Newsletter Archive
The Society publishes a monthly newsletter, Observations, available to all of its members. It includes reviews of past meetings, notes on upcoming meetings, Society business, observing hints for current objects, and other items of interest to Society members. To obtain a copy of the current newsletter, join CCAS today!

We are proud that our former newsletter editor, Jim Anderson, won the 2006 Mabel Sterns Award for excellence in newsletter editing from the Astronomical League.

We are proud that our webmaster & newsletter editor, John Hepler, won the 2009 Mabel Sterns Award for excellence in newsletter editing from the Astronomical League.

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Observations April 2012 Highlights include: "Astro Photography – Scintillation Squiggles Effect," by Monika Landy-Gyebnar, Space Weather.com; "April 2012 Observing Highlights," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; "Looking Up: The Guardians of the Pole & How to Use Ursa Minor as a Gauge of the Quality of the Night Sky," by Don Knabb; and "NASA Space Place: The Planet in the Machine," by Diane K. Fisher & Dr. Tony Phillips. Back to Top

Observations March 2012 Highlights include: "CCAS Shirts for Sale," by Kathy Buczynski; "The Mercury Thirteen," by CCAS President Roger Taylor; "Curiosity, the Stunt Double," by Dr. Tony Phillips, NASA Science News; "Through the Eyepiece: The Horsehead Nebula, Barnard 33," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; and "NASA Space Place: The Hidden Power of Sea Salt, Revealed," by Dauna Coulter. Back to Top

Observations February 2012 Highlights include "The von Kármán Lecture Series at JPL," by John Hepler, CCAS Webmaster & Newsletter Editor; "Book Review: Astronomy with an Opera Glass," by Dave Hockenberry, CCAS Program Chair; "Through the Eyepiece: Caroline’s Rose, NGC 7789," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; and, "NASA Space Place: The Nerdiest Video Game Ever," by Dr. Tony Phillips. Back to Top

Observations January 2012 Highlights include: "CCAS 8” Reflector in Need of Restoration & Caretaking," by by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; "Through the Eyepiece: The Pac Man Nebula, NGC 281," by Don Knabb, CCAS Secretary & Observing Chair; "NASA Space Place: Dawn Takes a Closer Look," by Dr. Marc Rayman; and, "Kepler Mission Discovers First Earth-size Planets Beyond Our Solar System," by Michele Johnson, NASA Ames Research Center. Back to Top