ASTRONOMY LECTURE PLANNED.Byline: Daily News The Local Group, a Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, astronomy club, will present a lecture on solar and lunar eclipses This is a list of lunar eclipses from the past and the future. 20th century A total of 230 lunar eclipses took place in the 20th century: 83 penumbral, 66 partial and 81 total. Saturday by astronomer Hal Jandorf. The lecture will include a slide presentation on eclipses and photographs of the lunar eclipse. Jandorf teaches astronomy at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. and is a former president of the Ventura Astronomical Society There are numerous groups devoted to promoting astronomy research and education. See, for example:
He will speak at 8 p.m. at the Placerita Canyon Nature Center, 19152 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall. Information is available by calling Jim Mahon at 297-2612. |
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