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SJAA plans twentieth annual swap meet and auction
On Saturday, April 15, the San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) will hold its 20th annual astronomical swap meet and auction. The event will be conducted at Houge Park, a city park in San Jose. The swap meet and auction are annual fund-raisers for SJAA, and proceeds support the club and its public programs.
The swap meet opens at noon, and all arrangements are conducted privately between sellers and buyers.
Each buyer pays the respective seller for any items purchased. Sellers track their sales, and pay a 10% commission to SJAA, but no table fee. (On large sales, a cap of $50 per item limits expenses to sellers.)
At about 3:30 p.m., SJAA wraps up the swap meet, breaks down the tables, and sets up for the auction. Auction items must be pre-registered by their sellers some time during the day, prior to 3:30 p.m.
The auction will start at about 4:00 p.m., and usually concludes by about 6 p.m. A 10% commission also applies to auction items. A $1 donation is requested for each auction bidder/seller number. On auction items, each seller specifies a minimum bid. If that bid is not met, the item returns to the seller and no commission applies. Buyers and sellers settle their accounts with SJAA following the auction, by writing a single check to the club. SJAA cannot handle charge cards. Auction items may be claimed once the checks are delivered. Commissions are tax-deductible, as SJAA is a tax-exempt organization.
Directions to Hogue Park
From Highway.17, take the Camden Avenue exit. Go east 0.4 miles, and turn right at the light, onto Bascom Avenue. At the next light, turn left onto Woodard Road. At the first stop sign, turn right onto Twilight Drive. Go three blocks, cross Sunrise Drive, then turn left into the park.
From Hwy.85, take the Bascom Avenue exit. Go north about 0.2 miles, and turn right at the first traffic light, onto White Oaks Road. At the first stop sign (another 0.2 miles), turn left onto Twilight Drive. You will now be passing the park. Turn right at the first driveway, into the parking lot.
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Sallie Baliunas to speak
Astro lectures continue
at Foothill College
The Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series continues its "Spring 2000 Astrobiology" Focus on April 12, with a lecture by Sallie Baliunas. Her topic will be "The Changing Sun and the Climate of the Earth: Why Louis XIV Had Cold Feet."
Dr. Baliunas, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, will discuss the effects of the Sun's changing activity on the Earth, over time.
Sponsored by NASA Ames Research Center, Foothill College, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and SETI Institute, this non-technical program is open to the public and free of charge. (Eight quarters are required for automated purchase of the required parking card.)
The talk will be held in the Smithwick Theatre on the Foothill College campus, El Monte Road at I-280, in Los Altos Hills. The scheduled time runs from 7:00 p.m. through 8:30 p.m.; however, the college recommends that you arrive early to be guaranteed a seat. The three previous programs in this lecture series each commanded an audience of about 1,000 people.
To reach Foothill College, take Interstate Highway 280, and exit at El Monte Road. Travel west to the main entrance of Foothill College. Park in either Lot 1 or Lot 7. Purchase the required parking card, and display it per the printed instructions. On foot, cross the main loop road, and proceed to the Smithwick Theatre, Building 1000.
The concluding lecture in the Spring 2000 Series will feature "Cold, Hard Worlds at the Edge of the Solar System." This lively panel discussion will touch on the latest information astronomers have gathered about icy worlds such as Pluto and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Speakers will be Dr. Jeff Cuzzi, Dr. Dale Cruikshank, and Dr. Jeff Moore, all investigators at the NASA Ames Research Center.
For further information on this lecture series, call Dr. Andrew Fraknoi at 650/949-7888.
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