Join CCAS Officer, Lee Coombs as he presents a tour of the Moon. He will discuss its formation and terrain while diving deep into the features that one can observe starting with the 5 day Moon, and ending with the 11 day Moon. This will include features that one can [Read More…]
Our speaker for July is Russ Glenn, the Director of Education for Slooh. Designed to inspire, Slooh’s education curriculum is the fruition of Slooh’s National Science Foundation grant, ‘Curriculum Driven Gamification of Space Exploration’. Slooh offers: Robotic Telescopes: Slooh provides real-time viewing and control of robotic telescopes, including seven telescopes [Read More…]
A comet visiting from the most distant parts of our solar system is putting on a spectacular nighttime display. Named Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, the comet made its once-in-our-lifetimes close approach to the Sun on July 3, 2020, and will cross outside Earth’s orbit on its way back to the [Read More…]
We’ve been having so much fun with our members-only monthly, so we are planning to continue these throughout the summer. This is a fun opportunity for CCAS members to connect and discuss all things astronomy during these stay-at-home times. We’re going to start just after sunset at 8 PM and [Read More…]
Our speaker for June is with a group of PhD students that transformed the Jefferson Rotunda into Planetarium for the public! Madeline Zehnder is a co-director of Rotunda Planetarium (http://www.rotundaplanetarium.org/) and a PhD candidate in the University of Virginia’s Department of English, where she studies 18th- and 19th-century American literature. Speaker [Read More…]
Orion gives you some great advice on what to consider when purchasing a pair of Binoculars by looking at the different factors like aperture, magnification, field of view, lens coatings, size and more so you can pick the pair that is best for your needs and budget.
The annual SAS Symposium has become one of the premiere events for amateur astronomers and for building pro-am collaborations. Amateurs, and some professionals, make presentations covering a wide range of topics, from imaging basics, to photometry, to spectroscopy, to instrumentation, and more. Club Members can register for free here. Observing [Read More…]
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