Presentation on 12/5/2025, 8:00pm PST in the CSM Planetarium Chanan Greenberg: Astrophotographer Capturing Cosmic Magic through Astrophotography Free and open to the public. Why do people bother with astrophotography, especially when high quality images are available for free from professional telescopes? In this presentation you will learn about the joy and magic of capturing images […]
Author: Marion Weiler
Speaker: Dr Sofia Sheikh
Presentation on February 6, 8:00 pm PST in the CSM Planetarium Speaker: Dr Sofia Sheikh, Technosignature Research Scientist, SETI Searching for Technological Life in the Universe Free and open to the public. Free Parking in nearby lots. An image of the 42-dish Allen Telescope Array (ATA), at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory in Northern California. […]
Speaker: Professor Darryl Stanford
Presentation on November 7, 8:00pm PST in the CSM Planetarium Speaker: Astronomy Professor Darryl Stanford College of San Mateo Planetarium Show – The Sky Tonight Plus Full Dome Movie: Incoming! Free and open to the public. Free Parking in nearby lots. Embark on a journey back in time and across the Solar System, following the […]
Speaker: Katherine Laliotis
Presentation on October 3, 8:00pm PST in the CSM Planetarium Speaker: Katherine Laliotis, Cosmologist, KIPAC Illuminating the Universe Through Weak Gravitational Lensing Free and open to the public. Free Parking in nearby lots. NASA’s Roman Space Telescope project has successfully integrated essential components, enhancing its capability to study astronomical phenomena like dark matter and exoplanets. […]
Speaker: Katherine Laliotis
Presentation on October 3, 8:00pm PST in the CSM Planetarium Speaker: Katherine Laliotis, Cosmologist, KIPAC Illuminating the Universe Through Weak Gravitational Lensing Free and open to the public. Free Parking in nearby lots. NASA’s Roman Space Telescope project has successfully integrated essential components, enhancing its capability to study astronomical phenomena like dark matter and exoplanets. […]
Ken Lum Over the Years
This is just a sample of Marion’s photo album. To see it in its entirety, please go to https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B2OGqQrCLGiiC5a.
Pascal Lee Conveys Condolences via Email
Pascal Lee (NASA/SETI/Mars Institute), who presented to SMCAS at our May and March meetings, and many other times in the past 10 years, sends his condolences to Ken’s family and the SMCAS community.Marion Begin forwarded message: From: Pascal Lee <pascal.lee@marsinstitute.net> Subject: Re: Sad News – Ken Lum memorial Date: May 20, 2025 at 11:51:59 PM PDTTo: Marion […]
Presentations by CSM Michael Chriss Scholarship Award Winners
May 2, 7:30 pm PDT Program Starts in the CSM Planetarium with the Michael Chriss Scholarship Award Winner talks, details below, followed at 8:00 pm by Dr Pascal Lee Free and open to the public. In the College of San Mateo Planetarium. Free parking in nearby lots, eg Lot S (5) or Lot R. Click here for Google map/directions CSM Astronomy […]
Milestone: LSST Camera Installed Early March!
In early March, the LSST camera was installed in the Vera Rubin Observatory on a Chilean mountaintop! SMCAS has been following the development of the LSST for many years in our monthly presentations, field trips, news updates, Event Horizon articles, and even our YouTube channel! “The world’s largest digital camera made in the Bay […]
Speaker: Dr Pascal Lee
May 2, 7:30 pm PDT Program Starts in the CSM Planetarium with the Michael Chriss Scholarship Award Winner talks, followed at 8:00 pm by Dr Pascal Lee (details below) 8:00 PM Speaker: Dr. Pascal Lee, Planetary Scientist SETI Institute, Mars Institute, and NASA Ames Research Center The Moon & Mars: Amazing Places for Humans to […]