updated 3/11/07

 

On the Event Horizon

Events of Interest to Astronomy Lovers in Southern California

Compiled by Laura Woodard Eklund

 

Note:  This is the online version of an events column called Elsewhere originally published in newsletters of the Mount Wilson Observatory Association (MWOA).

 

If you have any questions or suggestions, please e-mail beklund@sprynet.com.

 

 

LECTURES & PLANETARIA

 

2nd Mondays at 8:00 P.M. monthly meeting of Los Angeles Astronomical Society (LAAS) in the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon theater at the newly re-opened Griffith Observatory.  LAAS ID is required to park at the Observatory (or e-mail secretary@laas.org by the day before the meeting).  Free.  Info: www.laas.org or (213) 673-7355.  Upcoming meetings:

·         Mar. 12         Private tour of the new Griffith Observatory

·         Apr. 9            Speaker TBA

 

Wednesdays, followed by telescope viewing:  UCLA Planetarium and Telescope Show in Mathematical Sciences 8224.  Free, but $8 to park at UCLA.  Info: www.astro.ucla.edu/planetarium or (310) 825-4434.  Upcoming double feature:

·         Mar. 14, 7:00 P.M.     “Tour of the Solar System”

·         Mar. 14, 8:00 P.M.     “Cosmology”

 

Most Fridays at Santa Monica College (SMC):  “The Night Sky Show” at 7:00 P.M. in Drescher Planetarium (223 Drescher Hall) followed by feature program at 8:00 P.M.  Admission: $4–$5 (or $7–$9 for both shows).  Free parking.  Info: http://www.smc.edu/planetarium/ or (310) 434-4223.  Upcoming programs:

·         Mar. 16 & 23                       “Postcards from Jupiter: The New Horizons Fly-by”

·         Mar. 30, Apr. 20 & 27      “Observing Program: Saturn in the Eyepiece”

·         May 4 & 11                         “What Are Star Parties, and How Can I Find One?”

·         May 18 & June 1               “Getting Started in Amateur Astronomy: Choosing a First Telescope!”

·         Jun. 8                                     Guest lecture

 

Certain Fridays, 8:00 P.M., Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC) Astronomy Group presents planetarium shows in LAVC Planetarium, 5800 Fulton Ave., Valley Glen.  Tickets ($3–$5) go on sale at 7:30 P.M. (no children under 8).  Viewing through a 16-inch telescope follows.  Info: http://lavcag.ars-chemia.net/index.htm or (818) 947-2335.  Upcoming programs:

·         Mar. 16         “Heart of the Milky Way

·         Apr. 20          “The Spring Sky”

·         May 18         “Ringworld” (Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn)

·         Jun. 15          “Point of No Return: Quasars and Supermassive Black Holes”

·         Jul. 6              “The Summer Sky”

 

Saturdays, 7:00–9:00 P.M.:  Mountain Skies Astronomical Society public programs at MSAS Astronomy Village, Lake Arrowhead.  Tickets:  $5–$9.  Info: www.mountain-skies.org or (909) 336-1699.  Upcoming programs:

·         Mar. 17         “Astronomy ABCs”

·         Mar. 24         “The Moon, Our Nearest Neighbor”

·         Mar. 31         “Meteorites:  Alien Rocks from Space”

·         Apr. 7            “Stars to Star Dust”

·         Apr. 14          “Spring Constellations”