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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211211T220000
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SUMMARY:Open Spiral Bar
DESCRIPTION:This is a free and open to the public online event\, to attend please register with zoom by clicking here. \nCome and socialize with your fellow astronomy enthusiasts face-to-face virtually!\nBring your latest astrophotography\, mini-presentation\, questions or none and your own refreshments. \n \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/open-spiral-bar-2021-12/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Meeting After the Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211210T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211210T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
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UID:10001144-1639164600-1639171800@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Online General Meeting - December 2021
DESCRIPTION:This is a free and open to the public online event\, to attend please register with zoom by clicking here. \n  \n\nAn Antarctic Odyssey: Winter-Over at South Pole Station\n\n \n\n  \nIn a lavishly illustrated presentation\, John W. Briggs of New Mexico will describe his year-long experience living at the Geographic South Pole while working for the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica.  In preparation for this at Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago\, John was a team member building a 24-inch infrared telescope and related experiments that were set up at the Pole in time for him and colleagues to observe the July\, 1994\, explosive crash of fragmented comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 into the planet Jupiter. \nJohn weathered the “winter-over” with 26 other members of the U.S. Antarctic Program in an experience that many believe approximates what life will be like someday at a lunar or Martian outpost.  Once begun\, South Pole winter-over is an irreversible commitment\, since the Program’s special LC-130 ski planes can’t land in the winter temperatures — in 1994\, sometimes as low as 107 degrees F. below zero (with windchill\, as low as -180 degrees).  John will delight the audience with his perspective on the total South Pole experience — the strange natural environment\, the odd social atmosphere\, and the challenging\, ongoing science. \n  \n\n \nJohn W. Briggs has lived and worked at far-ranging observatories in various technical capacities\, including Mount Wilson\, Yerkes\, National Solar\, Maria Mitchell\, Venezuelan National\, Chamberlin\, and South Pole Station.  He came to New Mexico with his family in 1997 to assist in the final commissioning of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.  In the 1980s he was an assistant editor at Sky & Telescope magazine and built Bogsucker Observatory in Massachusetts.  He is a member of many astronomical organizations including the Springfield Telescope Makers responsible for the annual Stellafane Convention in Vermont\, and he has recently been elected to the board of the century-old American Association of Variable Star Observers.  His principal activity now involves the Astronomical Lyceum\, an informal museum\, library\, laboratory\, and lecture hall devoted to historical astronomy and its preservation\, located in a 1936 former school gymnasium-theater in Magdalena\, New Mexico.  In the middle 1980s he assisted the late Professor Edgar Everhart\, Director of Chamberlin Observatory\, in his well-known program of cometary astrometry.  John has many old friends in the Denver Astronomical Society.\nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/general-meeting-2021-12/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211210T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211210T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20211012T125237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211206T193219Z
UID:10001141-1639164600-1639171800@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Online General Meeting - December 2021
DESCRIPTION:This is a free and open to the public online event\, to attend please register with zoom by clicking here. \n  \n\nWhite Holes\n\n  \n\n  \nBlack holes are solutions of the Einstein equations long believed to be unphysical. Now we know they represent real things in the sky.\nWhite holes are solutions of the Einstein equations long believed to be unphysical. Can they represent real things in the sky?\n  \n\n  \nCarlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist known for his work in quantum gravity.  Born in Italy\, he has worked in the United States\, France and Canada. Rovelli is member of the Institute Universitaire de France\, honorary professor of the Beijing Normal University\, Honoris Causa Laureate of the Universidad de San Martin\, Buenos Aires\, member of the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences. In 1995 he has been awarded the Xanthopoulos Award for “the best relativist worldwide under forty”. He has written global best sellers among which are ‘Seven Brief Lesson on Physics’\, translated in 44 language\, ‘The Order of Time’ and the recent “Helgoland” on quantum theory.  He has been included by the Foreign Policy magazine in the 2019 list of the 100 most influential global thinkers.\nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/general-meeting-2021-12-1/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211203T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211203T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210731T001141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T175048Z
UID:10001127-1638559800-1638567000@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Online Beginner's Class
DESCRIPTION:This is a free and open to the public online event\, to attend please register with zoom by clicking here. \nThe 4th session of the Beginners Astronomy Class covers the science behind the telescope. \nHow do our eyes actually perceive objects we see in the telescope and what is the physics that allows that perception. \nFor details\, please visit here and download the sample information PDF package. \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/beginners-class-2021-12/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginner's Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T233000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210915T083347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T173909Z
UID:10001135-1636840800-1636846200@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Open Spiral Bar
DESCRIPTION:This is a free and open to the public online event\, to attend please register with zoom by clicking here. \nCome and socialize with your fellow astronomy enthusiasts face-to-face virtually!\nBring your latest astrophotography\, mini-presentation\, questions or none and your own refreshments. \n \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/open-spiral-bar-2021-11/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Meeting After the Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211112T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211112T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210909T071849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T173930Z
UID:10001134-1636745400-1636752600@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Online General Meeting - November 2021
DESCRIPTION:This is a free and open to the public online event\, to attend please register with zoom by clicking here. \nChasing the Northern Lights\n  \nAn aurora selfie taken during the display on April 16-17\, 2021\, with the Sony a7III and 15mm Laowa lens. \nAlan will provide advice on when and where to see the sky sight that is on the “bucket list” for many people\, the Northern Lights. He’ll include tips and techniques for capturing the aurora in stills\, time-lapses and real-time movies. He’ll illustrate the talk with images taken in Yellowknife and Churchill in northern Canada\, and in Norway\, as well as from his home in Alberta\, Canada. \n  \n \nAlan is co-author of the popular guidebook for amateur astronomers\, The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide\, just out in a greatly revised and thoroughly updated fourth edition\, and is author of the eBook\, How to Photograph and Process Nightscapes and Time-Lapses. Alan lives in Alberta\, Canada\, where the Northern Lights often appear in his skies\, but he also pursues the Lights to even more northern latitudes. Asteroid 78434 is named for him. \nhttp://amazingsky.com/ \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/general-meeting-2021-11/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211110T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211110T210000
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CREATED:20210919T234939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211012T003855Z
UID:10001139-1636527600-1636578000@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Outreach- Laguna Woods Astro Club
DESCRIPTION:Orange County Astronomers are ready to share the love of the sky with our community.\nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/outreach-laguna-woods-astro-club/
LOCATION:Laguna Woods Astronomy Club\, 24351 El Toro Road\, Laguna Woods\, CA\, 92637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Outreach
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211108T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211108T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20211025T024808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211109T003619Z
UID:10001142-1636398000-1636405200@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:CANCELED-Outreach- Community Roots Academy
DESCRIPTION:This Charter school will have students marvel at the stars with the help of OCA guest astronomers. \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/outreach-dale-jr-high/
LOCATION:Community Roots Academy\, 29292 Crown Valley Pkwy\, Laguna Niguel\, CA\, 92677\, United States
CATEGORIES:Outreach
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211105T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211105T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210731T001045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T174419Z
UID:10001126-1636140600-1636147800@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Online Beginner's Class
DESCRIPTION:This is a free and open to the public online event\, to attend please register with zoom by clicking here. \nThe 3rd session of the Beginners Astronomy Class covers different methods of finding objects in the night sky.  Special topic is learning the constellations. \nFor details\, please visit here and download the sample information PDF package. \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/beginners-class-2021-11/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginner's Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211105T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211105T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210919T234719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210919T234719Z
UID:10001138-1636138800-1636146000@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Outreach - Crown Valley Community Park
DESCRIPTION:Orange County Astronomers are ready to share the love of the sky to our community.\nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/outreach-crown-valley-community-park/
LOCATION:Crown Valley Community Park\, 29751 Crown Valley Parkway\,\, Laguna Niguel\, 92677
CATEGORIES:Outreach
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211104T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211104T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210919T235248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210919T235248Z
UID:10001140-1636052400-1636059600@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Outreach- Dale Junior High
DESCRIPTION:Orange County Astronomers are ready to share the love of the sky with our community.\nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/outreach-dale-junior-high/
LOCATION:Dale Junior High\, 900 South Dale Ave\, Anaheim\, CA\, 92804\, United States
CATEGORIES:Outreach
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211101T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211101T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210919T234108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210919T234108Z
UID:10001137-1635793200-1635800400@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Outreach- Biola University
DESCRIPTION:Views: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/outreach-biola-university/
LOCATION:Biola University\, 13800 Biola Avenue\, La Mirada\, CA\, 90639\, United States
CATEGORIES:Outreach
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211015T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211015T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210919T233927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210919T233927Z
UID:10001136-1634324400-1634331600@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Outreach- Laguna Niguel Elementary
DESCRIPTION:Views: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/outreach-laguna-niguel-elementary/
LOCATION:Laguna Niguel Elementary\, 27922 Niguel Heights Blvd\, Laguna Niguel\, CA\, 92677\, United States
CATEGORIES:Outreach
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211009T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211009T233000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210903T072316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T173949Z
UID:10001133-1633816800-1633822200@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Open Spiral Bar
DESCRIPTION:This is a free and open to the public online event\, to attend please register with zoom by clicking here. \nCome and socialize with your fellow astronomy enthusiasts face-to-face virtually!\nBring your latest astrophotography\, mini-presentation\, questions or none and your own refreshments. \n \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/open-spiral-bar-2021-10/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Meeting After the Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211008T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211008T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210824T185916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T174004Z
UID:10001131-1633721400-1633728600@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Online General Meeting - October 2021
DESCRIPTION:This is a free and open to the public online event\, to attend please register with zoom by clicking here.\n \nThe “What’s Up?” presentation at this meeting will feature an android app called “Mobile Observatory” those interested are advised to install it on their cell phone before the meeting by clicking here and then download the extended catalogue within the app.\n \nStars are not Spherical Cows\n  \n \n  \nStars are the sources of all the light we see in the universe. Whether we are investigating our own celestial neighborhood\nor the most distant corners of the universe\, we use stars as our beacons. The universe is mostly made of dark energy\, and galaxies and clusters mostly of dark matter. But it is stars like our sun that trace them all. Stars are not eternal balls of gas churning out energy from their nuclear furnaces. They are born\, they live\, and they die. The birth of stars is particularly important as it can be traced back to the birth and evolution of galaxies across cosmic times. I will review progress over the past decade in understanding how stars form out of the gas clouds that pervade galaxies\, and how this has helped with furthering our understanding of the universe. Space missions\, as well as advanced ground-based telescopes\, have played key roles in advancing our knowledge. With many challenges still ahead of us\, the way forward will require innovative thinking for the future missions and facilities that will enable humanity one day to say\, “We know where we came from.” \n \nDaniela Calzetti is an astronomer recognized for her investigations on the interstellar dust and star formation in external galaxies. Calzetti  obtained her PhD at the University of Rome in 1992. In 1990\, she became first an ESA Fellow and then a postdoc at the Space Telescope Science Institute (Baltimore\, MD\, U.S.A.). Here\, she was hired as an astronomer in 1995\, and worked on characterizing and supporting instrumentation on the Hubble Space Telescope for NASA. In 2007\, she moved to a faculty position at the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst\, where she is serving as the Head of the Astronomy Department since 2018. In 2013\, she was named the Blaauw Professor at the Kapteyn Observatory (University of Gröningen\, The Netherlands)\, and in 2016 she was awarded the Tage Erlander Guest Professorship by the Swedish Research Council\, which she spent at the University of Stockholm (Sweden). Calzetti was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2020. \n  \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/general-meeting-2021-10/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211001T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211001T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20220114T181535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220114T181535Z
UID:10001152-1633116600-1633123800@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Online Beginner's Class
DESCRIPTION:This is a free online event\, to attend please register with zoom using the”View Event Website” link on the box above. \nThe 2nd session of the Beginners Astronomy Class covers the different types of equipment used to observe the night sky\, including telescopes\, mounts\, eyepieces\, filters\, and advantages and disadvantages of different options.\nThis session is a must if thinking about buying a telescope. \nFor details\, please visit here and download the sample information PDF package. \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/online-beginners-class-7/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginner's Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210917T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210917T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210901T175556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210915T181749Z
UID:10001132-1631908800-1631914200@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Luminous Documentary Screening
DESCRIPTION:This is a free and open to the public online event\, to enjoy please follow the steps below:\n \n1) Click here to register for attending the event \n2) Click here to register for watching the movie\n \n3) Click here for access to the scientific paper \n  \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen astronomy professor Larry Molnar stumbles across a strange star\, he and his students embark on a dramatic journey of scientific discovery that brings their unlikely team into the international spotlight. \n\n\n\n\nLuminous tells the story of the first astronomer in history to publicly predict the near-future explosion of a star – if he’s right\, 2022 will see the closest thing to a supernova in the skies of earth in 400 years\, and every school kid in the northern hemisphere will know it. But the prediction is high risk. Others in the astronomical community are skeptical\, and Larry’s professional reputation hangs in the balance. Luminous\, a feature documentary by award-winning filmmaker Sam Smartt (Wagonmasters)\, follows Larry’s journey to test his unprecedented prediction\, knowing that its success or failure will unfold squarely in the international spotlight. \n\n\n\n\nHumans have long been fascinated by stellar explosions when they appear as new stars – novae – in the night sky. But predicting the event in advance and watching it occur has so far proved impossible\, both because of the sheer number of stars in our galaxy and because of the improbability of finding one that would explode within the lifetime of the observer. Indeed\, using a telescope to find a star in its last century of life is like using a satellite to find a human being taking her final breath. It’s a task most astronomers don’t think is possible. \n \n\n\n\n\nLarry Molnar is a professor of Physics and Astronomy at Calvin University in Grand Rapids\, MI. He earned his PhD from Harvard University in 1985 and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics from 1985-1988. Before coming to Calvin\, Larry taught at the University of Iowa from 1988-1998. \nIn many ways\, Larry is an unlikely protagonist for this story. Though brilliant\, he is mild-mannered\, kind\, unassuming\, and not a seeker of the limelight. He believes in intellectual curiosity for its own sake\, not in accomplishing great things in order to garner attention. \nFor the audience\, the central dramatic question of the film is clear— “Is Larry right? Will the star actually explode?” But as a scientist Larry sees it differently: “In a sense\, I don’t care whether I’m right or not. What I want to know is the truth.” \n\n\n\n\n\nSam Smartt is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and associate professor of Film & Media at Calvin University in Grand Rapids\, MI. He earned his MFA in documentary filmmaking from the Documentary Film Program at Wake Forest in 2013. \nHis short\, Wagonmasters (2013) won a College Television Award and was distributed via American Public Television\, PBS\, and Kanopy. Shipping Home (2016) was also distributed via Kanopy. He enjoys telling stories about characters who defy our categories and challenge our expectations. \n \nhttps://www.luminous-film.com/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/luminous-documentary-screening/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Extra
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210911T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210911T233000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210710T193907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210902T160103Z
UID:10001123-1631397600-1631403000@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Open Spiral Bar
DESCRIPTION:This is a free online event\, to attend please register with zoom using the “View Event Website” link on the box above. \nCome and socialize with your fellow astronomy enthusiasts face-to-face virtually!\nBring your latest astrophotos\, mini-presentation\, questions or none and your own refreshments. \n \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/open-spiral-bar-2021-09/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Meeting After the Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210910T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210910T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210820T122150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210820T170636Z
UID:10001130-1631302200-1631309400@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Online General Meeting - September 2021
DESCRIPTION:This is a free online event\, to attend please register with zoom using the “View Event Website” link on the box above. \nRadio astronomy in South Africa:\n  \nBackground\, recent discoveries\, and role\n\n  \nin the development of the continent\n  \n \nOur understanding of the universe is being comprehensively revisited thanks to a new generation of telescopes that are true big data machines. A region of the world where astronomy is growing faster than anywhere else\, is probably Africa\, a continent not traditionally associated with groundbreaking astronomical research. In South Africa\, the radio astronomy community\, in particular\, has grown from merely present to broad and inclusive\, thanks to the country’s commitment to the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope project\, and the home-grown human capacity development programme that accompanies it. \n \nThis presentation will set the context of this growth\, review a few recent discoveries made with the MeerKAT radio-telescope\, a 64-dish interferometer precursor to the SKA\, and discuss the many developments\, both scientific and social\, that have been triggered by the South African SKA project. Indeed\, the engagement into a scientific programme of this scale in Africa is not without broader impacts\, social\, economic and educational. \n \nIt will conclude with a view of the future\, and the scientific ambitions of a continent and a community now able to use Africa’s big skies to pursue big dreams. \nDr. Carolina Ödman\n \nDr. Ödman is Associate Professor at the University of the Western Cape\, South Africa. Trained in physics at EPFL in Switzerland\, she holds a PhD in cosmology from Cambridge University\, UK. After a Marie Curie postdoctoral research fellowship in Italy\, she grew an interest in education\, becoming the first international project manager of Universe Awareness\, an early childhood development program that uses the inspirational aspects of astronomy to stimulate children’s development in underprivileged environments. She led Universe Awareness for 5 years\, taking it from an idea to a global network of volunteers running projects in more than 40 countries. \n \nShe joined the South African Astronomical Observatory as an SKA Research Fellow working at the interface between astronomy and technology\, which she continues\, as founding member of the “.astronomy” (dot-astronomy) conference and hackathon series. She was Director of Academic Development for the Next Einstein Initiative before joining thumbzup\, a financial technology start-up as Chief Scientist. At thumbzup she set up a data science and analytics pipeline. In 2018\, she joined the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy as Associate Director\, Development and Outreach. There\, she leads a number of initiatives\, including big data skills development\, and continues to do multidisciplinary research on how big data and astronomy can contribute to development of communities and society at large. Her work has earned her numerous awards\, including Inspiring Fifty South Africa (2020)\, an International Astronomical Union Special Award for Astronomy Outreach\, Development and Education (2018)\, Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans (2014)\, Bilan Magazine 300 most influential of Switzerland – category under 40s (2013)\, an American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (2010). \nhttps://carolune.org\nhttps://astro.uwc.ac.za\nhttps://www.idia.ac.za \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/general-meeting-2021-09/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210903T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210903T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20220114T181349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220114T181349Z
UID:10001151-1630697400-1630704600@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Online Beginner's Class
DESCRIPTION:This is a free and open to the public online event\, to attend please register with zoom by clicking here. \nThe 1st session of the Beginners Astronomy Class gives a general overview of all of the different objects you can see in the night and day time skies\, with some history and information about what they are and their significance.  An overview of the current scientific understanding of the Universe’s beginning\, present and future is also covered. \nFor details\, please visit here and download the sample information PDF package. \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/online-beginners-class-6/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginner's Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210814T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210814T233000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210710T190655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210710T190655Z
UID:10001120-1628978400-1628983800@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Open Spiral Bar
DESCRIPTION:This is a free online event\, to attend please register with zoom using the “View Event Website” link on the box above. \nCome and socialize with your fellow astronomy enthusiasts face-to-face virtually!\nBring your latest astrophotos\, mini-presentation\, questions or none and your own refreshments. \n \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/open-spiral-bar-2021-08/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Meeting After the Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210813T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210813T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210710T191851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210710T194321Z
UID:10001122-1628883000-1628890200@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Online General Meeting - August 2021
DESCRIPTION:This is a free online event\, to attend please register with zoom using the “View Event Website” link on the box above. \nInto the Void: Probing the Space between\n  \nPlanets\, Stars\, and Galaxies\n  \n \nIt is hard for us to grasp how vast and how empty space is\, but it is also true that the vast majority of matter in the universe is distributed at barely-detectable densities through the voids between planets\, stars\, and galaxies. The propagation of radio pulses through the tenuous interstellar and intergalactic media offers a unique probe of this gas. Pulses from radio pulsars – rapidly spinning neutron stars – have been used to map the ionized interstellar medium of the Milky Way. \nInto the Void with Voyager\, Pulsars\, and Fast Radio Bursts\n \nThe recent discovery of fast radio bursts has allowed us to start probing the intergalactic medium even as we try to understand what powers these enigmatic radio pulses from distant galaxies. Closer to home\, data from the Voyager spacecraft has revealed a new way to monitor the boundary between the solar wind and interstellar space. We will take a quick tour of these diverse phenomena\, and what we have learned so far. \n  \n \nShami Chatterjee is a Principal Research Scientist at the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science and the Carl Sagan Institute\, which seems like coming full circle\, since he grew up watching Carl Sagan’s Cosmos and dreaming about the stars. Dr. Chatterjee studies neutron stars\, works on the forefront of efforts to use them to build a low-frequency gravitational wave detector\, and has been in hot pursuit of fast radio bursts\, mysterious flashes of radio waves that are coming from billions of light years away. \nDr. Chatterjee has a PhD in astronomy from Cornell University\, and he was a Jansky Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Socorro\, New Mexico and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge\, Massachusetts. After a stint as a University Fellow at the University of Sydney in Australia and as an astronomer at the Australia Telescope National Facility\, he has been at Cornell University since 2009. \n \nDr. Chatterjee’s work has appeared on the cover of Nature\, in the New York Times and Washington Post\, and has even been picked up by his hometown newspaper in Kolkata\, India. He enjoys a quiet life in upstate New York with his lovely wife and wonderful children\, and laments the fact that his to-read pile grows faster than he can possibly keep up with. \n  \n  \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/general-meeting-2021-08/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210806T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210806T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210127T204809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210806T150001Z
UID:10001076-1628278200-1628285400@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Online Beginner's Class
DESCRIPTION:This is a free online event\, to attend please register with zoom using the”View Event Website” link on the box above. \nThe 6th session of the Beginners Astronomy Class covers the basics of astrophotography\, covering different types of imaging\, how different types of cameras are used for this kind of photography\, and other equipment and considerations for taking a good picture.\nThis session is taught by Kyle Coker\, who is active in the club’s AstroImaging special interest group. \nFree and open to the public as well as members of OCA. \nFor details\, please visit here and download the sample information PDF package. \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/beginners-class-2021-08/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginner's Class
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210801
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210725T195425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210725T195425Z
UID:10001124-1627689600-1627775999@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:OVRO Trip
DESCRIPTION:OCA is holding the first on-ground OUTREACH of 2021. Elementary students will marvel at the sky for the first time through telescopes.\nJoin us for an extraordinary adventure in science education at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory outside of Big Pine\, Ca.  Open to all  OCA members.\n1 pm: Tour of the Dish\n7 pm – Midnight: Star Party and Astro Photography\nTo RSVP or Questions: Dr. Doug Millar drzarkof56@yahoo.com\nOutreach:  Cecilia Caballero\, M.Ed Ceci@OCAstronomer.org\nhttp://www.ovro.caltech.edu\nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/ovro-trip-outreach/
LOCATION:Owens Valley Radio Observatory\, 100 Leighton Lane\, Big Pine\, CA\, 93513\, United States
CATEGORIES:Outreach
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210801
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210525T185147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210525T185147Z
UID:10001113-1627689600-1627775999@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Last Quarter Moon
DESCRIPTION:Views: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/last-quarter-moon-7/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Moon Phases
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210723
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210724
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210525T185058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210525T190628Z
UID:10001112-1626998400-1627084799@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Full Moon: July's Full Moon is also known as Thunder Moon\, Hay Moon\, and Wort Moon
DESCRIPTION:  \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/full-moon-26/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Moon Phases
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210720
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210721
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210525T190851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210525T190851Z
UID:10001114-1626739200-1626825599@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Apollo 11 Lands on Moon:  1969
DESCRIPTION:Views: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/apollo-11-lands-on-moon-1969/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Moon
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210717
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210718
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210525T191036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210525T191036Z
UID:10001115-1626480000-1626566399@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:First photograph of a star (Vega) 1850
DESCRIPTION:Views: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/first-photograph-of-a-star-vega-1850/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Celestial Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210713
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210714
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210525T191141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210525T191141Z
UID:10001116-1626134400-1626220799@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Mars 0.5 deg. south of Venus
DESCRIPTION:Views: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/mars-0-5-deg-south-of-venus/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Celestial Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210710T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210710T233000
DTSTAMP:20260408T220848
CREATED:20210710T190859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210710T190859Z
UID:10001121-1625954400-1625959800@www.ocastronomers.org
SUMMARY:Open Spiral Bar
DESCRIPTION:This is a free online event\, to attend please register with zoom using the “View Event Website” link on the box above. \nCome and socialize with your fellow astronomy enthusiasts face-to-face virtually!\nBring your latest astrophotos\, mini-presentation\, questions or none and your own refreshments. \n \nViews: 1
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/open-spiral-bar-2021-07/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Meeting After the Meeting
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ocastronomers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Meeting6.jpg
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