Annual Members-only Big Bash!!
Mark your calendar, collimate that scope and get something to throw on the grill! Star-BQ is almost here. Members may bring guests.
Friday, August 6:
Call to reserve a spot if you wish to camp overnight Friday and/or Saturday
Saturday, August 7:
Raffle & Barbecue, Solar Observing & Other events
Sunday, August 8:
Get some sleep after staying up all night, clean-up party
Contact Bob Lea, Walt Heiges, or Forrest Lockhart
(See Contact Page for their info)
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Posted: July 1, 2010
Dr. Kevin Grazier will be the featured speaker at the June General Meeting on Friday, June 18.
“Dawn: Ion Engines And Icy Asteroids.”
Dawn’s goal is to characterize the conditions and processes of the solar system’s earliest epoch by investigating in detail two of the largest protoplanets remaining intact since their formations. Ceres and Vesta reside in the extensive zone between Mars and Jupiter together with many other smaller bodies, called the asteroid belt. Each has followed a very different evolutionary path constrained by the diversity of processes that operated during the first few million years of solar system evolution.
Visit http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/ to learn more about Dawn.
Dr. Kevin Grazier
Friday, June 18, 2010 8:00 PM
at Sacramento City College
3835 Freeport Boulevard,
Sacramento, CA
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Posted: June 15, 2010
May General Meeting 
Speaker: Larry Harrison
Wow! Have you ever seen meteorites like that? Come check it out and learn more about meteorites than you ever hoped to know from Larry Harrison, this month’s General Meeting Speaker. Harrison has an enviable collection of meteorites to show and will explain how different meteorites form, talk about their differing compositions and tell you how to know if that burnt looking rock you found could be a meteorite.
Friday, May 21 @ 8:00 pm
Sacramento City College (SCC), in Mohr Hall Room 3
SCC is located at 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, CA
SVAS general meetings are open to the public and are held on the third Friday of each month. See Meetings page for map & directions.
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Posted: May 18, 2010
Dr. Kevin Grazier is once again unable to make the SVAS General meeting this coming Friday, May 21. Stay tuned as we confirm another speaker.
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Posted: May 17, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 11am to 3pm
ATM Boot Camp will be working with SVAS members desiring to build a new Dobsonian telescope or improve their existing one. I would like to welcome new members who need help in selecting their first telescope. We will be working on Lynda’s 12.5” DOB along with enjoying her progress articles in the SVAS newsletter. Check out my ATM Boot Camp article “Let’s Build a Large Lightweight Dobsonian Telescope” also in the newsletter. The last two parts will publish this month and next. These articles will give you an idea of what we will be doing.
ATM (amateur telescope makers) Boot Camp” is the first of SVAS events designed to assist and work with our members on many topics of interest to the amateur Astronomer. I am on the SVAS Boot Camp committee, and we are looking for more sponsors to present other topics like specialized observing, astrophotography, and new member introductory Boot Camps. Contact Lonnie @ lonrobie@surewest.net
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Posted: May 17, 2010
