What we’re about
Everyday Spacer Los Angeles is a Meetup for anyone with even a mild interest in space exploration, astronomy and similar topics.
You should join if you would like to go to a star party and look through a variety of telescopes and see objects in the night sky. Or maybe you like hearing lectures about interesting, updated topics from notable engineers and scientists.
Not your thing?
How about some hands-on/'maker' type events?
We'll list local events in each of these areas and more (see our topics list below).
If you decide to join, you can expect us to list as many events as we learn about in Los Angeles and beyond. We'd love your help of course. And, if you become a member, you'll be expected to actually participate in something we list!
This is important.
It's not a 'meetup' if you never attend an event. Please be sure to R.S.V.P. 'YES' if you intend to go. A 'NO' or no answer will be considered the same. If you happen to show up at an event with limited resources in spite of that, you may be turned away and we'll all be sad about that!
Mainly, we want to show you ways you can personally and directly participate in this exciting area and have FUN doing it!
If you ever need anything from us, do call or write. We'll include contact information anytime you join and we send you the traditional 'welcome' message - usually within a day or two.
Thank you and enjoy the events we already found and listed for you.
Upcoming events
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•OnlineAsteroid Image Checker: Help Us Measure How Fast Asteroids Rotate
Online"Asteroids are small space rocks that can tell us a lot about how our solar system formed and changed over time. One important way scientists study asteroids is by measuring how fast they spin. This is called their rotational period.
"For example, the rotation period of our planet Earth is about 24 hours, a period we know as a day. By measuring an asteroid’s rotation rate, we can learn more about its shape, surface, and even what it’s made of.
"In this [Citizen Science] project, we need your help to examine images of asteroids taken by telescopes. Your task is to find images where the data might be unclear or incorrect, which helps us precisely determine how fast these asteroids spin.
"Some asteroids spin extremely fast—imagine that a day on these strange worlds lasts only a few minutes or even seconds. This rapid spinning affects how they move through space. One reason for this is the Yarkovsky effect, a small but important force caused by sunlight. You can learn more about it in the research section of this project.
"By joining this project, you’ll help us uncover the secrets of these unusual asteroids and contribute to real scientific discoveries." ~Zooniverse
"Asteroids spinning in just seconds or minutes challenge our understanding—their rapid rotations should tear apart the fragile structures needed to explain their unusual behavior." ~Words from the Researcher
Catch us LIVE Friday, November 7th at 9pm Pacific time, or in a #replay, on the Everyday Spacer Facebook page or the Everyday Spacer YouTube channel...
https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/Each week that we don't have a guest, we'll chat about something interesting that YOU can do involving space exploration, science, astronomy, like that.
Stop on by and ask questions or let us know if you have done anything like this. We want to hear from you!
We broadcasting live on Friday nights from Facebook and YouTube at...
9pm Pacific time
10pm Mountain time
11pm Central time
12midnight Eastern timeIn North America
Just look for Everyday Spacer on either platform on Friday nights, or catch the replay later, at your convenience.
If You or Someone You Know Has Done Something Interesting With...
- Space Exploration
- Science
- Astronomy
...like that, we'd love to share our live! Just pick a date and let us know what you'd like to talk about and, if it's on topic, we'll make you a guest on our show!
Message me here or send an email to: Pam at Everyday Spacer dot com if you have any questions or you would like to be a guest on our show!
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•OnlineShare/Brainstorm Positive Stories Continuing McCaffrey's PERN: Free Audio-Zoom
OnlineCOVE HOLD Meetup: Share/Brainstorm Positive FanFic & RPG Stories Continuing McCaffrey's Dragonriders Of PERN! 2nd Tuesdays!:
🐉🌹 DESCRIPTION & AUDIO-ZOOM LINK POSTED HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShR1kwD9Lw
🐉🌹 If a large turnout, I'm fine staying longer than 20 min; --but always arrive w/in the 1st 20 min, as we may not be there longer.
🐉🌹 **Not like my video zoom gatherings [where we see each other's faces], --but an Audio-onlyzoom group call: All screens are turned off, many people just use the zoom toll-free #, & dial in. Chat will be off (as you can't see chat if you dial in).
🐉🌹 Please disregard old notes on my youtube channel saying you need to 'like' videos, or subscribe to my channel to attend: 'Liking' is useful to get a sense of people's intetest, & subscribing is helpful to you (to make sure you get invites & last minute changes); but not required to attend.
Best wishes & look forward to sharing it w/you!
WRP Diana1 attendee
•OnlineAudioZoom New Outer Limits Brainstorm/Discuss/Create Scenarios/Dimensions/Worlds
OnlineWe'll start w/a simple audio-only zoom gathering, to get a chance to be introduced to each other in this new session of the gathering, --thru beginning to brainstorm, discuss, & cocreate what is described below. And over time we'll evolve to do whole gathering described below:
ZOOM link POSTED UNDER YOUTUBE VIDEO AT LEAST 1 HOUR BEFORE EACH GATHERING(Skip watching the video til I've updated it & instead read current info below): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-lLVVKFOfQ&list=PLK1Voc8y_0HoirsGHCNZqhe9edE8glT0F
A free monthly gathering to connect w/peers who not only love the New Outer Limits TV series from the 90s: Gather On Zoom & Create New Scenarios...live them, roleplay...but more like exploratory theme or workshop activities than a LARP:
🛸 brainstorm new episodes, new dimensions, new worlds. Our fantasy futures. The positives & the challenges:
. 🔭 Though we do all sorts of activities inspired by this series; the main intention is to cocreate, roleplay scenarios, live in new ways; expand our perceptions, challenge ourselves, use our full potentials. And explore what fun, inventive, outside the box things we could do to bring the most exciting & essential new frontiers into the world now.
🔮 Though the creature feature episodes were sometimes amusing, they were more similar to each other, generally more simply action, less exploratory about the future: So we don't tend to focus on them or horror-genre episodes; unless they have food for thought / new ideas that inspire us to explore/createa positive new frontiers.
🚀 This will evolve to be a 3 part gathering:
1). We'll start by doing a 20 min AUDIO-ONLY GATHERING ( we may stay longer, but ARRIVE W/IN 1st 20 min, as we may not!!!).
2). **THEN IN A MONTH or two WE'LL START 1st w/a VIDEO ZOOM face-to-face Outer Limits-themed Icebreaker activities that are at least 50% gently physically active: Imaginative, Humorous, Meaningful/Envelope-pushing ACTIVITIES: Like Party Games, Improv Games, Surrealist Games, Get-To-Know-Each-Other's-Universe Games, Story Games, etc. This will then be followed by the short audio meetup above, & then--
3). We'll fo the full VIDEO ZOOM face-to-face workshop described above.
Though Dec 30 we'll only be doing the audio gathering;
in following months we'll do all 3; --w/15, 20min or 40 min each(depending on how big a group we are & how long we want to go). And eventually will be a 90 min gathering ( & eventually I'll move time to 7pm ...or earlier).TO ATTEND:
- Fully read this post, I'll eventually post new videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@WRP_Diana
- (subscribe if you want to know last minute changes)
Best! WRP Diana
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