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The Society publishes a monthly newsletter, Observations, available to all of its members. It includes reviews of past meetings, notes on upcoming meetings, Society business, observing hints for current objects, and other items of interest to Society members. To obtain a copy of the current newsletter, join CCAS today!

We are proud that our former newsletter editor, Jim Anderson, won the 2006 Mabel Sterns Award for excellence in newsletter editing from the Astronomical League.

We are proud that our webmaster & newsletter editor, John Hepler, won the 2009 Mabel Sterns Award for excellence in newsletter editing from the Astronomical League.

We are proud that our webmaster & newsletter editor, John Hepler, won the 2016 Mabel Sterns Award for excellence in newsletter editing from the Astronomical League.

Click below to access each year's newsletters   2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 Year 2017   Observations December 2017 Highlights include: "December 2017 Observing Highlights," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; "Through The Eyepiece: M1, the Crab Nebula," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; and "NASA Space Place: Studying Storms from the Sky," by Teagan Wall. Back to Top   Observations November 2017 Highlights include: "Astronomers Are Tracking Distant Visitor to Solar System," by Paul Voosen, Science Magazine; "November 2017 Observing Highlights," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; "Through The Eyepiece: Herschel’s Garnet Star in Cepheus, Mu Cephei," by Don Knabb; and "Spooky in Space: NASA Images for Halloween," courtesy NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Back to Top   Observations October 2017 Highlights include: "First Pluto Features Officially Named," by Javier Barbuzano, Sky & Telescope Magazine; "If You’re Interested in the For-mation of the Solar System," by CCAS Member John Conrad; "October 2017 Observing Highlights," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; "Through The Eyepiece: The Double Cluster in Perseus," by Don Knabb; and "NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Ends Its Historic Exploration of Saturn," courtesy NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Back to Top   Observations September 2017 Highlights include: "Cassini’s Grand Finale Approaches," by NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory; "September 2017 Observing Highlights," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; "Through The Eyepiece: M31, the Andromeda Galaxy," by Don Knabb, and "What We Saw on August 21, 2017," Images courtesy John Hepler, Don Knabb, & Pete LaFrance. Back to Top   Observations August 2017 Highlights include: "CCAS Original Astrophotography," by CCAS Member Steve Leiden; "Preparing for the August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse," courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center; "August 2017 Observing Highlights," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; "NASA Space Place: Twenty Years Ago on Mars…," by Linda Hermans-Killiam; and, "Through The Eyepiece: M27, the Dumbbell Nebula," by Don Knabb. Back to Top   Observations July 2017 Highlights include: "July 2017 Observing Highlights," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; "NASA Space Place—The Shape of the Solar System," by Marcus Woo; "Through The Eyepiece: Messier 7, Ptolemy’s Cluster," by Don Knabb; and "Jupiter Has Two New Moons—And Five Lost Ones Have Been Found," by Nicole Kiefert, Courtesy of Astronomy Magazine. Back to Top   Observations June 2017 Highlights include: "A Whole New Jupiter: First Science Results from NASA’s Juno Mission," Courtesy of NASA; "NASA Space Place: The Fizzy Seas of Titan," by Marcus Woo; and "Through The Eyepiece: Saturn and the Magnificent Rings," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair. Back to Top   Observations May 2017 Highlights include: "Science Fiction Author to Visit May 2017 Meeting," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; "May 2017 Observing Highlights," by Don Knabb; "Looking Up: The Three Leaps of the Gazelle," by Don Knabb; and "NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) to Monitor Earth as Never Before," by Ethan Siegel. Back to Top   Observations April 2017 Highlights include: "NASA: A Journey Through Space Mini-Series," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; "April 2017 Observing Highlights," by Don Knabb; "Through the Eyepiece: M81 and M82, Bode’s Galaxy and The Cigar Galaxy," by Don Knabb; and "NASA Space Place: Solar Eclipse Provides Coronal Glimpse," by Marcus Woo. Back to Top   Observations March 2017 Highlights include: "Through the Eyepiece: M 46, Open Cluster in Puppis," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; "March 2017 Observing Highlights," by Don Knabb; and "NASA Space Place: Solar Eclipse Provides Coronal Glimpse," by Marcus Woo. Back to Top   Observations February 2017 Highlights include: "February 2017 Observing Highlights," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; "Close Views Show Saturn's Rings in Unprecedented Detail," by NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory; "Looking Up: The Zodiacal Light," by Don Knabb; and "NASA Space Place—Comet Campaign: Amateurs Wanted," by Marcus Woo. Back to Top   Observations January 2017 Highlights include: "January 2017 Observing Highlights," by Don Knabb, CCAS Treasurer & Observing Chair; "Cassini Dives Through Saturn’s Rings," by Allen Zeyher, Astronomy Magazine; "Through the Eyepiece: M35, an open cluster in Gemini," by Don Knabb; and "NASA Space Place: Big Science in Small Packages," by Marcus Woo. Back to Top