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SUMMARY:Beginner's Class In-person event(New Location)
DESCRIPTION:This is a free and open to the public  event (In-person event only). \nThe 5th session of the Beginners Astronomy Class is the “How to Use Your Telescope”. \nIf you have a telescope and would like some help learning to set it up and use it\, attend this Hands-on class. \nFor details\, please visit here and download the sample information PDF package. \nEvent is held at Orange Coast College\, near Planetarium. \nLook for Planetarium Parking\, LOT E \nParking is $5.35 for a virtual daily parking permit and can only be paid online or by app at this time. There is no kiosk at the parking lot.\nFor instructions click on:\nhttps://orangecoastcollege.edu/about/parking-and-public-safety/parking/index.html\n\nScroll down to:    PURCHASE VIRTUAL DAILY PARKING PERMITS.  You want LOT E which is ZONE 92847.   \n\nClick on the link for PassportParking.com to pay online.   Go to the Menu and click on the PayOnline Button and follow the prompts.  If you want to download the app\, also usable at many other locations in the region and in the US\, please follow the instructions provided by the App.\nViews: 31
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/beginners-class-in-person-eventnew-location-2/
LOCATION:Orange Coast College\, Outside Planetarium\, 2701 Fairview\, Costa Mesa\, CA\, 92626\, United States
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SUMMARY:General Meeting – January 2026
DESCRIPTION: Join Zoom\n\nThis meeting’s speaker will present live from Kutchan\, Japan.\n  \nUntangling the Rate of\n  \nBlack Hole Mergers:\n  \nA Cosmic Tug of War\n  \n \nOn September 14th\, 2015\, humanity detected a ripple in spacetime 10\,000 times smaller than the nucleus of an atom coming from over one billion light-years away. This awesome feat of physics\, astronomy\, and engineering confirmed Einstein’s prediction of gravitational waves made over one hundred years earlier\, and opened the door to a whole new means of studying the Universe. Adam is one of many so-called “gravitational wave paleontologists” seeking to use gravitational waves to unravel the formation\, lives\, and deaths of stars and black holes that merge\, emitting the tiny waves that we now detect daily. Adam will be discussing how he used simulations of millions of massive stars to provide insight into the rates and demographics of mergers throughout the history of the Universe. \nLink to paper \n \nAdam Boesky is a rising PhD candidate at Harvard University studying a broad array of topics relating to astrophysical transients. As an undergraduate at Harvard\, he focused on mergers of compact objects (black holes and neutron stars)\, and developed machine learning pipelines for classifying events detected from large-scale astrophysical surveys. Recently\, Adam has been focusing on the detection and analysis of the exotic\, elusive transients that occur on the timescales of several years. \nViews: 31
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/general-meeting-2026-01/
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:20260116T190000
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SUMMARY:OCA Astrophysics SIG Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The January ASIG meeting will feature Bob Buchheim speaking on Amateur Astronomy and Astrophysics Research for OCA ASIG.  Please click this talk title to be linked to ZOOM.  Bob’s talk will also be broadcast at our regular ASIG meeting location\,  Orange Coast College\, Building 40\, Astronomy House. Please contact the ASIG chair for details at mark@ocastronomers.org . \nViews: 31
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/oca-astrophysics-sig-meeting-3-2-3/
LOCATION:Orange Coast College\, Building 40\, Astronomy House\, Merrimac Way\, Costa Mesa\, CA\, 92626\, United States
CATEGORIES:SIG Meetings
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SUMMARY:Anza Star Party
DESCRIPTION: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. \nViews: 31
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/anza-star-party-14/
LOCATION:On the Sky\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Private,Star Parties
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260118T103000
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SUMMARY:OCA Board meeting
DESCRIPTION:A meeting of the OCA Board to Trustees\, the meeting is held online via zoom starting at 10:30am. The meeting is open to current members\, please contact the club secretary to have a link sent to you for the meeting. \nViews: 31
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/oca-board-meeting-30/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Board Meeting
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SUMMARY:Private Outreach - Cypress Village Elementary
DESCRIPTION:Views: 31
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/private-outreach-cypress-village-elementary-2/
LOCATION:Cypress Village Elementary School\, 355 Rush Lily\, Irvine\, CA\, 92620\, United States
CATEGORIES:Outreach
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