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MOON: 90% Waxing GibbousInternational Astronomy & Space Science Olympiad (IASSO 2021-22) is planned by the emerging educational organisation Astronomy World: Education & Research Organization. Astronomy & Space Science Olympiad is all About the […]
Virtual presentation by Zoom Join from 19:45 onwards. Colin Stuart makes another welcome return to MKAS with his talk Time in Einstein's Universe.
Stargazing is easy, and astronomy is something anyone can do and enjoy. You just have to get started off on the right foot. Starting out wrong can lead to disappointment, frustration, and wasted money. Starting out right can lead to a lifetime of celestial exploration and enjoyment. Today, the hobby of astronomy - the biggest […]
Note: Please visit our website to register for this session. Enjoy the wonders of the universe as seen through the “eyes” of the KAS Remote Telescope, located under the dark skies of southeastern Arizona. Participants will enjoy views of deep-sky objects captured fresh off the system’s CCD cameras in Arizona, transmitted directly to you via […]
Solar eclipses are the most spectacular celestial phenomena in which we on Earth can participate. Please join us for this very special general meeting when internationally renowned astronomer Jay Pasachoff, a veteran of 73 solar eclipses, will describe how the outer part of the Sun shines and how his studies of eclipses all over the […]
Over the winter, the Florida State Parks welcome the Escambia Amateur Astronomers to lead stargazes for campers and the public biweekly at Big Lagoon State Park. We hand out star charts, conduct constellation tours, observe the moon, satellites, planets and deep sky objects, depending on moon phase. We teach beginners to use their smartphones for […]
The first large-class mission of the European Space Agency’s “Cosmic Visions” program, the Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE), will launch in 2022 for a journey to Jupiter and its icy moons. Since the Galileo and Cassini/Huygens missions discovered liquid water oceans beneath the icy crust of Jupiter moons Europa and Ganymede, and Saturn moons Titan […]
On Wednesday, Feb. 9th, 2022 at 7 pm (PST), Dr. Michelle Thaller (of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center) will give a free, illustrated, non-technical lecture on “Living with a Star: Creating and Maintaining a Life-Friendly Planet, in Our Solar System and Others" On line at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/SVAstronomyLectures The talk is part of the Silicon Valley […]
Tonight, we pay tribute to the contributions to MKAS by Peter Parish and Chris Sherwood, who both sadly passed away in 2020 and 2021 respectively.
Lowell Observatory is pleased to present a celebration 92 years in the making: the 3rd Annual l I Heart Pluto Festival. Paleoanthropologist Dr. Donald Johanson, planetary scientist Dr. Alan Stern, and astronaut Dr. Nancy Currie-Gregg headline the event. This virtual and in-person celebration runs from February 12-21 and features a variety of talks, tours, an […]
