Calendar

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Saturday, January 16, 3:00 PM
OASIS Board Meeting
Home of Craig & Karin Ward
1914 Condon Avenue
Redondo Beach, CA 90278-3403

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Saturday, January 23, 2:00 pm to 10:00 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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Saturday, January 23, 2:00 pm to 9:45 pm
Griffith Observatory
CLASS/WORKSHOP: “”Post-Holiday Telescope User’s Guide”"

Did you or a loved one get a new telescope over the holiday season? Are
you still trying to figure it out? Come to Griffith Observatory and let
our staff and members of the Los Angeles Astronomical Society help you
out! Bring your telescope - and questions - to the first star party of
the new year and we’ll will help you set it up and get you star gazing
in no time.

User’s Guide Workshop participation is free, but is limited by the
200-seat theater capacity. You must make an advance reservation by
sending an email to griffithobserver [at] gmail [dot] com to attend this
post-holiday event. If demand warrants, we will hold additional
workshops at a future Griffith Observatory public star party.
Griffith Observatory
2800 East Observatory Road
Los Angeles, CA 90027
{See www.griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/special/telescope_event.html}

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Monday, January 25, 6:30-8:30 PM
Burbank Sidewalk Astronomers
OBSERVING: Public Star Party

“We will have scopes out on the bikepath.”
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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Saturday, January 30, 7:30 PM
Riverside Astronomical Society
LECTURE: “Things that Go Blip in the Night: Finding Planets through
Transits”, by Rachel Akeson

Rachel Akeson is an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology
and is currently the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute Deputy Director
and the Keck Interferometer Project Scientist. Her research focuses on
the formation of nearby stars and planets, particulary using the
technique of interferometry to combine the light from many telescopes at
once to improve the angular resolution.
Cossentine Hall
La Sierra University
4500 Riverwalk Pkwy.
Riverside, CA 92515
{Email information [at] rivastro [dot] org or see http://www.rivastro.org/index.html}

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Friday, January 29, 7:30 PM
Pomona Valley Amateur Astronomers
GENERAL MEETING & LECTURE: Larry Kawano - Astro Mythbusters
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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Friday, February 05, 7:30 to 9:00 pm
Griffith Observatory
LECTURE: 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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Saturday, February 13, Contact Zero G for flight time
Zero G Corporation
EVENT: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One at Los Angeles
International Airport

$6,800 + 5% tax: Register yourself and/or others for a ZERO-G Platinum
Experience. Experience more weightlessness and floating space with the
ZERO-G Platinum Experience.

$4,950 + 5% tax: Register yourself and/or others for a ZERO-G Experience.

$195: You can also register yourself and/or others for a Non-Flyer Guest
Package. A Non-Flyer Guest Package is designed for friends and family
members who want to join in on the pre and post flight activities but
would rather keep both feet on the ground. The Non-Flyer Guest Package
includes ZERO-G merchandise and attendance at the pre and post flight
orientation and Re-gravitation Celebration. Please note that guests will
not be admitted into the Training Facility if a reservation is not
confirmed.
Los Angeles Airport
(contact Zero G Corporation for exact location)
{See www.gozerog.com/ or contact Zero G at info [at] gozerog [dot] com or (888)
664-7284}

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Sunday, February 14, see website for latest info
American Astronautical Society / American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics
CONFERENCE: 20TH AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting

The conference is organized by the AAS Space Flight Mechanics Committee
and the AIAA Astrodynamics Technical Committee.

Full - AAS or AIAA Member $560 ($510 bef. 15 Jan)
Full - Non-member $645 ($595 bef. 15 Jan)
Retired or Student $180 ($130 bef. 15 Jan)
Special Event Guest Ticket $50
Special Event Child Ticket (4-12 yrs) $25

The Special Event on Tuesday will be held at the San Diego Zoo. The
Event starts at 5pm with drinks and an animal show. Full dinner starts
at 6pm.
San Diego Marriott Mission Valley
8757 Rio San Diego Drive
San Diego, California 92108
{See www.space-flight.org/AAS_meetings/2010_winter/2010 winter.html}

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Saturday, February 20, 3:00 PM
OASIS
Board Meeting
Home of Greg Slaughter
5023 Lorelei Ave.
Lakewood, CA 90712-2736
{See www.oasis-nss.org/}

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Saturday, February 20, 2:00 pm to 10:00 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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Monday, February 22, 6:30-8:30 PM
Burbank Sidewalk Astronomers
STAR PARTY:

“We will have scopes out on the bikepath.”
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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Friday, February 26, Registration begins 10 am Friday, 26 February
Gallifrey One
Gallifrey One’s Blackjack 21: North America’s 21st Annual Doctor Who
Convention
February 26 - 28, 2008

Program includes science lectures presented by OASIS speakers. For
latest schedule, see http://www.gallifreyone.com/gallifrey-schedule.php

Full Weekend Rates:
$65 to December 31
$70 to January 31
$75 Feb 1 to door
The Los Angeles Airport Marriot Hotel
5855 West Century Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA

{See http://www.gallifreyone.com/gallifrey.php or email
OGMAIL [at] GALLIFREYONE [dot] COM}

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Saturday, March 06, 12:00 AM
Antelope Valley Astronomy Club
STAR PARTY: Prime Desert Moon Walk
Prime Desert Woodlands
W Avenue K8 & 35th St
Lancaster, CA
{See
www.avastronomyclub.org/calendar/details/16-prime-desert-moon-walk.html}

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Saturday, March 20, 3:00 PM
OASIS
Board Meeting
Home of Steve Bartlett & Tina Beychok
7108 East Peabody Street
Long Beach, CA 90808
{See www.oasis-nss.org/}

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Tuesday, March 23, 6:30-8:30 PM
Burbank Sidewalk Astronomers
OBSERVING: Public Star Party

“We will have scopes out on the bikepath.”
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.}