Unfortunately, Steve Short found that he was unable to continue in the position of OCA President and has resigned that position. The Board has voted me in to fill the vacancy, so I will have the honor of serving the club as the OCA President for 2017.
We are very grateful to Steve for his many contributions to the club, as President, Board member, and in his many other capacities and activities in the time he has been an OCA member, and we wish him and Bonnie the very best for the future.
The Anza site is still without water, and a new pump for the well can’t be installed until 1/31/17. We will post updates here and in the email groups if there are any changes, and to let you know when the site is open again. Please note that no water means we have no toilet facilities on site.
The weather is not looking good for a Saturday star party.
The file used by our speaker, Joel Harris, is now available for download.
The pump is not functioning and there is no water.
Come on out to the last near-town OCA star party this year. If we can stay warm, we should have a number of nice objects to view.
By Wayne Johnson (aka Mr. Galaxy)The Leonids: A ReportI went out to Anza last Sunday night (Nov 15/16) to show objects (including 3 pretty nice comets) to an observational astronomy […]
How about attending a near-town star party just before Thanksgiving? Weather should be warm even though it is November.
We had 25 cars and about 45 people attend the star party and enjoy the fairly clear night sky.
Should be another warm clear night for the October BSC star party.
