We were so very lucky to see the Sun between the clouds at the get go as were 3 public bystanders.
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Member April 2015 Eclipse Shots
Members, send us one or two of you lunar eclipse photos (max size 720×1280) to
m.dot packer at yahoo dot com and we’ll post here. People shots welcome!
“look for oranges,
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35th Annual Spring Auction
It was “good to see friends from other clubs like Tri-Valley, Mid Peninsula, etc.” – SJAA’s Bill O’Neil
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A Little History
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We talked about Leonard Nimoy at today’s Solar Sunday.
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2015 Golden State Star Party (GSSP)
Wednesday, July 15
To Sunday, July 19 (4 nights)
The biggest and darkest skies you’re likely to encounter are there,
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SJAA Annual Meeting and Potluck
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Elections were held, food served, and a few members were recognized for making SJAA shine. Greg Claytor did an outstanding job of noting all that our clubs does –
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Send Pics of Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) To
mDOTpackerATyahooDOTcom – We’ll Post Below
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With a pair a binoculars look for Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy).
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The Rosetta Lander (PHILAE) mission: landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Tuesday, December 16 2014 – 7:00 pm, PST
The Rosetta Lander,
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Rob Jaworski
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada publishes each year its Observer’s Handbook, which is a wonderful reference of astronomical data and phenomena of the year. Its target time period is mainly relevant for the year of publication, but much of its content is a wealth of information applicable to any time period of the epoch.
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iSUN & iMOON Member Images
Two remarkable pics from iphones submitted by members:
This first one is crazy good for an iphone and 80mm – Dare iSay lunar crazy good:
Photo Credit: Gary Pappani
This second image is the best iphone shot I’ve seen from the sun in H-alpha held at the eyepiece of a 100mm Lunt –
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Partial Solar Eclipse Party
When: The Eclipse Time is Thursday, October 23, 1:30pm – 4:30pm
SJAA will set up Solar Filter Scopes ~12:30pm an hour earlier
Where: Houge Park,
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NASA Ames Open House
Saturday October 18
Check our Martian Landscape area, wind tunnels, labs….
Perhaps a SJAA Group Trip? Post us a note below…
More Details here:
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Rob JaworskiThe following is an observing and site report submitted by SJAA members Jose Marte and Gary Chock
(From Gary)
Here’s a report on our visit to Grandview Campground on Tue & Wed July 22-23, 2014.
Grandview Campground is in Inyo National Forest on the way up to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.
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Fear Not the Moon, Perseids Always a Great Show so look for it this weak starting now.
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Read more at: http://www.universetoday.com/113776/fear-not-the-moon-perseids-always-a-great-show/
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Yosemite Trip A Success
We were concerned about the fire and clouds but the reality was we showed Saturn, Iridium Flares, the host of significant objects inside and outside our galaxy to folks from Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Americas and Asia.
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