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Upcoming Events
| 09-04 | Sun at Morgan's Wonderland |
| 09-08 | SAAA Astronomy in the Park |
| 09-10 | Pvt Party Bound Outdoors |
| 09-10 | SAAA Monthly Meeting |
| 09-15 | SAAA Astronomy in the Park |
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von Kármán Lecture Series
- Mars Science Laboratory: The Search for Habitable Environments
Presented by Dr. John Grotzinger
Project Scientist Mars Science Laboratory, CalTech
Tune in at 9 p.m. CST on Thursday, September 16, 2010
and again on
Friday, September 17, 2010
(requires RealPlayer).
Lecture archives
Current Lunar Phase
Courtesy: U.S. Naval Observatory
Current Sun
Courtesy: National Solar Observatory
Member of the International Dark-Sky Association
Member of NASA's
Night Sky Network
Occultation Special Interest Group (OIG)
The Occultation SIG is a special section of the SAAA devoted to observers who enjoy observing the occultations by the Moon, asteroids, and other bodies in the solar system, as well as transits by the moons of Jupiter and planets across the Sun. The moderator is Rick Frankenberger
Background
Definitions
Occultation: the obscuration of one celestial body by another of greater apparent diameter, especially the passage of the Moon in front of a star or planet. - from the Astronomical Almanac.
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