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International Year of Astronomy The Kern Astronomical Society (K.A.S.) promotes community awareness of current events in astronomy, and provides a forum for sharing of knowledge and experiences among amateur astronomers. The Kern Astronomical Society meets at 6:30 PM for dinner followed by the business meeting and program at 7:30 PM on January 6th (Friday) at the Round Table Pizza at the corner of Gosford and White Lane (4200 Gosford Rd, Suite 101) in Bakersfield—see the map below.

We're part of the Night Sky Network. Find our events by using the NSN Search widget at left or check out the Syzygy (our newsletter). The initial search will be all events within 100 miles of the given zip code and it will be sorted by date. You can then sort by club or narrow the search radius.

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Star Party at Russo's on May 26!

Will December 21st be the end?

Help us celebrate the new Baktun in the Mayan Calendar at the evening star party! (Details to come!)

Usual meeting spot shown below:


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Annual membership is $20.00 and $25 for those getting paper copies of the Syzygy (to cover postage). With membership Sky and Telescope and / or Astronomy magazines are available at reduced rates. New members get first crack at borrowing one of the club telescopes for a month!

Our monthly newsletter is called the "SYZYGY". Copies of the newsletter are posted on the web as PDF documents. Select here to go to the newsletter archive.

Officers

President: Rod Guice (412-5146) Vice President: Diane Franco (213-3998)
Secretary: Cathy Jones (319-4424) Treasurer: Cathy Collett (477-9325)
Equipment: Steve Collett (477-9325) SYZYGY editor: Florencio Ortiz (378-7391)
Star Party Coordinator: David Davenport (873-3483) -- contact person for schools and group leaders wanting a star party at their school  

SpacePlace Archive at KAS

Astro-photography Album

Have you taken images of some celestial object that you would like to share with others? Send them to the KAS webmaster and he will put them in the KAS astro-photo album!

Quick Links

  1. This week's sky at a glance
  2. Sky almanac (quick overview of what's visible now)
  3. Astronomy Notes (will answer just about any other astronomy question)
  4. Bakersfield College Planetarium

last updated: May 7, 2012

Webpage contact: Nick Strobel