The SMCAS Board invites you and your family to our annual Star-B-Que, Saturday, July 19 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at our usual meeting spot, Crestview Park, 1000 Crestview Dr, San Carlos. This is a family friendly event, bring the kids. Feel free to arrive and leave at your convenience. Our party will be a […]
Category: News
The SMCAS Society is Growing!
The Board is pleasantly surprised to see how busy the Star Parties have been and to see our membership grow. We are very excited to announce that we’re one member away to having 70 people! In other words, we have 69 members. It’s the most members the Society has ever had. It was very apparent […]
Goodbye
It’s time to say goodbye. I will be leaving the SMCAS Board of Directors at the end of May. My wife and I are taking our first step towards retirement and moving to Genoa, Nevada. It was a tough decision to leave the Bay Area, but the spreadsheet said I would have to work a […]
Exploring the Connection Between Art, Science and Visual Metaphors, April 18
The San Mateo County Astronomical Society will forgo its usual general meeting and presentation for the month of April to support a special event at the College of San Mateo Friday, April 18. The event, “Art, Science & Visual Metaphors,” will be held at the CSM Theatre (Building 3) on the College of San Mateo’s […]
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 […]
Special Moon Viewing Star Party, 4/5
The Society invites all enthusiasts, families, and curious minds to our special Moon Viewing Star Party, Saturday, April 5, 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. This event promises a night filled with wonder, education, and community spirit. The moon, our closest celestial body, has always captivated humanity’s imagination. From ancient myths to modern science, it has […]
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 […]
Speaker: Dr Pascal Lee
Presentation on March 7, 8:00pm PST in the CSM Planetarium Speaker: Dr. Pascal Lee, Planetary Scientist SETI Institute, Mars Institute, and NASA Ames Research Center The Moon & Mars: Amazing Places for Humans to Soon Explore, Part 1: the Moon! Free and open to the public. At the College of San Mateo Planetarium. Free Parking […]
Orion/Meade Telescopes Auction
A heads up from Ed Ching For those who have been following the saga of the Optronic Techonologies, Inc., business, parent of both Orion Telescopes and Meade Instruments, the offices and storefront in Watsonville, California were shut down in July 2024. On July 31, the Orion website went offline. Apparently the assets of […]
Familiar Faces Return to Crestview for Comet Gazing
San Mateo County Fire Department employees from left to right are Firefighter Matt Hoffmann, Engineer John Hollander, Fire Capt. Jordan Motts and Fire Capt. Chris Schaefer. If you’ve been keeping up on our newsletter, you might recall we had an unusually exciting Star Party July 3. The San Mateo County Fire Department came out to Crestview […]