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.
September & October
Prez’s Corner
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Back Under the Stars
Greetings to the Society, After our summer break, SMCAS is getting ready to return to a busy fall schedule. September and October bring back our regular meetings, public outreach events, star parties, and plenty of reasons to look up. The nights are getting longer, the weather is hopefully becoming a little more cooperative, and our…
News
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CSM’s Annual Family Science Day
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Another Fruitful StarBQue and This Year’s Board Members
The annual StarBQue took place on July 18 at Crestview Park, San Carlos, continuing one of SMCAS’s favorite summer traditions as a relaxed, family-friendly evening for members to gather, share food, and enjoy time together under the sky. Online voting for the 2026–27 officers and at-large directors closed during the StarBQue, and the new Board…
Feature
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Under One Bleeding Moon: A Thousand Stories from the Shadow
By Sanah Ayyar A lunar eclipse is one of the few geographically indifferent, cosmic spectacles. It does not play favorites and unfolds over the entire night side of the planet at once, no passport required. To the modern us, a lunar eclipse is a spectacular astronomical event caused by Earth passing between the Sun and…
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