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The Astronomical Association of Northern California is a non-profit corporation for fostering astronomy in Northern California. We serve as a central location for member astronomy clubs, amateur astronomers and professionals throughout the area to share information about events and news regarding their organizations.
Clubs and other interested organizations: Appoint a PR person to post events here. Once your group is a supporting member - a sponsor link to your organization's web-site will be added here - as seen in the left column of this page.
Everyone is welcome to join the AANC Meetup group, receive notices of events posted in your area or bay-area wide. If you would, please let others who might be interested in local astronomy know about this Meetup Group. When you respond to one of the AANC posted Meetups, you are given an option to share it on other social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Please, spread the word!
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Upcoming events (1)
See all- Astronomy Lecture: Gamma-ray emission from the “Fermi Bubbles”Lindsay Wildlife Experience, Walnut Creek, CA
Please join the Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society for our March 26 general meeting featuring Prof. Oscar Macias, San Francisco State University, who will discuss the Fermi Bubbles, giant gamma-ray emitting lobes emanating from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy discovered in data collected by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. Prof. Macias will show that much of the gamma-ray emission associated with the brightest region of substructure – the so-called cocoon – is likely due to an undiscovered millisecond pulsar population in the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy.
The meeting starts at 7:15 p.m. with a short “What’s Up?” presented by MDAS member Bob Minor, one of our club’s premier eclipse chasers and photographers, who is traveling to Mexico for the April 8 total solar eclipse.
Our meetings are held in the Lindsay Wildlife Experience Community Room, 1931 First Avenue, Walnut Creek, CA 94597
The Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society's past monthly lectures are available online on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0b_iOjsBldgdjs4aEOas_w?app=desktop
Check our web site www.mdas.net or email outreachinfo@mdas.net