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Some OC Astro History

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The Original Home of the 8-inch Clark RefractorStory by Wayne Johnson Photos and captions by Russell Sipe The Orange County Astronomers (OCA) is involved in a project to refurbish and […]

Construction at Anza

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By Russell Sipe September 25 — The Anza Site Building Project is moving forward. The first modular home has arrived. Water, electricity, and septic tank are in the process of […]

OCA Website receives award!

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“High-in-the-sky” I was notified by the web award site, CPSnet, that our new web site design has received an award as follows;We are very pleased to announce you that your […]

Image Gallery Upload Guide

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Format of ImagesJPG, JPEG, PNG images are supportedSize of ImagesThis applies to both the dimensions (width/height) and the physical size (in KB) of the images:Images up to 1500 x 1500 […]

OCA 30th Anniversary Banquet

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By Russell Sipe October 12 — OCA celebrated it’s 30th Anniversary with a banquet at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. Billed as a twin speaker affair, OCA’s own Chris […]

Starry Nights Festival

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A few weeks ago I posted a request on the OCA home page for reports on the recent Starry Nights Festival held in Yucca Valley.I received a note from Ed […]

No – not a Leonid: an ICBM

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Vandenburg Launch: October 2nd 1999Jim Windlinger has sent in some photographs from the October 2nd launch of a Minuteman II ICBM from Vandenburg. They were taken from the clubs Silverado […]

Anza House

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March was clean-up and drapery month for Anza House. Lead by Karen Caldwell several OCA members participated in a rod and drape day during the March star party. Russell Sipe, […]

MOCAT and Stairs

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In late October club members built the pad for the new MOCAT telescope and pour the concrete for the new staircase between Jupiter Ridge and Ten Pad Alley. Starting with […]

The New Pad Area (Unnamed)

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Construction continues on “Land Doe”, the new and still unnamed pad development west of Jupiter Ridge. These photos were taken on 10-17-98 when Richard Cranston poured his pad.Since the development […]