Note: Items listed in red are tentative. If signup is available, there will be a clickable link. The date(s) listed in brackets after the month are the new moons for the month.

Latest additions and corrections: November 15, 2017

Sources

Astronomy Calendar
Astronomy World Calendar

PAST

January 2014 [Wed 1, Fri 30]

• [Field Event] Wed 1: 7 PM;  New Years Eve Fireworks. (link)
• [celestial] Fri 3: Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peaks
• [celestial] Sun 5: Jupiter at Opposition (closest to the Earth)
• [Harold]  Tue 14; Harold speaks at Marin Photo Club on Digital Photography
• [celestial] Thu 16: Full Moon
• [Lecture] Mon 20: Eric Harness presents “Panorama Techniques” to a private group.
• [Webinar] Wed 22: FREEBINAR – NP101 An introduction to Night Photography
• [Field Event] Sat 25: AP201 – Astrophotography with Steven [FULL]
• [Harold]  Sat 25-26; Mastering Creative Photoshop  [FULL]
• [Webinar] Tue, 28; 7-9PM PST.  NP175: Panorama Extravaganza

February

• [event] Sun 2: NFL Super Bowl
• [Webinar] Tue 11: 7-9 PM PT NP105 Creating Star Trails
• [Webinar] Wed 12: 7-9 PM PT AP101 Astrophotography without Busting Your Budget
• [celestial] Fri 14: Full Moon
• [Harold] Sat 22-23; Photographing Flowers for Transparency
• [Webinar] Wed 26: FREEBINAR – NP101 An introduction to Night Photography

March [Sat 1, Sun 30]

• [Field Event] Sat 1: AP201 – Astrophotography with Steven  (Postponed from Feb 8)
• [Webinar] Tue 4: 7-9 PM PT  NP111: Catching the Moon and the Sun
• [Webinar] Thu 13: 7-8 PM PT  Advanced Stacker Clinic (free to Advanced Stacker PLUS Owners)
• [Harold] Sat 15: Achieving your Potential as a Digital Photographer
• [celestial] Sat 22: March Geminids – very slow meteors.
• [Webinar] Wed 26: FREEBINAR – NP101 An introduction to Night Photography (not open for registration yet)

April [Tue 29]

• [Webinar] Tue 2: 6-8 PM PT  NP111: Catching the Moon and the Sun Eclipse Edition
• [celestial] Tue 8: Mars at Opposition (closest to earth)
• [Workshop] 10th: Sign up deadline for the Out of this World Workshop (see below).
• [celestial] Tue 15: Full Moon + Total Lunar Eclipse
• [Harold] Tue 15: Full Moon Workshop
• [Workshop] Sat 19-26th: Out of this World @ North Carolina’s Outer Banks 7 day workshop on the beach under dark skies with awesome landmarks.
  
• [celestial] Tue 22-23: Lyrid Meteor Shower Peak
• [Harold] Sat 26 – May 4  Photography with Harold in Paris
  
  
• [celestial] Mon 28: Alpha Bootid shower (minor shower with slow meteors)

May [Wed 28]

• [celestial] Sun 4-6: Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peaks
• [Webinar] Wed 7: 7-8 PM PT  NP111: Catching the Moon and the Sun
• [celestial] Sat 10: Saturn at opposition + Astronomy Day
• [Webinar] Thu 13: 7-8 PM PT  Advanced Stacker Clinic (free to Advanced Stacker PLUS Owners) NOTE: MAY BE POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS
• [celestial] Wed 14: Full Moon
• [Harold] Sat-Sun May 31: Mastering Creative Photoshop

June [Fri 27]

• [celestial] Sat 7: Moon and Mars at conjunction (within 2 degrees)
• [celestial] Sat 7: Arietids Meteor Shower(up to 30 per hour, slow with fireballs)
• [celestial] Fri 13: Full Moon
• [Workshop] Fri 20-22:  Alabama Hills Workshop
• [Harold] Fri 27-30; Creative Flower Photography

July [Sat 26]

• [Harold] Fri 4-7; Creative Black and White Photography and Monochrome HDR
• [Webinar] Tue 08: Webinar: NP111 Catching the Moon and the Sun
• [Webinar] Wed 09: Advanced Stacking Clinic + Advanced Stacker PLUS 14e
• [celestial] Sat 12: Full Moon
• [celestial] Mon 28-29: Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peaks (minor shower)
  For information on Photographing the Shower, See Here.
  For more details about the meteor shower, see here.

August [Mon 25]

• [celestial] Sun 10: Full Moon + Perseids Meteor Shower peak – obviously it won’t be as spectacular due to the intrusion of the super moon.
• [celestial] Mon 18: Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter within 1 degree of each other in Cancer before sunrise.
• [Webinar] Wed 27: FREEBINAR – NP101 An introduction to Night Photography
• [Webinar] Thu 28: NP105 – Shooting and Processing Star Trails

September [Wed 24]

• [celestial] Tue 9: Full Moon (and a Super Moon)

October [Fri 24]

• [celestial] Wed 8: Full Moon + Total Lunar Eclipse
• [celestial] Wed 8-9: Draconid Meteor Shower Peaks (washed out by the moon)
• [celestial] Wed 22-23: Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks
• [celestial] Wed 23: Partial Solar Eclipse

November [Sat 22]

• [celestial] Wed 5-6: Taurid Meteor Shower Peaks (minor shower)
• [celestial] Thu 6: Full Moon
• [celestial] Mon 17-18: Leonid Meteor Shower

December [Mon 22]

• [celestial] Sat 6: Full Moon
• [celestial] Sat 13-14: Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks
• [celestial] Mon 22-23: Ursid Meteor Shower Peaks (minor shower)
• [Field Event] Sat 20: Killer Image: Big Sur
• [Field Event] Sun 21: Killer Image: Big Sur