Category Archives: Article

June 10th 2002 solar annular eclipse as observed by OCA members

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Many OCA members managed to catch a glimpse of the annular solar eclipse that was visible in southern California on June 10th. This is their story! Greg Pyros had the […]

Remote “First Light” from Star Cruiser Observatory

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Everyone will know the excitement and special occasion it is to see the “First Light” from your new telescope.I have the tale of a slightly different “First Light” experience from […]

A report on the International Dark-Sky Associations Public Forum Meeting on Light Pollution

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Lisa Bruhn of the IDA.On April 15th I received an email from Lisa Bruhn, San Diego Section Leader for the IDA, about a public meeting to be held at the […]

Astronomy program at Upper Newport Bay

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We were approached by Grace Yick, park ranger for the Upper Newport Bay Nature Reserve, to put on an informal Astronomy program at the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center […]

Kuhn Telescope Status Report from Snowbound Anza.

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Today I was at Anza for its largest snowfall in my recollection. I had scheduled my visit for the full moon to update the computer and install the new imaging […]

The 2001 Leonid Meteor Shower

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Larry GershonMike SugermanGreg PyrosDan SchechterDan SchechterWally PacholkaWally PacholkaJim WindlingerJim WindlingerJim WindlingerGarth BucklesGarth BucklesGarth BucklesGarth BucklesPat StokerPat StokerPat StokerLarry GershonLarry GershonDave KodamaDave Kodama Views: 3

Bringing the Internet to Anza

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For a little over a year now a small task force of members have been actively investigating ways to bring high-speed Internet access to our OCA Observatory site. The members […]

We’re moving…. from Chapman.edu/OCA to OCAstronomers.org

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For many years our club has benefited from the outstanding support of Chapman University. This support extends to the free use of Hashinger Hall for all our monthly meetings. Our […]

Welcome to the re-launch of the OCA’s web site

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Since August I have been working with a group of students from The Art Institute of California – Orange County (based in Costa Mesa) on creating a new design for […]

The Anza WeatherCAM is back!

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Quite a while ago a project was put in place to install a weather station and all-sky camera out at our Anza site. The intention was to build a system […]