Meetings are open to the public.
The SAS holds a public star party on the Saturday closest to each first quarter moon, at Green Lake Park. Other star parties are held by the Society's Sidewalk Astronomers, Lunar Observers group, and Dark Sky Observers group, as weather permits. There are also SAS groups for Telescope Makers, Astrophotography, and Computers in Astronomy. SAS publishes a monthly newsletter, The Webfooted Astronomer . An annual Astronomy Day display is put on by the SAS in conjunction with the Pacific Science Center.