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Saturday January 14th, 2017 OCA Banquet at JT Schmid’s in Anaheim.

We had another great local star party under clear skies and warm temperatures. Over 30 people came out in 23 cars.

The September star party should have a clear night sky and lots of interesting objects to view. Come on out why it is still warm.

Great star party, viewed all 7 planets. Had 23 cars come out and about 35 people.

Don’t miss the conjunction of Saturn, Mars and bright star Antares all in a line behind the Scorpion’s head. Also you will want to see Jupiter and Venus lie closer to each other than they have since 2000.

We had 50 people come to the BSC star party Saturday evening to enjoy the clear night sky and warm weather. We counted 23 cars as the Sun set.

July BSC star party should be great, if it does not rain!!!

Our annual Starbecue potluck party will be the next Anza Star Party, on 7/30/16, next Saturday. It will be at the club observatory in the shade on the east side of the building. Bring a dish for about 6-8 people to share. We’ll have the barbecue going, so you can bring something to grill. The club will provide plates, tableware and bottled water. Bring a chair if you want a place to sit. We’ll be setting things up starting around 5:00, and plan to eat by around 6:00 – hope to see you there!

Thanks to the efforts of Pat Knoll and Trey McGriff, the Kuhn telescope is back in operation, with a new control cable, dec drive that has been cleaned and re-lubricated, and a clean mirror. We expect that it will be operating for the next star party, and hope that, if you are out at Anza for the Starbecue, you’ll stop by the observatory and take a look through it!

Barbara Toy
Observatory Custodian

Great clear warm evening star party with 21 cars and 31 people attending.