Monthly Meetings
Open To The Public & Free To Attend
General membership meetings are open to the public, and are held at Scobee Education Center and Planetarium on the second Friday of each month. Scobee Education Center and Planetarium is located on the Campus of San Antonio College – the main campus on San Pedro. Free parking is available in the parking garage.
Doors Open at 6:30 PM. Meeting Commences at 7:00 PM.
Scobee Education Center and Planetarium
1198 San Pedro Ave.
San Antonio, TX 78212
Coming Up:
June 12, 2026:
May Speaker: Dr. Chris Bert
Meeting Program: Exploring Mercury: A World of Fire and Ice
Dr. Bert, Postdoctoral Researcher in Heliophysics from the Space Science Division of Southwest Research Institute, will be speaking about the latest research efforts underway with respect to the planet Mercury, the smallest of the eight planets of the solar system, and the closest to our Sun. Developing and protecting probes to operate near Mercury requires special efforts, and not just with respect to heat, as Mercury is a world of surprising extremes.Upcoming Meeting Programs:
Date Speaker Subject/Title10 July 2026 Jasmine Singh Europa Clipper Update
14 Aug 2026 Scobee Event
11 Sept 2026 No speaker Elections
9 Oct 2026 Dr. Chris Packham James Webb Space Telescope Update
13 Nov 2026 Dr. Stephen Fuseller Space Radiation Hazards to Humans
Past events:
March Joint Meeting at the Scobee Planetarium “Through the Glass Ceiling” by Col. Eileen Collins.
February 11, 2022 “Iogroups: a Howto” by our very own Dwight Jurena.
January 14, 2022 “Introduction to Lunar and Planetary Imaging” by our own Jay Messeroff.
13 March 2020 Mars by Dr. Kim Arvidsson Dr. Arvidsson is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Schreiner University in Kerrville TX.
Meeting Structure:
Meetings usually start with a social time at 6:30 PM, on the second Friday of every month (with the exception of December, when we hold our Christmas Dinner for members and their guests). If you come earlier you can do a little socializing.
We usually start our program at 7:00 PM. We begin the General Meeting with some quick introductory announcements followed by the Main Presentation (lecture or video presented by guest experts or club members).
The next part of the meeting usually includes:
- Show and Tell, where members share gadgets, books, techniques, etc.
- The Observing Report, describing the astronomical events for the next month.
- The Sky Tour, describing what’s where in the sky for the next month.
- Club business, during which the officers make reports about their activities and areas of responsibility.
There’s a good deal of socializing before and after meetings, allowing members to put faces with the voices they’ve heard in the dark at observing sessions.
