SJAA Activities Calendar

August (late)
28 General Meeting at 8 p.m. Our speaker is Dr. Seth Shostak from the SETI Institute. His talk is on “New Approaches to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence”.

September
3 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. Topic is TBA.
3 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:33 p.m., 23% moon rises 2:09 a.m. Star party hours: 8:30 until 11:30.
4 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 7:32 p.m., 14% moon rises 3:21 a.m.
11 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 7:21 p.m., 20% moon sets 9:11 p.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
17 Houge Park star party. Sunset 7:12 p.m., 78% moon sets 2:32 a.m. Star party hours: 8:00 until 11:00.
25 General Meeting at 8 p.m. Slide and Equipment night (aka “Show and Tell”).

October
1 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. Topic is TBA.
1 Houge Park star party. Sunset 6:51 p.m., 38% moon rises 1:03 a.m. Star party hours: 7:45 until 10:45.
2 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 6:49 p.m., 23% moon rises 2:14 a.m.
9 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 6:39 p.m., 9% moon sets 7:45 p.m. Henry Coe Park’s “Astronomy” lot has been reserved.
15 Houge Park star party. Sunset 6:31 p.m., 63% moon sets 1:22 a.m. Star party hours: 7:30 until 10:30.
23 General Meeting at 8 p.m. Our speaker is Dr. Daniel Usikov. The topic is “Current Hypotheses on Dark Energy”.
29 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. Topic is TBA.
29 Houge Park star party. Sunset 6:13 p.m., 53% moon rises 12:02 a.m. Star party hours: 7:15 until 10:15.
30 Dark Sky weekend. Sunset 6:12 p.m., 42% moon rises 1:12 a.m.