Event Horizon
Our Newsletter, Event Horizon, is a newsletter that is published by the San Mateo County Astronomical Society. It has been in continuous publication since 1960.

May & June

Prez’s Corner

  • Saturn, Shooting Stars, and a Chance to Shape the Club

    Saturn, Shooting Stars, and a Chance to Shape the Club

    Greetings to the Society,  As spring gives way to summer, the rhythm of observing begins to shift. The nights get shorter, the evenings stay brighter longer, and many of the best celestial sights start happening either very late—or very early. (Astronomy, as always, rewards flexibility … or a strong relationship with coffee.) Remembering Darryl Stanford

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News

  • Speaker: Prof. Brian Lantz

    Presentation on May 1, 8:00 pm PST in the CSM Planetarium Speaker: Prof. Brian Lantz, Stanford Exploring the Gravitational Wave Universe with LIGO Free and open to the public. Free parking in nearby lots. Measuring gravitational waves is a revolutionary new way to do astronomy. In 2015, LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) first detected

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Feature

  • Presenting to the Parks and Recs at the City of San Carlos April 8

    Thank you once again for everyone’s support with addressing the City of San Carlos about their master park plan. In case you don’t know, their master park plan includes installing overhead lights at all of their parks. Fortunately, Board Member Kevin Simpson read it and informed the Board about it and has been waiting for

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