This Month's Presentation

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Welcome

Welcome to the home page of the Sonoma County Astronomical Society (SCAS)

We are located in Sonoma Country, California. We invite you to attend any of our meetings or star parties. Click on the Calendar button to see dates. Meeting and Star Party locations are listed below.We also have a special group called the Young Astronomers especially for our younger members.

Who We Are

The purpose of the Sonoma County Astronomical Society (SCAS) is to:

Foster interest in astronomy and telescope making.
Promote general knowledge of Astronomy.
Encourage young people's interest in Astronomy.

Monthly and Yearly Activities

Sonoma County Astronomical Society has monthly meetings and many other special events. See the events related drop-down menus at the top of this page.

Striking Sparks Program

One of our goals is to fuel the imagination of young people. Each year students submit essays explaining why they want a telescope. Sonoma County Astronomical Society (SCAS) awards six telescopes to those entering the best essays.

To further encourage and support youthful star-gazers, SCAS sponsors our Young Astronomers club.

See the Young Astromomer's drop-down menu above to learn more.

News and Newsletters

See why folks like our newsletter so much! The August edition is available for viewing now. Click Here to jump to our Newsletter page.

Each month Sonoma County Astronomical Society produces a top notch newsletter. See the News & Images drop down menu above.

Member Contributed Photos

Many of our members take photographs of the skies with their telescopes. See the News & Images drop-down menu to check them out.

Links

Here are some links to other area Astronomy or Science related organizations.
Click here to see our full list of great links

New and Featured Links

Astronomycast

Another awesome site with many Audio-casts (called "podcasts" these days) and web articles on astronomy, cosmology, and space exploration. You can also subscribe to new articles as they come out - either through your web browsers "RSS Feed" feature, or to your IPOD, IPOD Touch, or IPhone.
Click here to go to the AstronomyCast page.

PBS NOVA

The PBS website has a section where you can watch many excellent episodes of NOVA - in many categories. Take a look at the categories in the lower-right portion of the page. (Hint - SPACE!).
Click here to go to the NOVA page.

Our History

SCAS was founded in 1974 and has about 150 members from all walks of life. We share a common interest, our love of astronomy.

Page last modified May 19, 2009

The banner Image, and nebulae photos at top of pages courtesy NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (hubblesite.org)