I live near the coast in Capistrano Beach, which can be and has been rather opaque overhead around this time of year. I need to do some tinkering (tilt removal), and I was wondering if someone could r

Question for those of you going to Anza: I'm a long-time OCA member (with some interruptions), have not been to Anza in five years, used to set up next to Jim Benet on Ten Pad Alley. Jim is no longer

The annual Symposium of the Society for Astronomical Sciences (SAS) is a premier US event focused on small-telescope astronomical research. The SAS-2023 Symposium will be held in Ontario, California o

The weather station is back online. Many thanks to Bruce Waddington for resurrecting the weather station on a new computer. Dave

Really good to know. Thanks guys! Ray

I have noticed that Anza sky monitor is on-line but the weather station linked to the sky monitor webpage has been off line for a few days.

Does anyone know what the road conditions are getting to the Anza site? In Temecula we've had 2.67" of rain the week. Ray

Hi all, Just a reminder that this Friday night is the next General Meeting of the OCA. We have started in person meetings at Chapman University (adults 18yo and older) and we also have the meeting onl

As my imaging system is becoming almost fully automated, I recently got a lot of extra times during the nights. So, I am considering to buy a dobsonian for visual. I found that Costco is selling ES 10

The water at Anza site should be back to normal. The broken pipe has been repaired. Alan asmallbone -at- earthlink dot net ---------------------------------------------------- Artistic license: Any re

Back on October 22, 2017 a friend, my wife, and I were sitting on the back patio. My friend was looking up in the sky and asked “What’s that?” We could see what looked like a short needle shimmering i

FYI. There was a scheduled emergency system-wide power outage in Anza between 3pm and 5:30pm today 2/13. Power has now been fully restored. -- Charlie Oostdyk – OCA Treasurer E-mail: Charlie@...

One of those funny/sad stories... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/i-tried-to-see-the-green-comet-but-made-3-crucial-mistakes-that-left-me-disappointed/ar-AA17dCEL?li=BBnbcA1 Her first mistak

We are back live. The beginner’s class on astrophotography will be held at the Heritage of Orange County Museum at 7:30 this Friday Feb 3. This class will not be held on Zoom. If you are new to astron

I had some negative feedback over the weekend about my quick and dirty comet image, so I redid it. Hopefully this is more pleasing. Again, this was taken with my Celestron hd14 scope at f/1.9 (HyperSt

Many thanks to Alan, Prata, Bob and all the others who were on top of this situation. Ray Stann From: Astroimagers@groups.io [mailto:Astroimagers@groups.io] On Behalf Of Alan Smallbone

Hi all, The area where you turn into the site is still damaged but if you are careful and have some clearance on your vehicle by going a bit beyond the trench you might be able to drive on to the site

A couple of comments to the email below: The open trench at the entrance to the OCE-Anza site was partially fixed by Bob mid day on Wednesday (thanks Bob!). Although additional repairs are still neede

Hi if you are planning on going to the Anza site it is not currently accessible. We are trying to get it fixed asap and are in the process of locating a tractor to make the repairs. The driveway entra

Happy New Year! Reminder that the Beginner's class on "how to use your telescope" is this Friday at 7:30pm at the Heritage Museum. If you have a new or old telescope that you need some help please att