SDAA April Program:  Night Sky Celebration at Mission Trails with DarkSky International WHEN:  Thursday, April 24 at 6:00pm-9:30pm WHERE:  In-person at Mission Trails Regional Park Visitor Center, 1 Father Junipero Serra Trail San Diego, CA 92119 TOPIC: Join us on Thursday, April 24 at the Mission Trails…

Topic: Robots in the solar system – the next decade of exploration Speaker: Steve Murray While both public and private programs are working hard to send humans to the moon and Mars, the work of exploring the solar system continues to be shouldered by an armada of…

Topic: Zwicky, Rubin, and Friends – new tools and new questions for time-domain astronomy  Speaker: Steve Murray, SDAA Member and NASA Solar System Ambassador Time Domain astronomy is the study of how astronomical objects change with time, from seconds to decades. Understanding these events is essential to understanding…

We’re excited to announce that the annual SDAA banquet will be held at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Resort on January 11, 2025. Our guest speaker is world renowned astroimager Adam Block, winner of over 100 NASA APOD awards.  His presentation is titled “Ancient Echoes of a…

Topic: Annual Gadget Night Location: Green Acre Restaurant Treehouse Foyer at Campus Pointe Our Annual Gadget Night is around the corner! We look forward to seeing you face to face at this popular event where members are given the floor to share their favorite gadget! Gadgets can be…

Topic: InterferometrySpeaker: Andrew Boden, Ph.D. Caltech Deputy Director for Caltech Optical Observatories Join us for an interesting and relevant talk about astronomical interferometry. An interferometer is a device that expresses the interference of wavelike phenomena and measures properties with high precision, such as are found in astronomy…