[AANC Contacts] 100 Hours at City College, Nick Kanas at USF and SJAA Auction XXIX

[Kenneth Frank]

We've got a busy schedule starting Thursday. Here are three events from 100 Hours and 
Mapping the Heavens to a good old fashioned Auction:

 From Lancelot Kao, Chair Department of Astronomy City College of San Francisco (CCSF)
The Astronomy Department at CCSF is sponsoring the following activities on April 2, 2009
to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy with the world and participate the 100 
Hours of Astronomy

http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org/component/eventlist/details/201-astronomy-open-house-at-ccsf?cid=3%3Afilm 


April 2, 2009, Ocean Campus:
1. Solar Observation at RAM Plaza (Noon- 2 PM)
2. Public Lecture
     Location: Science 200
     Time:  2:15 PM
     Title: Kepler's Hunt for Habitable Planets  by Dr. Natalie Batalha, SJSU
3. More Solar Observation at CCSF Rooftop Observatory (3:30 - 5:00 PM)
4. Evening CCSF Observatory and Planetarium Open House (7:30 -9:30 PM)
5. Film Showing at Rosenberg Library 301 (7:30 - 8:30 PM)

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Gleeson Library Associates at the University of San Francisco Presents:

Speaker: Nick Kanas, M.D., University of San Francisco
Topic: Mapping the Heavens from Antiquity to Today
http://www.usfca.edu/library/gla/index.html

Date & Time: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 5:00 p.m.
Location: Donohue Rare Book Room,  on the third floor of the Library, opposite the north 
elevator
2495 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, CA 94117-1049 Parking is available on the street.
Gleeson Library/ Geschke Center University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
http://www.usfca.edu/library/address.html

Nick Kanas's book, Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography, will be available for 
purchase at the reception.
For more information call 415 422 2036.
http://koopm.best.vwh.net/Kanas-Flyer_USF_Apr2_09.pdf

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What: It's the 29th San Jose Astronomical Association Astronomical Auction
When: Sunday, April 5, 2009
Open at noon.
Selling from 1:00 to about 4:00.
In the hall at Houge Park:
http://www.sjaa.net/directions.html#Houge_Park

See you at the auction,

Ken