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Important Dates

General Meeting : August 13

Anza : August 7

Black Star : August 14

Upcoming Events

July 31 (Sat) at 9:00 PM : Private Outreach - Audubon Society

August 3 (Tue) at 8:30 PM : Public Outreach - San Clemente State Beach

August 5 (Thu) at 8:30 PM : Public Outreach - Shipley Nature Center

August 6 (Fri) at 7:30 PM : Beginners Astronomy Class

August 6 (Fri) at 8:45 PM : Public Outreach - Carbon Canyon Park

August 7 (Sat) at 6:00 PM : Private Star Party - Anza

August 12 (Thu) at 8:30 PM : Public Outreach - O’Neill Regional Park

August 13 (Fri) at 6:00 PM : Explore the Stars

August 13 (Fri) at 7:30 PM : OCA General Meeting

August 14 (Sat) at 6:00 PM : Explore the Stars

August 14 (Sat) at 6:15 PM : Children’s Star Party

August 14 (Sat) at 6:00 PM : Private Star Party - Black Star Canyon

August 14 (Sat) at 8:00 PM : Public Outreach - Riley Wilderness Park

more events from our calendar

Chasing the Eclipse Down Under Hear the personal experiences as shared by intrepid eclipse chasers and OCA Members Joel Harris, Helen Mahoney and Doug Millar and Jerry Floyd. More

The History of the Bishop Observatory.
This is a great article written by OCA Member Larry Adkins about the Bishop Observatory and the historical 8" Alvin Clark telescope. More

OCA 2003 Elections RESULTS.
The elections for OCA Trustee positions was closed at the January OCA meeting. Thanks to everyone who voted. Find out the results More

View the brilliant "Morning Star" all winter long.
This sometimes surprising and puzzling star is in fact the planet Venus. You can get a really good view of it over the next several months. Just look towards the south east before sunrise. More

January 2003 Presidents Message:
My last Presidents Message... and an award for Jim Benet our outreach coordinator More

OCA Website receives award!
"High-in-the-sky" award 11/02

"We are very pleased to announce you that your website has been awarded "The High In The Sky Award(R)", Gold Seal.

Your site, for the nature of its content and for the quality of the design and implementation, presents an undeniable excellence that puts it well above the remaining ones, making it worthy of being publicly designated as an example to be followed and as a true knowledge source.

CPSnet Web Awards Team"

Anza Weatherstation
7/31/10
11:23:08p

Temperature: 63.2°F
Humidity: 62%
Dew Point: 49.9°F
Wind Speed: 0.0mph
Direction: S

ANNOUNCEMENTS

January Sirius Astronomer
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OCA on your phone!
You can now access some of the information on this web site via your phone
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Anza Site Satellite
View an overhead satellite image of our Anza site taken at 1 meter resolution
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Sirius Astronomer Back-Issues Online
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Space Update Online
Check out the online version of Don Lynn's column from the newsletter
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New Weatherstation Dashboard
you can now view the weather conditions and the weathercam data from Anza in one place
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