The next RCA Meeting will be
July 20^th, 2009
7:00pm - Social Time
7:30pm - Meeting
We will be meeting in the OMSI Planetarium

July 18 OMSI Star Parties
Rooster Rock State Park
Stub Stewart State Park

 July 24-26 RCA Star Party
Trout Lake

Downtowner's Lunch Bunch
Friday - July 10th - Noon

Telescope Workshop
Saturday - July 11th - 10am until 3pm

Science SIG
Saturday - July 11th - 3pm

Astro-Imaging SIG
Monday - July 13th - 6:30pm

Cosmology SIG
Wednesday - July22nd - 7pm

Dobsonian Telescope Making Class
Led by John Dobson himself
Tuesdays - Thursdays in July

The Rose City Astronomers club is located in Portland, Oregon and is the largest amateur astronomy club in the Pacific Northwest. In partnership with OMSI the RCA supports educational activities such as public star parties, telescope making workshops, Astronomy Day and other celestial events and gatherings.

RCA participated in the Rose Festival Starlight Parade
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Photo by Jan Keiski

2009 RCA Star Party Schedule now on line

Clear Sky Chart for the next 48 hours

This week's Sky at a Glance from Sky & Tel

Current Moon Phase from the U.S. Naval Observatory

RCA Members who have completed the
Astronomical League Observing Club requirements

RCA Donations - Make a tax deductible donation to the general fund, library, telescope library or the observing site project

Young Rose City Astronomers
Astronomy Classes and Resources

Our Sister Club

GAMA (Grupo de Astronomos Mendocinos Aficionados)
Mendoza, Argentina

Many of our members have taken trips to Mendoza
Read about their adventures here

Astronomy Day a success in spite of the clouds
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Photo by Michael Minnhaar