Orange County Astronomers

Astroimagers (AISIG) Meeting
2019-12-04 18:30 - 21:00, 2019-11-06 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Urban Workshop, 365 Clinton St A, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Tonight is the meeting of the AstroImagers Special Interest Group (AISIG). The meeting will start at 6:30pm and ends at 9pm at the Urban Workshop. This meeting is open to all members of the OCA. We have members of all skill levels and this is the place to ask questions, learn and meet other members interested in imaging the sky. All skill levels are welcome, experience is not necessary. Please arrive promptly as the meetings do start at 6:30pm, the venue closes at 9pm so we must leave by then.

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Private Outreach - Canceled
2019-12-03 19:00 | Santiago Hills Elementary School, 29 Christamon W, Irvine, CA, 92620, United States
Directions: Take CA-55 South towards Costa Mesa,2.4 mi. Take exit 11A and merge onto I-5 South towards San Diego. Travel 3 miles and take exit 99 for Culver Drive. Turn Left onto Culver Drive. Turn Right onto Irvine Blvd, .7 mi. Turn Left onto Yale Ave, 0.3 mi. Turn Left onto Orange Arrow and then Right onto Christamon West. School is located on the Left.
Sunset at 4:44 PM
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1st Qtr Moon
2019-12-03 00:00, 2019-11-04 00:00
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Private Outreach - Canceled
2019-12-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Bathgate Elementary School, 27642 Napoli Way, Mission Viejo, CA, United States
Event: Bathgate Elementary School
Date: Monday, 12/2/2019
Viewing at 7:00 PM, Sunset at 4:44 PM
Place: Bathgate Elementary School
Address: 27642 Napoli Way; Mission Viejo
Location: 33°34’48″N, 117°38’56″W
Directions: Take CA-55 S to I-5 South. Take exit 11A and merge onto I-5 S; go 5.9 mi. Keep right to stay on I-5 S; go 8.3 mi. Take exit 88 for Oso Pkwy; go 0.3 mi. Turn left onto Oso Pkwy); go 1.9 mi. Turn right onto San Rafael; go 0.7 mi. Turn right onto Napoli Way. School is on the left. Access the basketball court by circling counter-clockwise around the back of the school starting from the north end of the school.
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Private Outreach - Canceled
2019-11-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Biola University, 13800 Biola Avenue, La Mirada, CA, 90639, United States
Event: Biola University
Date: Tuesday, 11/26/2019
Time: Viewing at 7:00 PM, Sunset at 4:46 PM
Place: Biola University
Address: 13800 Biola Avenue; La Mirada, 90639
Location: 33°54’18″N, 118°00’48″W
Directions: Take CA-91 West or I-5 North to Beach Blvd. Exit onto Auto Center Drive. Continue to Beach Blvd. Go north on Beach Blvd about 1.0 mi. Turn left onto La Mirada Blvd. Drive 1 mi past Rosecrans Ave. Turn left at the east campus entrance. Enter campus then turn left. Drive south past the soccer field to Parking Structure K. Enter and drive to the top level. Setup scopes at the top east end of the structure.
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New Moon
2019-11-26 00:00

Private Outreach - BSA Troop 606
2019-11-25 19:00 - 21:00 | University United Methodist Church, 18422 Culver Dr, Irvine, CA, 92612, United States
Event: BSA Troop 606
Date: Monday, 11/25/2019
Time: Viewing at 7:00 PM, Sunset at 4:46 PM
Place: BSA Troop 606
Address: 18422 Culver Dr; Irvine, 92612
Location: 33°39’28″N, 117°49’38″W
Directions: Take CA-55 South towards Costa Mesa, 10.5 mi. Use the Right two lanes to take Exit 6B for I-405 South/ San Diego Freeway, stay left at the split. Merge onto 1-405 South, 2.6 mi. Take Exit 5 for Culver Drive. Turn Right onto Culver Drive. You will pass the Child’s World Preschool on your left. Make a U-turn at University Drive and enter the parking lot on your right.
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Private Star Party - Orange County
2019-11-23 18:00 | Bob Swenson Memorial Air Field @ Irvine Lake, CA, United States
Monthly Star Party in the OC Parks Open space (Location may vary), open to OCA Members and their guests only. NOTE: The actual time the gate opens may be different from what is shown above. The Orange County star parties generally begin with the opening of the gate about 30 minutes before sundown and close at midnight. Please contact Steve Mizera, the Star Party Coordinator, at mizeras@cox.net for details, and to be put on the OC Star Party mailing list.
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Private star party – Anza
2019-11-23 18:00

Private Outreach - Canceled
2019-11-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Davis Magnet School, 1050 Arlington Dr, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Event: Davis Magnet School
Date: Friday, 11/22/2019
Viewing at 7:00 PM, Sunset at 4:47 PM
Place: Davis Magnet School
Address: 1050 Arlington St; Costa Mesa
Location: 33°40’13″N, 117°54’05″W
Directions: Take CA-55 South toward Newport Beach. Take exit 5B for Baker St; go 0.6 mi. Turn right at Baker St; go 0.3 mi. Turn left at Bristol St; go 0.6 mi. Take the 3rd right onto Newport Blvd; go 0.3 mi. Slight right at Arlington Dr; go 0.5 mi.
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Private Outreach - Canceled
2019-11-21 19:00 - 21:00 | McPherson Magnet School, 333 S. Prospect St., Orange, CA, 92869, United States
Event: McPherson Magnet School
Date: Thursday, 11/21/2019
Viewing at 7:00 PM, Sunset at 4:47 PM
Place: McPherson Magnet School
Address: 333 S. Prospect St.; Orange
Location: 33°47’01″N, 117°49’04″W
Directions: Merge onto I-405. Take the exit toward CA-55 N; go 0.2 mi. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for CA-55 N and merge onto CA-55 N; go 7.5 mi. Take the Chapman Avenue E exit; go 0.3 mi. Merge onto E Chapman Ave; go 0.6 mi. Turn right onto S Prospect St; go 0.3 mi. School is on the left. The viewing location is on the basketball courts behind the school building
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Private Outreach - Canceled
2019-11-20 19:00 - 21:00
Sunset at 4:49 PM
Address:
Location: 33°42’33″N, 117°58’56″W
Driving Directions: Take the CA-55 South toward Newport Beach. Take I-405 North – go 6.1 mi. Take the Warner Ave West exit – go 1.2 mi. Turn left on Newland St – go 0.5 mi. Turn right on Slater Ave – go 0.1 mi. Turn right on Zeider Ln – go < 0.1 mi. School is on the left.
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Private Outreach - Canceled
2019-11-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Alderwood Elementary School, 2005 Knollcrest, Irvine, CA, 92604, United States
Event: Alderwood Elementary School
Date: Tuesday, 11/19/2019
Viewing at 7:00 PM, Sunset at 4:48 PM
Place: Alderwood Elementary School
Address: 2005 Knollcrest; Irvine
Location: 33°38’56″N, 117°46’31″W
Directions: Take CA-55 South to I-5 South. Take exit 11A to merge onto I-5 S; go 7.5 mi. Take exit 95 and merge onto CA-133 S; go 1.4 mi. Turn right onto Laguna Canyon Rd; go 0.5 mi. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto Quail Hill; go 0.3 mi. Turn left onto Knollcrest; go 0.4 mi. School is on the right. Go through the gate at the North end of the parking lot to enter the blacktop area behind the school. The viewing location is on the basketball courts past the volleyball posts.
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Last Qtr Moon
2019-11-19 00:00

Private Outreach - Cerro Villa M.S. on Weather Watch
2019-11-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Cerro Villa Middle School, 17852 Serrano Ave, Villa Park, CA, 92861, United States
Event: Cerro Villa Middle School
Date: Monday, 11/18/2019
Viewing at 7:00 PM, Sunset at 4:49 PM
Place: Cerro Villa Middle School
Address: 17852 Serrano Ave; Villa Park
Location: 33°49’12″N, 117°49’11″W
Directions: Take CA-55 to Katella Ave exit. Go east on E Katella Ave; go 0.5 mi. Turn left at N Wanda Rd; go 0.3 mi. Continue on N Santiago Blvd; go 0.5 mi. Turn right at Serrano Ave. Follow Serrano past the school and turn right on Nichols Ave. Entrance gate is on the right past the portables.
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OCA Board Meeting
2019-11-17 11:00 - 14:00 | The Urban Workshop, 365 Clinton St A, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
The Board meeting of the OCA Astronomers will be held at the Urban Workshop, in Costa Mesa. The meeting starts at 11pm and usually last 2-3 hours. All members are welcome but please notify Alan Smallbone the club secretary if you will be attending.

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Astrophysics SIG Meeting
2019-11-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Orange Coast College, Building 40, Astronomy House, Merrimac Way, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Our Astrophysics group meets to discuss and learn about how the universe works as a seminar group that bases its discussions on topics of interest introduced by the participants and the videos that are shown during the meetings on different aspects of astrophysics. The meetings are held in the classroom at the Heritage Museum of Orange County, located at 3101 W. Harvard Ave., Santa Ana. The museum is located about a half-block west of Fairview; Harvard is about two miles north of the 405 Fwy, between Warner and Edinger. The driveway is at the western end of the museum property; follow it around to the back of the property to the parking area; the classroom faces the parking area. All members are welcome – come join us for a stimulating evening!

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Private Outreach - Cielo Vista Elementary
2019-11-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Cielo Vista Elementary, 21811 Avenida De Los Fundadores, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 92688, United States
Event: Cielo Vista Elementary
Date: Friday, 11/15/2019
Viewing at 7:00 PM, Sunset at 4:50 PM
Place: Cielo Vista Elementary
Address: 21811 Avenida De Los Fundadores; Rancho Santa Margarita
Location: 33°38’48″N, 117°35’09″W
Directions: Take I-5 South towards San Diego. Use Right 2 lanes to take Exit 90 for Alicia Parkway. Use Left 2 lanes to turn Left onto Alicia Pkwy, 5.3 mi. Use Right 2 lanes to turn Right onto Santa Margarita Pkwy, 2.2 mi. Turn Right onto Avenida De Los Fundadores, 0.1 mi. School will be on your Right.
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Full Moon
2019-11-12 00:00

Kuhn Private Reservation
2019-11-09 15:00 - 2019-11-10 07:00
Pat Knoll has reserved the Kuhn Telescope for a private event.
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General Meeting - November 2019
2019-11-08 07:30 - 21:30 | Irvine Lecture Hall of the Chapman University, 336 N Center St, Orange, CA, 92866, United States
OUR LITTLE CORNER OF THE GALAXY – THE EARTHLIGHT EXPRESS

In The Earthlight Express, internationally published science artist Chris Butler brings his popular Our Little Corner of the Galaxy tours of the universe close to home – with an excursion across the wild and majestic wastelands of Earth’s moon. Join Chris for a unique blend of science and imagination that will transform the distant moon you see in Earth’s sky into what it truly is: a world of its own.

In The Earthlight Express, internationally published science artist Chris Butler brings his popular Our Little Corner of the Galaxy tours of the universe close to home – with an excursion across the wild and majestic wastelands of Earth’s moon at some time several centuries hence when such travel may be commonplace. While earlier episodes of these tours required interstellar probes and spacecraft to visit far-flung destinations in the universe, The Earthlight Express takes place close to home – which allows us to relax in comfort riding a lunar rail train of the future.
While our method of travel is imaginary, the places we will be visiting are all quite real. Indeed, we will pass through landscapes walked by three of the Apollo moon crews. Placing ourselves into the scene permits us to appreciate the scope and scale of the places. We will also be visiting parts of the moon Apollo never reached, and seeing sights those astronauts never glimpsed, such as the eerie majesty of the frigid lunar night. In all, our path will carry us across more than 2700 miles, passing through wide valleys, alongside towering mountains, across deep crevasses, and to the sheer lip of a gigantic crater that would hold a dozen large cities.
Chris conceived, researched, scripted, designed, modeled and edited all elements of the production over a course of four years, making this the most ambition presentation he has undertaken yet in his 25 years of creating public science education shows.

Chris Butler is an internationally renowned artist, public speaker, and educational program producer whose work focuses on science, nature, and maritime subjects. His illustrations have appeared in thousands of publications worldwide, from the Times of London to Scientific American. A graduate of California State University Fullerton’s school of Television and Film Production, Chris has served as an art director and animator on both educational and entertainment programs.
Chris has served as an artist and animator for planetarium and exhibit programs for the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles for 22 years, and is a regular lecturer at education venues across the country. Chris’s unique art and presentation style reflects his diverse experience; he has been the director of a children’s science museum, a tour guide on the original Queen Mary, a technical illustrator, a representative for a telescope manufacturer, an amateur astronomer, and a financial analyst on the space shuttle program for Rockwell International.
Chris was the 2006 recipient of the Western Astronomical Association’s G. Bruce Blair Medal for service to astronomy. Chris was also recognized in 2002 by having an asteroid named in his honor by the International Astronomical Union (minor planet 13543 Butler). In 2008, Chris was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (F.R.A.S.) in recognition of his service to international science education.
An avid amateur astronomer, Chris brings direct experience with astronomy to his work. He has served as a vice-president and board member of the Orange County Astronomers (the largest organization of its kind in the world), and is a life member of the Los Angeles Astronomical Society.
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Private Outreach - Community Roots Academy
2019-11-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Community Roots Academy, 29292 Crown Valley Pkwy, Laguna Niguel, CA, 92677, United States
Event: Community Roots Academy
Date: Thursday, 11/7/2019
Time: Viewing at 7:00 PM, Sunset at 4:56 PM
Place: Community Roots Academy
Address: 29292 Crown Valley Pkwy; Laguna Niguel, 92677
Location: 33°32’09″N, 117°41’51″W
Directions: Take CA-55 South; go 6.6 mi. Take exit 11A for I-5 S; go 1.1 mi. Merge onto I-5 S; go 15.8 mi. Take exit 86 for Crown Valley Pkwy; go 0.2 mi. Turn right onto Crown Valley Pkwy; go 2.5 mi. Turn left on Adelanto Drive. School is on the right. Turn right into the drive way and continue straight on the black top to the back of the school.

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Private Outreach - Imperial Elementary School
2019-11-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Imperial Elementary School, 400 S Imperial Hwy, Anaheim Hills, CA, 92807, United States
Event: Imperial Elementary School
Date: Monday, 11/4/2019
Time: Viewing at 7:00 PM, Sunset at 4:59 PM
Place: Imperial Elementary School
Address: 400 S. Imperial Hwy; Anaheim Hills
Location: 33°50’42″N, 117°47’21″W
Directions: Take CA-55 North towards the 91. Use the Right two lanes to merge onto CA-91 E, 0.5 mi. Use the Right two lanes to take Exit 35 towards Lakeview Ave, 0.2 mi. Stay to the left to turn Left onto E Santa Ana Canyon Rd. Turn Right onto S Royal Oak Rd, 0.5 mi. Turn Left onto Nohl Ranch Rd, 0.6 mi. Turn Left onto S Imperial Hwy. School will be on your Right.
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Private Outreach - IrvineUSD Astronomy Night
2019-11-02 19:00 - 21:00 | University High School
Event: Irvine USD Astronomy Night
Date: Saturday, 11/2/2019
Time: Viewing at 7:00 PM, Sunset at 6:01 PM
Place: Irvine USD Astronomy Night
Address: 4771 Campus Dr; Irvine, 92612
Location: 33°39’05″N, 117°49’21″W
Directions: Head north toward E Chapman Ave. Turn right onto E Chapman Ave. Take the ramp onto CA-55 S; State Rte 55 S; go 7.3 mi. Take exit 6B for I-405 S toward San Diego Fwy; San Diego; John Wayne Airport; go 0.6 mi. Keep left, follow signs for I-405 S and merge onto I-405 S; San Diego Fwy; go 2.6 mi. Take exit 5 for Culver Dr; go 0.3 mi. Turn right onto Culver Dr; go 1.4 mi. Turn left onto Campus Dr; go 0.2 mi. Turn left at Paseo Montoya; go 0.1 mi. School is on the right.
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Beginner's Class
2019-11-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Orange Coast College, Building 40, Astronomy House, Merrimac Way, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
The 3rd session of the Beginners Astronomy Class covers different methods of finding objects in the night sky. Special topic is learning the constellations.
The Beginners Astronomy Class is held at the Heritage Museum of Orange County in Santa Ana. For details, please visit /special-interest-groups/beginners-class/ and download the sample information PDF package.
Free and open to the public as well as members of OCA.
Note: All who attend will be invited to visit our monthly Orange County star party.
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Private Outreach - Family Astronomy Night
2019-11-01 19:00 - 21:00
Event: Family Astronomy Night
Date: Friday, 11/1/2019
Viewing at 7:00 PM, Sunset at 6:01 PM
Place: Held at Norman P Murray Center
Address: 24932 Veterans Way; Mission Viejo
Location: 33°36’08″N, 117°39’05″W
Directions: Take CA-55 S to I-5 S. Take the I-5 S exit toward San Diego; go 1.1 mi. Merge onto I-5 S; go 13.0 mi. Take exit 89 for La Paz Rd and use the Left two lanes to turn onto La Paz . Keep Left to stay on La Paz Road, 1.5 mi. Turn Left onto Veterans Way. Drive into the Center’s parking lot; set up in the field on the right.
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Private Outreach Canceled - Heritage Museum of Orange County
2019-10-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Orange Coast College, Building 40, Astronomy House, Merrimac Way, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Event: Heritage Museum of Orange County
Date: Wednesday, 10/30/2019
Viewing at 7:00 PM, Sunset at 6:04 PM
Place: Heritage Museum of Orange County
Address: 3101 W Harvard St; Santa Ana
Location: 33°43’15″N, 117°54’38″W
Directions: Take CA-55 South to 405 N. Merge onto 405 North towards Long Beach. Take the Exit 11 Fairview Rd /Harbor Blvd, keep Right at the fork and follow signs for Fairview Rd. Turn right onto Fairview Rd, 2.2 mi. Turn Left onto West Harvard Rd. The Heritage Museum will be on your right. Turn into the driveway marked for Bus and Employee Entrance and follow it back behind the museum to park.
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Private Outreach - Canceled
2019-10-29 19:15 - 21:15 | Laguna Woods Astronomy Club, 24351 El Toro Road, Laguna Woods, CA, 92637, United States
Event: Laguna Woods Astronomy Club
Date: Tuesday, 10/29/2019
Event Canceled.
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