SJAA Astronomy this weekend
Although this is a Deep sky weekend the 3rd quarter Houge Park Star party
will be held on Friday Nov.1st Sunset 5:10 p.m. The astro class will be a
“What’s up in November” talk at 7:30 in the meeting hall. Included will be a
look at the constellations, planets, and deep sky objects for the month of
November.
You will have to get an early start on Saturday the 2nd to get to that
favorite deep sky site now that DST is over. The gate will be open at Henry
Coe for astronomers and all are welcome to show up. Fremont Peak is another
possibility as well. Check the TAC site www.observers.org to see who’s going
where.
Here are some other events going on this weekend:
Friday Nov.1st.
San Mateo County Astronomical Society General meeting at 7 p.m.,
College of San Mateo planetarium.
Speaker: Dr. Steven Stahler of U.C. Berkeley, on "How Stars Are Made".
Also, discussion and instructions for viewing Leonid Meteors on Nov 18-19.
More info: http://home.covad.net/~alcoat/smcas/nov/nov.htm
Leonid MAC PI Dr. Peter Jenniskens will give a public seminar webcast at
http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/
on expected meteor activity and the various experiments. November 01 (10:00
a.m. PST, 01:00 p.m. EST, 18:00 UT).
Saturday Nov. 2nd
San Mateo County Astronomical Society.
Star party at Crestview Park, San Carlos.
Start at sunset.
More info: http://home.covad.net/~alcoat/smcas/nov/nov.htm#star_party
Santa Cruz Astronomy Club http://astro.santa-cruz.ca.us/index.html
Star Party
Bonny Doon Airport observing site.
Start at sunset.
Directions at: http://astro.santa-cruz.ca.us/bonnydoon.html
Halls Valley Astronomical Group http://www.snap-design.com/HVAG/
Star party at Telescope Row
Joseph D. Grant County Park
Start at sunset.
Info at: http://www.snap-design.com/HVAG/tr/tr.html
Have a great weekend!
Bob Havner
San Jose Astronomical Association
bhavner@No-Spam