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

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Coming Up:

May 8, 2026: 

May Speaker: Dr. Tracy Becker

Meeting Program: “Roadside Attraction: Europa Clipper’s view of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS while in
route to the Jupiter System”

Under the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon, Europa, lies a liquid water ocean and the tantalizing question of whether that ocean could be suitable to support life. NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission is on its six-year journey to Europa to answer that very question. But while in route to the icy moon, the Europa Clipper spacecraft had the serendipitous opportunity to observe the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed through our Solar System between Clipper and the Sun.
 
In this presentation Dr. Tracy Becker of SWRi will discuss the science of what we know about 3I/ATLAS and what we are learning about it from missions like Europa Clipper. Dr. Becker is a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute specializing in UV observations of solar system objects.
 
Come and join us on April  10th.
 

Upcoming Meeting Programs:

Date                     Speaker                           Subject/Title
12 June 2026       Dr. Chris Bert                    Exploring Mercury
10 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.