Calendar

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Saturday, July 17, 11 am (board meeting)
1 pm (picnic)
OASIS Board Meeting and Annual Picnic (potluck)
Polliwog Park
1601 Manhattan Beach Blvd
Manhattan Beach, CA
{phone OASIS HOTLINE AT (310) 364-2290}

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7/17/2010, Saturday. The San Diego Space Society is proud to announce the Grand Opening of their Space Traveler’s Emporium, 1947 30th St. San Diego, CA 92102. The Emporium is a storefront that provides both financial support for SD Space and outreach to the community. Itís also designed to be a classroom, project lab, and meeting place for local space enthusiasts. The storefront will feature a blend of in-stock products (t-shirts, posters, patches), special order items (books, model rockets, electronics, actual space suits), and travel-agency-style ticketing (Zero-G flights, suborbital space flights, astronaut training). For more information, email info [at] sdspace [dot] org.

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7/22 (JPL) and 7/23/2010 (PCC), Thursday and Friday, 7:00 pm. LECTURE: Moons: The Weirdest Planets In Our Solar System, by Dr. Bonnie Buratti - JPL Senior Research Scientist. Our solar system has at least 170 moons orbiting the main planets. Before these moons were visited by spacecraft, astronomers expected them to be boring, dead objects devoid of any geologic features. We now know they are fantastic worlds - with features unlike anything seen on Earth. Thursday, 7/22, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, The von K·rm·n Auditorium at JPL, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA Friday, 7/23, Pasadena City College, Vosloh Forum, Pasadena City College, 1570 East Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Call (818) 354-0112 or visit:
( http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures.cfm?year=2010&month=7 )

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7/23 and 7/30/2010, Fridays, 7:00 pm “Night Sky Show” 8:00 pm - Feature program. Santa Monica College Planetarium, PLANETARIUM SHOW/LECTURE: Summer Meteor Observing Guide — With the warm nights of summer comes the opportunity to view one of the best-known meteor showers, the August Perseids. Come learn how, when and where to view the Perseids and other warm-weather showers, plus gain a little insight into the nature of these “falling stars”. Adult, per show = $5.00; “double feature” (both 7:00 & 8:00 shows) = $9.00 Children (12 years or under) & Seniors (60 years or older) = $4.00 per show; “double feature” = $7.00 Santa Monica College, John Drescher Planetarium, 1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA Phone: 310.434.4223 ( see also http://events.smc.edu/planetarium.html )

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7/23/2010, Friday, 7:30 pm, Pomona Valley Amateur Astronomers, GENERAL MEETING & LECTURE: A Dialogue on the Galilean Imagination by Al DiCanzio and Bob Eklund. General Meetings at Galileo Hall, Harvey Mudd College, 12th & Dartmouth, Claremont. (see map at ( http://www.pvaa.us/maps/meet.html) Call PVAA Hotline at (909) 596-7274, email info [at] pvaa [dot] us, or see http://www.pvaa.us/

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7/26/ to 7/30/2010, Monday to Friday, 2010 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop - Stars as Home for Habitable Planetary Systems, Beckman Institute Auditorium on the Caltech Campus, Pasadena CA. Hosted by NASA Exoplanet Science Institute. See http://nexsci.caltech.edu/workshop/2010/ for program and admission details. (Price is $250, for presentations, tours, and dinner events)

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07/29/2010, Thursday, Time TBD Griffith Park Observatory: Although Albert Einstein accustomed us to a four-dimensional spacetime continuum, we are usually more at home in the three-dimensional world. Dr. Brian May, noted astronomer and renowned rock guitarist (Queen), is at home in any dimension. In this special visit to Griffith Observatory, he and his coauthor, historian Elena Vidal, bring the 3D perspective into sharp focus in a presentation of their work on the pioneering nineteenth-century stereoscopic photography of T.R. Williams. There will be a book signing afterwards. Tickets Required - $5 to $7 Griffith Park Observatory, Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon theater. 2800 East Observatory Road, Los Angeles, CA 90027 (213) 473-0800

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8/06/2010, Friday, 7:30 to 9:00 pm. Griffith Observatory: “All Space Considered” Griffith Observatory holds this exciting FREE public program on the first Friday of every month in the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon theater. Join the Observatory’s curatorial staff as they examine and explain most-talked-about subjects in astronomy, space science, and space exploration. Seating is first come, first served. “Griffith Observatory
2800 East Observatory Road,
Los Angeles, CA 90027 See www.griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/all_space.html

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08/12/2010, Thursday, 8:00 pm. Donald E. Bianchi Planetarium (Cal State - Northridge): PLANETARIUM SHOW: Summer Sky Show. Come and see and learn about stars and constellations and planets visible in the sky during the summer of this year, and about a meteor shower visible early next morning. WEATHER PERMITTING TELESCOPE VIEWING OF CELESTIAL OBJECTS USING CSUNíS CAMPUS OBSERVATORY WILL FOLLOW EACH PROGRAM.
TICKETS: available at the planetarium ticket office which opens 30 minutes before each show. General admission - $5 California State University - Northridge, Bianchi Planetarium, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330. (East of Reseda Blvd.)
For show information: call 818- 677- 5601, or go to:
www.csun.edu/phys/announcements_and_planetarium/planetarium.html

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8/14/2010, Saturday, 2:00 pm
GRIFFITH PARK OBSERVATORY TOUR Come with us to tour the exhibits and enjoy a trip into outer space. Stay after dark for viewing with the Los Angeles Astronomical Society! Planetarium shows: “Centered in the Universe,” which asks fundamental questions about our place in the Universe. Who are we? Where did we come from? Also, “Water Is Life” takes visitors on a journey through the solar system in search of water. On Earth, water is the key to life. If we find water on other worlds in the solar system, could we find life there, too? Ticket for shows is at http://www.griffithobservatory.org/psoplanet.html

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8/14/2010, Saturday, 2:00 pm to 9:45 pm, Los Angeles Astronomical Society, OBSERVING: Public Star Party. LAAS maintains an active calendar of Public Star Parties in front of Griffith Observatory. We do this on average, once a month, and add additional activities, whenever special events occur. We arrange the regular calendar a year in advance with the observatory staff, and respond to unplanned surprises as we can. Griffith Observatory, 2800 East Observatory Road, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Email outreach [at] laas [dot] org or see www.laas.org/Events.htm

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8/14/2010. Saturday, Spend a fun evening at the San Diego Air & Space Museum, 2001 Pan American Plz, San Diego, CA 92101 Alien Luau: Explore our newest exhibition, The Science of…Aliens, bid on great silent and live auction items, enjoy delicious food and much more! All proceeds benefit the Museum’s educational programs. Prizes will be awarded to the best “alien” costume. The evening is sure to be out of this world! Dinner tickets are $50 http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/calendar/event.php?id=26

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08/16/2010, Monday, 6:30 to 8:30 pm, Burbank Sidewalk Astronomers, OBSERVING: Public Star Party “We will have scopes out on the bike path.” Chandler Boulevard Bike Path at Lima Street in Burbank. See http://home.earthlink.net/~sidewalkastronomers/id8.html or email sidewalkastronomers [at] earthlink [dot] net or phone 818-599-4134.

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8/19 (JPL) and 8/20/2010 (PCC), Thursday and Friday, 7:00 pm, LECTURE: Aquarius: Studying Sea Surface Salinity from Space, by Amit Sen- Aquarius Project Manager, JPL. Our home planet is dominated by water, and in its many forms, the cycling of water and energy through the atmosphere and oceans is crucial to life on Earth. This Joint mission between NASA & the Space Agency of Argentina will track sea surface salinity. FREE; no tickets or reservations required. Thursday, 8/19, The von K·rm·n Auditorium at JPL
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA (Lecture will be webcast — at scheduled time go to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures.cfm?year=2010&month=8 On Friday, 8/20, at 7 pm, the lecture repeats at Pasadena City College, Vosloh Forum
Pasadena City College,
1570 East Colorado Blvd.,
Pasadena] Call (818) 354-0112 or visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures.cfm?year=2010&month=8

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8/21/2010, Saturday, 3:00 pm, OASIS BOARD MEETING, at the home of Craig and Karen Ward, 1910 Condon Ave, Redondo Beach, CA 90278.

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08/30 to 09/2/2010, Monday to Thursday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, CONFERENCE: AIAA SPACE 2010 Conference & Exposition: With the second decade of the 21st century upon us, our nation seeks to protect and preserve freedom throughout the world. We also look beyond our earthly boundaries and are driven to explore, explain, and expand our knowledge of this amazing universe. Anaheim Convention Center,
800 West Katella Avenue
Anaheim, CA See http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2387

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Saturday, Sept. 18, 3 pm
OASIS Board Meeting
Home of Lisa Kaspin
3206 Summertime Lane
Unit 206
Culver City, CA 90230

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Saturday, Oct. 16, 3 pm
OASIS Board Meeting
Home of Erland Injerd
1573 Flynn Road, Apt. 1111
Camarillo, CA 93012

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Saturday, Nov. 20, 3 pm
OASIS Board Meeting
Home of Steve Bartlett and Tina Beychok
7108 East Peabody
Long Beach, CA 90808

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Nov. 26-28, Thanksgiving Weekend
LOSCON Science Fiction Convention
Once again, OASIS will have a table, be providing programming and host a Space Party. Come join us!

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Dec. 11, 3 pm
OASIS Board Meeting and Holiday Party
Home of Bob Gounley and Paula Del Fosse
1738 La Paz Road
Altadena, CA 91001