November 19, 2025 SDAA Program Topic: Annual Gadget Night Location: Ballast Point Brewing at Miramar https://ballastpoint.com/location/miramar Gadget Night is Back – Fresh Ideas, Cool Tech, Great Company! ***Seating is limited – stay tuned for sign-up details!*** Join us for SDAA’s Annual Gadget Night on Wednesday, November 19, 2025,…

Speaker: Rich Kagawa, NASA-JPL Solar System Ambassador Topic: Not Just Mars: NASA’s Search for Life on Europa, Enceladus, and Titan Please plan to join us for an exciting talk that will include: Why NASA thinks life may exist today on several worlds in our solar system other than Mars How…

Topic: American Women Astronauts Speaker: Dr. Neil Farber We are excited to welcome back Dr. Neil Farber for our September program! The topic will be: American Women Astronauts This presentation traces the inspiring history of women who aspired to become NASA astronauts. It begins with the “Mercury 13,”…

Speaker: Richard Wolff-JacobsonTopic: Historical and Modern Tools for Celestial Wayfinding We’re excited to welcome Richard Wolff-Jacobson for a talk that will explore how we describe, measure, and communicate positions in the night sky. He’ll provide helpful background information and introduce modern tools such as encoders, plate solving…

Topic: Astrobiology: The Search for Life Speaker: Dr. Neil Farber People have often pondered the question of whether we are alone in the universe. More than seeking intelligent life, a fundamental question is whether life of any form exists on other planets or moons. This talk will…

Topic: You can almost touch the stars – An Introduction to Astronomical Spectroscopy Speaker: Tom Field Even if you wanted to touch a star, they’re all impossibly distant. In spite of these great distances, astronomers have learned an enormous amount about stars. How? The most common method…