Standing on Top of the Universe
Posted on by tepiastarOCA VP Dave Radosevich and OCA member John Kerns got the unique opportunity to stand on giant telescope mirror.
OCA VP Dave Radosevich and OCA member John Kerns got the unique opportunity to stand on giant telescope mirror.
As we revisit Chris Butler’s dramatic painting of STS-107, a digital video firm in Austin Texas shares another STS-107 tribute with us.
The ETX Special Interest Group is expanding to include all Go-To type telescopes and changing its name to the GO-TO SIG.
Here’s what we plan to cover at the Board meeting this Sunday evening, 1/18, as of Saturday, 1/17 (in other words, the agenda has been revised to include some new entries). Any member is welcome to attend (we love company!), but please contact Barbara Toy (btoy@cox.net) in advance. The meeting starts at 5:30 p.m., with the pre-meeting potluck starting at 5:00.
Some members will not receive the January Sirius Astronomer and OCA ballot in time for the election. The following e-mail has been set to the membership and is repeated here on the Web site.
Wally Pacholka has been honored by both TIME magazine and LIFE magazine with “Picture of the Year” selections.
It’s Election Season at OCA! Time to choose the new Board for 2004! But – What IS the Board? What does it do? How does it do it? Here are the answers to these questions and more! This picture is of the election meeting of January 9, 1981, courtesy of John Sanford, who’s been posting some great photos from OCAs past check them out in the Image Album!
One of our resident experts, Don Lynn, posted this information about what we can expect for viewable comets in the coming months in response to a question on the ocastronomers emailing list. (Picture is of Comet Hale-Bopp, taken by Michael Mirjahangir and posted in the OCA Image Album)
The next Board meeting is this Sunday, November 9, at 5:30 p.m., with the usual pre-meeting potluck at 5:00. All members are welcome, but please contact Barbara Toy (btoy@cox.net) in advance if you want to attend. Click on the title to see the proposed agenda for this meeting. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ADDITIONS SINCE THIS WAS FIRST POSTED
We’re in the path of a total lunar eclipse on Saturday, November 8. Join our outreach volunteers and volunteers from the UCI Astronomy Club at the UCI Observatory to view this eclipse! (Picture by Larry McManus – though not truly showing the moon in eclipse)