The Board of Directors for the OCA will be having their meeting on March 9,2025 at 11:30am via Zoom. All current members are welcome, please notify the OCA secretary and a link will be sent out on the day of the meeting. Contact any board member with questions.
Tonight the moon will be eclipsed by the Earth's shadow. It will be viewable throughout North America. It will start just before 9PM and end just before 3AM on 03/14/2025.
Join Zoom This meeting's speaker will present inperson. Mars Helicopter Telecom The highly successful Ingenuity - Mars Helicopter - technology demonstration came to an end in January 2024 after 72 flights over 1000 sols (1.5 Mars years) exploring Mars. The author led the telecommunications team for Ingenuity from conception through flight operations and […]
The monthly meeting of the Astrophysics Special Interest Group is at 7:00 PM every third Friday of the month at Orange Coast College, Building 40, Astronomy House. Please contact the ASIG chair for details at mark@ocastronomers.org .
The new moon weekend for the monthly star party. The Anza site is open to members and their guests only. Join other members for viewing and imaging. Contact any board member if you have any questions. This night is also recommended if you want to do a Messier Marathon.
Meeting of the Astroimaging Special Interest Group at Orange Coast College Astronomy House. Meeting is from 7pm to 10pm. Parking fees will apply and must be purchased online. Any questions please contact Kyle Coker
This is a free and open to the public online event, to attend please register with zoom by clicking here at or after 7:10pm. The 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 […]
Join Zoom This meeting's speaker will present inperson. NASA’s Cold Atom Lab: Quantum Science and Technology Maturation on the International Space Station NASA’s Cold Atom Lab (CAL) launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in May 2018, and has been operating since that time as the world’s first and only […]
The monthly meeting of the Astrophysics Special Interest Group is at 7:00 PM every third Friday of the month at Orange Coast College, Building 40, Astronomy House. Please contact the ASIG chair for details at mark@ocastronomers.org .