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