As of May 18, '13. Check out past events here.
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May 19 Sun eve 10pm - Occn of 12.3 star by Eugenia, from Santa Cruz. Sure thing! 11.9 combined to 13.0; 1.1mag drop, 7 sec dur
June 5 Wed 12:12am - Occultation of 10.2 star by asteroid=David Bender from NorCal. We're in 1.5sigma zone. Low altitude
June 7-9 "Bagdad by the Bay" Photo workshop in SF
June 13 2:30am - Occultation of 12.8 star by Octavia, from Acton
Jun 29 4am - Occultation of 10.0 star by Shaposhnikov, from Central Valley, Bay Area in 1-sigma zone
Jul 2 1am - Occultation of 11.5 star by Zelia, stay at Cabrillo Observatory
Jul 8 4:30am - Occultation of 10.5 star by Sadeya, from Pt. Reyes.
July 11 12:20am - Occultation of 11.1 star by Mikhailov, from Russian River/Pt Reyes area. mediocre rank
July 12 1am - Occultation of 9.8 star by Vera, from Big Sur. Decent rank, worth a trip.
July 15 Mon 10pm -, from Pt. Reyes. High rank
Aug 16 Fri 11pm - nice rank=90 occn of 10th mag star from LA, just south of Santa Monica, up towards Victorville.
Sept 27-29: Astro27/Geo 27 Pinnacles Class
Oct 9 Tue eve 7pm - Graze of 4.5 star on 19+ moon from Pacifica. Astro 8A expedition??
Oct 16-19 - Yosemite in Autumn light Photoworkshop
Oct 27 Sun morn 3:55am - Graze of 5.6 0n of 45- moon, from Bottcher's Gap, 27N of Ponderosa Campground
Nov 14 Thur eve 7:15pm - I give a talk at SCAC: "Climate Change: The Science, the Future, and Strategies"
Nov 29 10am - Daylight occultation of Spica
Nov 30-Dec 10 - Comet ISON puts on a great show, brighter than mag 0? In eve sky and morning sky north of sun.
Dec 28 8am - daylight graze of 2.8 mag Alpha Libra from Russian River area
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Jan 2 Thur eve 5:30pm - Bright limb R of 3.1mag Beta Cap on 4% moon, sun -5.
Jan 7 Tue eve 9:22pm - Occn of 4.3 Epsilon Psc on 50+ moon, photo op with big scope perhaps.
Feb 20 5am - Occn of 8.3 star by Daiwenai. Low rank, but 7% odds from Santa Cruz.
Mar 7 Fri eve 9:07pm - Astro 28R- "Field Astronomy: Studying California Faults and Lunar Mtns at Carrizo Plain National Monumen, built around a graze of 6.0 star 10n 46+ moon through Carrizo Plain, and 90 min later a 7.0 graze a bit further south. Graze page.
Mar 8 Sat eve 8:27pm - graze of 9.4 star through Pt. Reyes on 55+ moon, then 9.2 graze 4n of Pt Reyes Hostel 29alt midnight.
Apr 3 Thur eve 9:18pm - Occn of 4.3 mag 68 Tau, multiple star, on 20+ moon
Apr 5 Sat eve 11:46pm - Graze of 6.6 8n of 39+ moon, alt=19, from Pt Reyes. Astro 28, or getaway kayaking weekend.
Apr 14/15 Mon/Tue midnight - Total eclipse of the moon. 8.1 mag graze 79U through Aptos during deep partial phase.
Apr 22 Tue morn 4am - Occn R of 3.1 mag Beta Cap on 48- moon.
May 23/24 midnight Sat - Meteor shower 100-1000+ per hour.
May 31 9:30pm - Occn of 3.6 Lambda Gem on 11+ moon, sun -12, nice photo op
July 5 5pm - Daylight conjunction Mars and 56+ moon. Graze from San Diego. Photo op.