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Title: Resolving the Galactic Center Black Hole with the Event Horizon Telescope. Speaker: Dr. Chi-kwan “CK” Chan, University of Arizona Dr. Chi-kwan “CK” Chan is an Associate Astronomer and Research Professor at Steward Observatory and the Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona (UArizona). He served as the Secretary of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration […]

The next program meeting will be hosted in person at AleSmith Brewery on Wednesday, July 29 at 7pm. Our Speaker: Jarred Roberts, PhD, is an associate project scientist exploring the fascinating and awe-inspiring high-energy phenomena of our Universe. He works on multiple cutting-edge astrophysics missions, including COSI—a NASA MeV gamma-ray space telescope scheduled to launch in 2027—that

Speaker: Douglas C. Leonard, Professor of Astronomy at San Diego State University SDAA Program Meeting is this Wednesday at 7:00 PM on Zoom. We’ll hear from one of our Greater San Diego Science & Engineering Fair award winners, then our main speaker will be Douglas C. Leonard, Professor of Astronomy at San Diego State University.

Topic: A Focus on Focusing – Joel Martin, Ph. D.
Also, Winners from the Greater San Diego Science fair who have received awards from SDAA are coming to tell us about their winning projects in a variety of Space and Astronomy based topics.

Meeting features presentations by Siddharth Thambidurai on Exoplanet detection and by Professor Shelley Wright on Unique Astronomical Instrumentation.

Subject: SDAA Town Hall Membership Meeting, Thursday, Feb 19 via Zoom: Zoom Meeting Link Meeting ID: 841 3570 3991 Passcode: 445223 Meeting Join Instructions Updates, Open Discussion, and Next Steps 60 minutes. Less “program meeting,” more member input. Hi everyone — please join us for our SDAA Town Hall on February 19, 2026, at 7:00PM

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, from 6–9 PM at Ballast Point Miramar! This

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: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/ambassadors/787