EVENTS and LINKS
ATM, Amateur Telescope Making
SF Sidewalk Astronomers web site:
http://www.sfsidewalkastronomers.org/
Telescope making in San Francisco, Spring, 2010:
San Francisco Amateur Astronomers president, Dave Frey, will be giving a class
on telescope making this spring. The class runs from 18 March through 20 May
and meets on Thursdays from 7-9:30 pm at the Randall Museum. The class fee,
exclusive of telescope material costs, is $175 ($170 for members of the
Randall Museum).
Build a telescope the Dobson way. You will learn about John Dobson and his
reflector telescope, as well as how these telescopes work. You’ll learn the
step-by-step method for grinding and polishing the mirror, building the mount,
and assembling a complete telescope. Seeing the rings of Saturn, the moons of
Jupiter, or the Orion Nebula through a telescope you built yourself is a
fantastic experience. Material fees, including mirror glass and plywood, will
run approximately $300-400, depending on the size of the scope you make, and
are payable to the instructor.
Or you can register in person at the Randall, but only during the day. The
staff will not be present to handle registration during the SFAA evening
meeting.
Telescope Makers Work Shop
Most Fridays at the Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland.
The Fremont Peak public programs.
- Regular meetings at the
College of San Mateo ( CSM ) Planetarium
at the west end of Hillsdale Bulv.
in San Mateo.
First
Friday of the month.
SMCAS
Newsletter available online
as part of this website.
The Peninsula Astronomical Society meets at Foothill College
on the second Friday of the month in the lecture hall at the east end
of building 5000. Bring eight quarters or two dollars for parking.
The San Jose Astronomical Association meets at Hogue Park
in Campbell on the Saturday night near the full moon.
San Jose Astronomical Association newsletter, "Ephemeris".
The SJAA
Astronomy Association has quite a schedule
with monthly in-town star parties.
( April, 2008 )
The Automated
extrasolar Planet
Finder at Lick Observatory
Music of the Spheres
summer music program at Lick Observatory.
Public Astronomy Programs,
Mt. Tamalpias State Park
NASA and Hubble Links
LINKS
SOFIA, The installation of an astronomical telescope in a
modified 747SP aircraft.
Links to Institutions, Research, Public Outreach
- University of California Observatories / Lick Observatory
- Thirty Meter Telescope
- Center for Adaptive Optics, University of California, SC
- Canada France Hawaii Telescope
- Kitt Peak, educational opportunities, Nov. 2006
- Very Large Array
- AANC
- Lawrence Hall of Science
- Science Lab, Links to Links
- Lawrence Berkeley, refining the Hubble Constant,
type 1A nova search.
- Extra Solar Planet Search, and http://www.oklo.org/
- European Southern Observatory
- Chabot Space Center, Oakland
- California Academy of Sciences
- Mount Wilson Observatory
- Department of Planetary Science, University of Arizona
- College of Optical Sciences
- Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory
- Have we actually gone to the Moon?
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Exploratorium,
San Francisco
- The Tech Museum, San Jose
- The Intel Museum
- Computer History Museum
- NASA's Ames Research Center
- SETI Institute
- SETI SERENDIP
- Infrared Topics at Cal Tech
- Solar and Lunar Links
- Mars and Mars Probes and Rovers
- Interferometers and Space Telescopes
- Academic Earth, college course videos
Links to Amateur Groups, Public Outreach, Telescopes
Links to Regional Star Parties
Links to Magazine and Commercial Internet Web Sites
Links to Vendors
Links to Manufacturers
Astrophotography
Astrophotography using Web Cams
Links to Some Neat Sites
Audio Astronomy Programs Online
and Astronomical Reference
Online references for Professional Astronomers
Sky & Telescope, March 2002, page 52.
Space Art
Other Art
Made with Molecules
Links tested December 23, 2008
