free [Read More…]
Radio Astronomy
Here’s a brief movie highlighting the Science and Technology behind NRAO’s instruments: the Very Large Array (VLA) and its expansion (EVLA); the Green Bank Telescope (GBT); the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA); and the Atacama Large Millimeter-wave Array (ALMA). Read more here.