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		<title>Transit of Venus coming up in June</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An extremely rare astronomical event is coming up in June &#8212; the Transit of Venus! Make plans to see this, because it won&#8217;t happen again until December 2117. Before 2004, the last pair of transits were in December 1874 and December 1882. The first of a pair of transits of Venus in the beginning of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.svas.org/2012/02/transit-of-venus-coming-up-in-june/</link>
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		<title>February Events</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday, February 17, 2012: Board Meeting at 6:30 PM General Meeting at 8:00 PM Both held at Sac City College, Mohr Hall (click here for directions) Below are February&#8217;s astronomical events, from Sea &#38; Sky. February 7 &#8211; Full Moon. The Moon will be directly opposite the Earth from the Sun and will be fully [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.svas.org/2012/02/february-events/</link>
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		<title>Total Lunar Eclipse – Last chance until 2014</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get up early the morning of December 10 for your last chance to see a total eclipse of the moon (in North America) until April 2014. Last year’s December lunar eclipse passed through the middle of the earth’s shadow and produced a really dark red moon; this eclipse will barely skim the southern edge of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.svas.org/2011/11/total-lunar-eclipse-%e2%80%93-last-chance-until-2014/</link>
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		<title>November Events</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nov. 12: ATM Bootcamp at 12:00 PM Nov. 18: Board Meeting at 6:30 PM General Meeting at 8:00 PM Both held at Sac City College, Mohr Hall (click here for directions) Nov. 26: Member Star Party]]></description>
		<link>http://www.svas.org/2011/11/november-events/</link>
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		<title>October 21: Introduction to Astrophotography</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday, October 21, 2011 8:00 PM Free &#38; Open to the Public Sacramento City College Mohr Hall Room 3 (click here for directions) The first Astrophotography (AP) Boot Camp will provide a warm-up class for anyone who has thought of, or is starting to, dabble in digital astrophotography. SVAS amateur photographer Jason Gayman has spent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.svas.org/2011/10/october-general-meeting-10212011-800-pm/</link>
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		<title>September 16: An Introduction to Radio Astronomy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday, September 16, 2011 8:00 PM Free &#38; Open to the Public Sacramento City College Mohr Hall Room 3 (click here for directions) Sixty-five percent of the current knowledge of the universe has come from radio astronomy.  Some of radio astronomy’s contributions include quasars, pulsars, proto stars, black holes including super massive black holes (SMBHs), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.svas.org/2011/08/september_meeting/</link>
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		<title>August General Meeting: &#8220;Space for a World of Abundance&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday, August 19: Board Mtg @ Sacramento City College 6:30 pm General Mtg @ Sacramento City College 8:00pm Speaker: Paul Wieland. Click here for directions Space has been called &#8220;the final frontier,&#8221; &#8220;the great beyond,&#8221; and &#8220;the endless void,&#8221; but it may also be &#8220;the key to a sustainable world of abundance.&#8221; In Crossing the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.svas.org/2011/08/august-general-meeting-space-for-a-world-of-abundance/</link>
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		<title>Upcoming Events</title>
		<description><![CDATA[July 2011 Friday, July 15:  No General Meeting this month! We&#8217;ll see you at Star BQ! Weekend of July 29-31: STAR-B-Q! Main Events are Saturday, July 30:   Annual raffle with at least two telescopes available as prizes, not to mention plenty of other cool astronomy stuff. Collimation workshop and eyepiece cleaning demonstration sponsored by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.svas.org/2011/05/upcoming-events/</link>
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		<title>February General Meeting: &#8220;400 Years of the Telescope&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MEET THE FILMMAKERS! at our February General Meeting “400 Years of the Telescope” A screening of the PBS film will be followed by a Q&#38;A session with Writer/Producer/Director Kris Koenig and videographer Anita Ingrao. Friday, February 18, 2011 8:00 PM at Sacramento City College Mohr Hall Room 3 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, CA FREE &#38; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.svas.org/2011/01/891/</link>
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		<title>November General Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our November General Meeting will feature a film from Astronomy Magazine&#8217;s Cosmo Series: “Mysteries of the Moon” Friday, November 19, 2010 8:00 PM at Sacramento City College Mohr Hall Room 3 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, CA FREE &#038; OPEN TO THE PUBLIC &#8212; JOIN US!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.svas.org/2010/11/november-general-meeting/</link>
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