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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: 155
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/online-beginners-class-4/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginner's Class
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221208
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SUMMARY:Full Moon
DESCRIPTION:Views: 155
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/full-moon-38/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Moon Phases
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221209T193000
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SUMMARY:General Meeting – December 2022
DESCRIPTION:This is a free and open to the public hybrid event\, held both inperson and online. Due to the newly effective insurance requirements\, we regret that we can not allow people under 18 on the Chapman Campus\, they are welcome to attend online.\nJoin Zoom\nThe meeting is held at the Irvine Lecture Hall of the Chapman University\, the exact street address can be found on the section above under “VENUE”. \n  \n  \nThe Voyager Spacecraft\n  \n  \nWhere they are\, how they got there\,\n\n  \nand where they are going\n  \n \nTwin Voyager spacecraft were launched in the summer of 1977 on a four-year mission to study Jupiter\, Saturn and their natural satellites. A fortuitous option existed for one of them to continue on to Uranus five years later and Neptune after another three years. Space missions at the time were typically of days to months duration\, and technology for even a four-year mission was considered pushing the limits of technology. A 12-year mission was seen as a pipe dream. But the Voyagers were outfitted with some new innovations\, and techniques were developed in flight to make enhanced science possible at Uranus and Neptune if they should survive that long. The only thought given to a purpose beyond Neptune was in the form of a video record of sounds\, music and greetings from the people of Earth to any intelligent beings that might happen upon the derelict remains of either craft somewhere in the cosmos. As the world has seen\, expectations were exceeded beyond anyone’s imagination. The spacecraft are still operating well\, with data being transmitted continuously and received daily. \nThis talk is intended to focus on the spacecraft technologies and highly creative techniques developed in flight\, in the hands of a dedicated flight team\, that allowed these intrepid explorers to extend their four-year prime mission to 45 years now\, with the expectation of another possible five to ten years before they finally succumb to the inevitable loss of enough electrical power to keep them running. \n \nTim Hogle became hooked on astronomy at age 12 after building a 3″ Newtonian telescope and seeing Saturn with it in the dark skies of his front yard. These interests\, astronomy and telescope making\, have stayed with him ever since. After graduating in electrical engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1971\, he joined the Navy Air Corps as a Naval Flight Officer for a few years\, then left the Navy and serendipitously joined JPL and the Voyager flight team shortly after their launches; a dream opportunity to explore the solar system in a detail he never could through a telescope. This was so much fun that he accepted an offer to continue with the team to explore Uranus and Neptune.\nStarting as a real time analyst\, seeing the data coming in before anyone else saw it\, he soon became the senior spacecraft systems engineer\, responsible for a wide variety of duties including data and anomaly analysis\, sequence\, test\, and contingency planning\, and being involved in nearly all aspects of the mission. By the Neptune encounter\, the Voyagers were as close as family members to him\, and Tim wanted to continue using his years of experience to extend the mission as long as possible. His total time with Voyager was 27½ years. He has been retired since 2006\, but kept in touch with former colleagues on the flight team to keep abreast of the progress of the Voyagers in his absence. In retirement\, his astronomical interest has continued with visual observing at every opportunity\, especially of faint galaxies through an 18″ telescope. \nViews: 155
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/general-meeting-2022-12/
LOCATION:Irvine Lecture Hall of the Chapman University\, 336 N Center St\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221210T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221210T120000
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SUMMARY:Adopt-a-Scope Pickup
DESCRIPTION:Views: 155
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/adopt-a-scope-pickup-2/
LOCATION:South Coast Self Sorage\, 3480 W Warner Ave\, Santa Ana\, CA\, 92704\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221210T220000
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SUMMARY:Open Spiral Bar
DESCRIPTION:This is a free and open to the public online event. \nJoin Zoom\n  \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: 155
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/open-spiral-bar-2022-12/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Meeting After the Meeting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221215
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SUMMARY:Geminids Meteor Shower
DESCRIPTION:Meteor experts say the Geminid meteor shower is hands-down the best in the heavens\, producing 120 multicolored meteors at the peak. Produced by debris left behind by the asteroid 3200 Phaethon discovered in 1982\, it runs from Dec. 7-17. Moonlight will wash out some of the faintest meteors\, but the Geminids are so bright and prolific they should still offer a good show \nViews: 155
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/geminids-meteor-shower/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Meteor Showers
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221216
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SUMMARY:Third Quarter Moon
DESCRIPTION:Views: 155
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/third-quarter-moon-13/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Moon Phases
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221216T193000
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SUMMARY:Astrophysics Special Interest Group
DESCRIPTION:The monthly meeting of the Astrophysics Special Interest Group at 7:30 at the Heritage Museum. Please contact the SIG chair for details and requirements. See the Contacts section of the website for details on contacting the group. \nViews: 155
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/astrophysics-special-interest-group/2022-12-16/
LOCATION:Heritage Museum of OC\, 3101 W Harvard St\, Santa Ana\, CA\, 92704\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221221
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SUMMARY:Ursids Meteor Shower
DESCRIPTION:This minor meteor shower runs Dec. 17-25 and offers about five or 10 an hour. It is produced by dust grains left behind by comet 8P/Tuttle\, discovered in 1790. A nearly new moon will mean dark skies to view what could be a good shooting show\, and the last one of 2022 \nViews: 155
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/ursids-meteor-shower-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Meteor Showers
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SUMMARY:NEW MOON
DESCRIPTION:Views: 155
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/new-moon-40/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Moon Phases
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221229
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SUMMARY:First Quarter Moon
DESCRIPTION:Views: 155
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/first-quarter-moon-18/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Moon Phases
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