RCA Members Holiday Potluck

This month's meeting is our annual holiday gathering. We'll be meeting at OMSI's Theory Restaurant, which is warm, convivial, and perfect for good conversation. We'll also open a Zoom session so members who cannot attend in person can still enjoy time with friends. We won't have a featured speaker and all club services will be closed. But we will provide a brief Annual Report and Monthly Sky Report. Please join us for a relaxing evening hanging out and sharing a little food or conversation with friends.

We encourage members to bring their favorite dish or dessert. The club will be providing drinks, plates, cups, and utensils as well as pizzas to supplement what everyone brings. Power will not be available, which means that we will not be able to warm or cook dishes there. If there is a drink that you greatly prefer, please consider bringing some for your own consumption.

RCA will not be collecting food and clothes before the potluck. This year, we strongly encourage RCA members to donate to the Oregon Food Bank online. Together we can build community connections to help people access nutritious, affordable food today, and build community power to eliminate the root causes of hunger for good.

 Join us at noon on the first Fridays of every month for good conversation and good food! All members are welcome!

𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭? If you’re an RCA member, you’ll find the event details and registration link in your email inbox. Space in the universe might be infinite, but space for Downtowners is limited to 20 attendees, so sign up early!

Whether you're a beginner, intermediate or advanced astro-imager — whether you're using a CCD, DSLR, point-and-shoot or film camera — this group can help you achieve better images with less effort and frustrations.

If you need help with a telescope project, need to clean or align your optics, repair or replace part of your telescope, or just want to talk about telescopes, come to the next Telescope Workshop. Subjects include telescope building from scratch or a kit, telescope setup, cleaning, aligning, adjustment, repair, and help using your telescope.

New members are welcome to meet at 6:30 PM before the General Meeting for an orientation and introduction to Rose City Astronomers.

If you have questions about the club or things you'd like to discuss with other newer members, bring those with you!

We have a new SIG that is forming for radio astronomy. If you want to try your hand at radio astronomy, or just learn a little more about this facet of astronomy then you are welcome to attend our SIG meetings. Mike Caba and Matt Vartanian will co-host this SIG virtually on the fourth Thursday of every month.

The telescope library is an amazing resource for RCA members. To find out more information about the library click right here!

Library will be closed for checking out items in December

This if for annual maintenance and upkeep, plus work on our database

We always need new volunteers! Without the club’s members giving their time and energy, there will be no library. Contact the library to see how you can help