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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 at or after 6:40pm. \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: 38
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/online-beginners-class-37/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginner's Class
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SUMMARY:General Meeting – October 2026
DESCRIPTION: Join Zoom\n\nFree and open to the public held both inperson and online.\nWe have a new inperson location\, “OCC Lecture Halls 1&2” of the “Orange Coast College\,” next to the planetarium. Click here for parking instructions and more information. \nThe main speaker at this meeting will be joining us inperson. \n  \nHow to Image an Exoplanet\n  \n  \nA little look under the hood of the Gemini Planet Imager 2.0 instrument\, which will directly image young Jovian exoplanets. \n  \nOver the past 30 years\, astronomers have discovered thousands of planets beyond our Solar System. Yet only a tiny fraction have ever been directly imaged. The challenge: planets are extremely faint compared with their host stars\, and appear very close beside them in the sky. Astronomers have developed cutting-edge instruments to overcome this challenge. This talk will explain how techniques such as adaptive optics and coronagraphs allow us to reveal these hidden worlds\, what we can learn from them\, and how the next generation of telescopes will bring us closer to directly imaging planets like Earth. \n \nSaavidra Perera is an adaptive optics scientist at the California Institute for Technology working in the field of astronomical instrumentation. Her work focuses on overcoming the limitations of the Earth’s atmosphere on ground-based visible/infrared astronomy. \n  \n\nViews: 38
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/general-meeting-2026-10/
LOCATION:Orange Coast College\, 2701 Fairview Road\, Costa Mesa\, CA\, 92626\, United States
CATEGORIES:General 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: 38
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/anza-star-party-24/
LOCATION:On the Sky\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Private,Star Parties
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SUMMARY:OCA Astrophysics SIG Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. Our meetings are in-person only. Please contact the ASIG chair for details at mark@ocastronomers.org . \nViews: 38
URL:https://www.ocastronomers.org/calendar/oca-astrophysics-sig-meeting-3-2-8/2026-10-16/
LOCATION:Orange Coast College\, Building 40\, Astronomy House\, Merrimac Way\, Costa Mesa\, CA\, 92626\, United States
CATEGORIES:SIG Meetings
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