Our monthly First Quarter Friday star party for November 17th has been cancelled due to dense fog. When our Friday star party is clouded out we usually try for a backup star party on Saturday, but the forecast for that isn't good either, so it looks like this month is a bust. We'll try again next month on December 22nd.  

Members of the Eugene Astronomical Society are hosting Solar Sunday in Alton Baker Park this Sunday, the 26th, from Noon to 2:00. Come have a peek at the Sun through solar-filtered telescopes and binoculars. If you have a safe solar filtered scope, bring it and help us show our exciting nearest star to passers-by. There are three really nice sunspot groups moving into position, plus there have been several prominences rising and falling in the last few days, so there'll…

The big solar eclipse of April 8th won't be total here in Eugene, but we'll still get a 35% bite taken out of the Sun. If the sky is clear enough to see the Sun, EAS members will be at the College Hill Reservoir (24th and Lawrence) with safe filtered solar telescopes to view the partial eclipse. Come join us and have a peek as the Moon slides across the face of the Sun. No part of this eclipse will…

EWEB is hosting a farewell party at the College Hill Reservoir on the afternoon of Thursday, May 30th from 4:30 to 6:30. EAS will be there with solar telescopes to provide one last opportunity to do some astronomy on the reservoir deck before it's torn down. Come join the party. If you have a solar-filtered telescope, bring it, but otherwise just come and have a look through ours. There will also be a band, food, and ice cream on hand,…