Star Parties
• Eastbay Astronomical Society
Friday, August 4: Bort Meadow, Chabot Regional
Park
• Ferguson Observatory (707) 833-6979 (www.rfo.org)
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Glen Ellen, CA
Saturday, August 5: Solar, Noon; Stellar, 9:00
pm
Tuesday, August 9: Free public observing day,
2:00 pm
Saturday, August 26: Solar, Noon
• Mount Diablo Astronomical Society (925) 691-6362
(http://members.aol.com/mdas101b/private/index.htm)
Mt. Diablo State Park. Saturday, September 2:
8:15 pm.
Be at entrance 30 minutes before sunset.
• Tri-Valley Stargazers (www.trivalleystargazers.org)
Saturday, August 5: Sycamore Grove Park, Livermore
• Fremont Peak Observatory Association (408) 623-2465
Saturday, August 19: 8:00 pm
• Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton
Friday, August 25: Concert 7:30 pm. The wonderful
sounds of Susan Craig Winsberg’s flutes and whistles are
back to enchant us with Celtic and classical favorites, accompanied
by her friends, Karen Thielen on harp and Cathy Allen on cello.
Talk by Dr. Burt Jones, Assistant Director, Lick Observatory:
“From New Planets to Quasars: The Scientific History of Lick
Observatory.”
Advance tickets required: (831) 459-2159