Thank you for your interest in the Ventura County Astronomical Society. VCAS is dedicated to helping stargazers of all ages learn more about the joys of amateur astronomy through events, monthly meetings, star parties and community outreach. VCAS welcomes everyone interested in astronomy and the space sciences regardless of your level of experience.
As a VCAS Member you'll enjoy the following benefits:
- Monthly Membership Meetings featuring a mixture of amateur astronomy topics and professional presentations made by some of the world's leading astronomers, astro-physicists and space scientists.
- Member Only Events and Trips such as group outings to Mt Wilson and Palomar Observatories, trips to observe total and Annular Solar Eclipses and other astronomical phenomena, special club meetings such as our annual Summer Picnic and Holiday Banquet, and much more.
- Club Star Parties
- Community Outreach Events
- Discounts on Astronomy and Sky & Telescope magazines.
- VCAS Loaner Telescopes
- Use of the Moorpark College Observatory after General Meetings
- Advice in purchasing and using telescopes, telescope mounts, eyepieces and astrophotography equipment
- Up to date astronomical information via the Society's Starline hotline, the VCAS.ORG website and Celestial Horizons newsletter.
Best of all, you'll meet and make friends with lots of wonderful, like-minded people who enjoy the same interests as you do.
To join and pay online via credit card or Paypal just click on the link below. You're name, address and email address will be sent automatically along with your payment notice to our Treasurer and Secretary.
Or download the VCAS APPLICATION form here and mail the completed form along with your payment to the VCAS PO Box listed at the bottom of the form.
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