Saturday April 26th 2008 Black Star Canyon star party
Posted on by tepiastarLooks like this Saturday evening should be warm and clear…perfect for an OCA star party!
Looks like this Saturday evening should be warm and clear…perfect for an OCA star party!
Clouds were bad…party was cancelled after a couple hours wait.
We have a 3rd quarter moon night for this Saturday’s BSC star party. That means no moon and a dark sky for seeing faint nebulas, comets, galaxies, etc.
Please click on the title to see the proposed agenda for the board meeting this coming Sunday, 3/16/08. There may be changes before the meeting, so please check back.
As always, all members are welcome to attend, but please notify Bob Buchheim or Barbara Toy in advance if you plan to attend for security reasons.
The Messier Marathon will take place at the March 8 star party.
Download the official OCA form to keep track of your observations and participate in the 2008 OCA contest. Image of M5 by Arnie Rosner.
We were totally clouded out…star party was cancelled.
We should have a nice clear dark sky for our nearby Black Star Canyon star party…it is just 10 miles from the East Chapman off-ramp on the 55 freeway in Orange.
Our monthly meeting of the Astrophysics SIG is this Friday, 2/15/08, at 7:30 p.m. in the Carriage House classroom at the Centennial Heritage Museum, and will feature two more lectures in the series on dark energy and dark matter as well as our usual discussion, socializing, and explanations of recent photos from NASA and other sources by Don Lynn. For more information, please click on the title to this article.
Maybe the best February BSC star party ever…clear dark skies and good seeing.
This Saturday should be a good night to see comets, asteroids, planets, galaxies, star clusters and so much more from the bowl in near-by Black Star Canyon…