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Some Promise the Universe - We Deliver!

The next RCA Meeting will be
Monday, September 20th, 2010
 OMSI Auditorium - 7:30pm

Junior Astronomers - 7pm

New Members Meeting
OMSI Planetarium - 6:30pm

Our Membership year is
July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011
Please Renew your membership!

'Special Interest Group' Meetings
Downtowner's Lunch Bunch
Friday - September 3rd - Noon
Kell's Bar & Grill
Astro-Imaging SIG
Monday - September 13th - 7pm
Beaverton Public Library
New Members Program
Monday - September 20th - 6:30pm
OMSI Planetarium
Junior Astronomers
Monday - September 20th - 7pm
OMSI break room
Cosmology SIG
Wednesday - September 22nd - 7pm
Linus Pauling House
Telescope Workshop
Saturday - September 25th - 10am-3pm
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Science SIG
Saturday - September 25th - 3pm
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The Rose City Astronomers club is located in Portland, Oregon and is the largest amateur astronomy club in the Pacific Northwest. In partnership with OMSI the RCA supports educational activities such as public star parties, telescope workshops, Astronomy Day and other celestial events and gatherings.

2010 Star Party Schedule

OMSI Star Party
Rooster Rock & Stub Stewart State Parks
Saturday - September 11th - 9pm

Clear Sky Chart for the next 48 hours

This week's Sky at a Glance from Sky & Tel

Monthly sky Charts from Skymaps

Today's Sun from Spaceweather

Visible Satellite Flybys

Current Moon Phase

from the U.S. Naval Observatory

NGC 5646 - ARP 29 - Fireworks Galaxy

Image by Duncan Kitchin
Taken at ITS, August 12/13, 2010

Rosette Gazette

RCA's Award Winning Newsletter

Recent Presentations by:
Pat Hanrahan - July 2009
Margaret Campbell-McCrea - Aug 2009
Matt Vartanian - Aug 2009

Newsletters on Southern Sky Observing
by Leo Cavagnaro

List of Past Presenters

Junior Rose City Astronomers
Astronomy Classes and Resources

RCA Members who have completed the
Astronomical League Observing Club requirements

Our Sister Club

GAMA (Grupo de Astronomos Mendocinos Aficionados)
Mendoza, Argentina

Many of our members have taken trips to Mendoza
Read about their adventures here

RCA Donations - Make a tax deductible donation to the general fund, library, telescope library or the observing site project

2010 The Rose City Astronomers  All Rights Reserved

Top image credits: Center, Jan Keiski & Dave Duncan; 2 side images, Dave Haworth; Complete image editing & processing, Diana Murray