IMPORTANT DATES

SFAA GENERAL MEETINGS & LECTURES

Randall Museum, 199 Museum Way (Near 14th Street and Roosevelt)

Third Wednesday of each month: 7:00 p.m. Doors open. 7:30 p.m. Announcements. 8:00 p.m. Speaker

SFAA BOARD MEETINGS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDE GENERAL MEETINGS AND BEGIN AT 6:00 P.M.

Sam, Scope City
SFAA Long-time member and most generous supporter – Sam Sweiss, Scope City San Francisco, CA
  • February 16
  • March 16
  • April 20
  • May 18
  • June 15
  • July 20
  • August 17
  • September 21
  • October 19
  • November 16
  • December 21

CITY STAR PARTIES

Land’s End (Point Lobos)

The parking lot at Lands End is currently under construction and will be inaccessible for a few months. SFAA Public Star Party will be held at the multi-tiered parking lot just past the entrance of land’s end on Geary Street. We believe the address for this parking lot is 1 Merry Way.

Directions:

If you are heading west on Geary (toward the Ocean), the entrance will be on your right a few hundred feet after the Lands End turn off. It is located above the Cliff House Restaurant.

Map and directions:

http://www.sfaa-astronomy.org/clubarchive/directions-pointlobos.php

TELESCOPE CLINIC ONE HOUR BEFORE SUNSET

NOTE: While City Star Parties WILL ALWAYS be held on a Saturday, some will be close to the last quarter phase of the moon; others will be close to first quarter. This is so we can work around dates for Mt. Tam public star parties as well as our Mt. Tam members-only events.

2010 MT TAM SPECIAL USE PERMIT STAR PARTIES – MEMBERS ONLY

GATEKEEPERS NEEDED

Special Use Permit observing nights on Mount Tamalpais are private and open only to SFAA members.

Please arrive by sunset. A permit is required for each car. We must vacate the mountain by 2:00 a.m. except on specially approved nights (such as Messier Marathon).

  • February 5
  • March 5
  • April 2
  • May 28
  • June (None)
  • July 2
  • August 27
  • September 24
  • October 22
  • November 26
  • December 24

MT TAM PUBLIC STAR PARTIES (May through October)

Public nights on Mount Tamalpais start with a lecture in the Mountain Theatre, followed by public viewing in the Rock Springs parking lot. SFAA members may view privately after crowd departs from approx. 11 pm-2 am.

For more information: http://www.sfaa-astronomy.org/starparties/

Upcoming Lectures

Randall Museum Theater

Randall Museum . 199 Museum Way . San Francisco

7:30 p.m. .

Free & Open to the Public

March 16

DID LHB END NOT WITH A BANG BUT A WHIMPER? THE GEOLOGIC EVIDENCE

DONALD R. LOWE, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University

Lunar evidence of Late Heavy Bombardment suggests that the terrestrial bombardment rate was not much greater than the low impact rate of today. This lecture addresses the geological evidentiary findings supporting this position.

April 20

METEORS AND ASTEROIDS

DR. PETER JENNISKENS is a Research Scientist with the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute and works on mission projects at NASA/Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, and on research topics that relate to interstellar and interplanetary matter.

May 18

BRENDA FRYE, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Physics, University of San Francisco

Research interests include galaxy formation and evolution, protoclusters, galactic structures, high redshift galaxies, the galaxy-IGM interface, and especially all of the above gravitationally-lensed.

San Francisco Amateur Astronomers welcomes member volunteers to bring snacks for the general meeting lectures. Plan to set up “munchie” snacks and soft drinks by 7:00pm. The Randall provides a coffee pot for hot water, instant coffee & tea bags, in addition to paper supplies. You may request reimbursement or donate your items with SFAA’s thanks and appreciation.

Volunteers are needed for this year. SFAA’s General Meetings take place on the 3rd Wednesday of each month (except January). Please submit meeting date you wish to volunteer for with your name, e-mail address and telephone number to doublestar@comcast.net You will be contacted to confirm. San Francisco Amateur Astronomers is most appreciative of your participation in supporting our organization.