**** ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE ****
Sunday, May 20, 5:16pm until Sunset

This event will be visible as a "deep partial" eclipse of the Sun from pretty much anywhere in the west U.S. It can only be viewed as a full annular eclipse (where the Sun looks like a ring) along a specific path which starts in Oregon and moves to the southeast, through northern California, Nevada, and eventually ends near Lubbock, TX. For more info, click on the What's Up link on the upper-left side of this web page.

2/21/2012 COOL ALERT:
***Check This Out***

EAS member Tony Rowell created two beautiful montages of time-lapse videos showing star-filled skies wheeling around, clouds scudding across skies, a unique view of a lenticular cloud, and more. Check them out here and here.

A new link to Alexander Edens' website with an excellent set of video tutorials on how to paint a beautiful glow-in-the-dark night sky on the ceiling.

We've never really been very good about keeping the "What's Up" page up to date (sorry about that), so we made it a little easier on us, and yet still useful to you. Check it out for a useful summary of 'what's up' for the entire year, including the current month's lunar phases, when the planets are visible, which meteor showers will be good for the year, and when this year's new moons occur. Click to it and check it out!

EAS Loaner Scope Program
Telescopes available for rental by EAS members

60mm & 80mm refractors, C90 Maksutov-Cassegrain, 2 - 10 inch Dobsonians,
4 & 8 inch Schmidt-Cassegrains

Scope rental is $15 a month with a $50 deposit.

If you rent a scope and bring it to EAS outreach programs, monthly rent is waived - a good deal!

For information, contact Barry Leska by E-mail at b.leska@comcast.net

EAS Library Hours

3:00pm to 7:00pm every Friday &
Immediately after month EAS lecture meetings

Library is located on the second floor of the Dellums Building, down the the hall next to the interactive lunar lander exhibit.

Volunteer librarians are needed to expand library hours, if you'd like to help, contact Paul Hoy at (510) 814-8325
ahoy@aol.com