Paul Salazar on Urban Astronomy at Ignite Bay Area

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Paul Salazar is an amateur astronomer, blogging about the subject and conducting star parties and talks on astronomy in his free time.

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Cosmological Connections

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Sirius A and Sirius B

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Pleiades – The Seven Sisters

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John Dobson

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We stop people on sidewalks and let them see the craters of the Moon, the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, or the spots on the Sun. For just a moment, they have a personal connection with the universe around them, and sometimes life seems a little better after that.

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The Sidewalk

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Dobsonian Telescopes

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Reflector Telescope

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Orion Nebula

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Orion Nebula – through binoculars

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SFAA Public Star Party on Mt. Tam

Night Sky Network

Become an Astronomy Evangelist

Cosmological Connections

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