Activities for Astronomy Day 2008:
If your astronomy club's activities are not listed below, you can inform AANC about them using the Astronomy Day Form at the bottom of this page. See Astronomy Day Archive to see entries from last year.
Eastbay -|- Sacramento
Valley -|- San Francisco and North
Bay -|- Peninsula -|- Sonoma-|- South
Bay -|- Stockton
Eastbay:
Lawrence Hall of Science
LOCATION: University of California - Grizzly Peak Blvd and Centennial Rd
CITY: Berkeley
- Planetarium Shows
- 1:00 p.m. - Journey to the Moon (ages 4-7)
- 2:15 p.m. - Moons of the Solar System (6 yrs and up)
- 3:30 p.m. - Constellations Tonight (6 yrs and up)
- Meet friendly animals (Earth creatures) in Biology Lab, starting 1:30 pm.
- The Bay View Cafe open 10 am - 3 pm.
- www.lhs.berkeley.edu/planetarium/ for more information.
- LHS - lhs.berkeley.edu
Eastbay -|- Sacramento
Valley -|- San Francisco and North
Bay -|- Peninsula -|- South
Bay -|- Stockton
Sacramento Valley:
Sacramento Valley Astronomical Society - http://www.svas.org/
Eastbay -|- Sacramento
Valley -|- San Francisco and North
Bay -|- Peninsula -|- Sonoma-|- South
Bay -|- Stockton
San Francisco and North Bay:
San Francisco Amateur Astronomers (SFAA) at the California Academy of Sciences 875 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94103 http://www.calacademy.org/
Randall Museum 199 Museum Way, San Francisco, CA 94114 http://www.randallmuseum.org/index.cfm
Mt Tam Astronomy Programs http://www.mttam.net
For driving directions, see the Mount Tamalpais State Park website: http://www.mttam.net/Default.aspx?tabid=845
Eastbay -|- Sacramento
Valley -|- San Francisco and North
Bay -|- Peninsula -|- Sonoma-|- South
Bay -|- Stockton
Peninsula:
San Mateo County Astronomical Society (SMCAS) http://www.smcas.com Maps and directions to CSM can also be found at: http://gocsm.net/ (choose Contact Us)
Foothill College - Foothill College Observatory, 12345 El Monte Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Eastbay -|- Sacramento
Valley -|- San Francisco and North
Bay -|- Peninsula -|- Sonoma-|- South
Bay -|- Stockton
Sonoma County:
Sonoma County Astronomical Society
LOCATION: Robert Ferguson Observatory
CITY: Kenwood
- SCAS and the RFO docents will have the observatory open for solar and night viewing in Sugar Loaf State Park.
- Also Lynn Anderson of SCAS will set up scopes in downtown Healdsburg @ North St.
- sonomaskies.org (SCAS) and rfo.org (Robert Ferguson Observatory)
CONTACT PERSON: John Whitehouse/Colleen Ferguson
Eastbay -|- Sacramento
Valley -|- San Francisco and North
Bay -|- Peninsula -|- Sonoma-|- South
Bay -|- Stockton
South Bay:
San Jose Astronomical Association
- http://www.sjaa.net/
Eastbay -|- Sacramento
Valley -|- San Francisco and North Bay -|- Peninsula -|- South
Bay -|- Stockton
Stockton:
Stockton Astronomical Society
- http://astro.sci.uop.edu/~sas/
Astronomy Day is a day for bringing
astronomy to the public. It was in April of 1973 that the
first Astronomy Day was held. It had been suggested by then AANC
President Doug Berger (still a member of the Eastbay Astronomical Society),
at an AANC Board meeting held at Chabot Observatory.
Astronomy Day is now
celebrated across the US and Canada.
For more on the history of Astronomy Day, see the article "Where Astronomy Day Came From" (PDF file—200Kb) based on Don Saito’s email interview with Doug Berger, published in the EAS Reflector, April 2005.
The Astronomical Association of Northern California was founded to promote
communication between astronomy clubs and to coordinate public events.
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ASTRONOMY DAY ACTIVITY FORM
The Astronomical Association of Northern California (AANC) is
asking lovers of astronomy in our area to do something to share our hobby
with others. We hope that many clubs and individuals will help by promoting
Astronomy Day. We hope to spread
the word as widely as possible about where activities will be held.
If you are planning to do anything please let us
know--
We would like to know AT LEAST:
- WHEN (please tell about both daytime and nighttime activities)
- WHERE
- WHAT
If you have a web site with information, we can both pull information from
it. It's good if the press receives information about Astronomy Day from
several sources so all clubs should also do some local publicity.
To submit Astronomy Day Info:
- Copy the text below (between the asterisk lines),
- Click on Kenneth Frank email: kennethfrank@planitarium.net
- Paste the text into your e-mail message box.
- Fill out the info and send the e-mail to Kenneth Frank as soon as
possible.
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ASTRONOMY DAY FORM
CLUB/ORGANIZATION Name:
ACTIVITY LOCATION (include address):
CITY:
CONTACT PERSON:
WEB ADDRESS:
EMAIL:
DESCRIPTION of activities:
[Make the description the way you would like it reported to the press.
Include event times and relevant info (telescopes available, types of
activities, etc)]
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