As a service to our community, Sky & Telescope lists astronomy-related events, including star parties, observatory public nights, astronomy talks, and more. Star parties offer dark skies and astronomical fellowship and often cater to families and feature special activities for kids. Public nights give the general public a chance to view the sky through large telescopes, and public talks are a great place to learn the fundamentals of the science and the craft.
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David Southwood - A Decade as an ESA Director. Prof Southwood was Director of Science and Robotic Engineering of the European Space Agency from 2001-2011 and in his talk will share his memories of the projects that he supported (and cancelled!) during that time. All welcome.
Enjoy a warm welcome by astronomers from the Airdrie Astronomical Association to this one of their regular November through to January Tuesday night public open evenings of the Airdrie Observatory. These events are ideal for beginners and anyone interested in astronomy — the friendly and experienced volunteers proudly carry on a long tradition of public […]
Learn about the wonders of your universe! Do you have a telescope but don’t know how to use it? Or is the one you have broken? Or are you looking to buy a telescope? If you answered YES to any of these questions, then this event is for you! On Tuesday, June 30th, starting at […]
Confessions of an Astronomer This hybrid meeting is a light-hearted and personal look at the life of a professional astronomer. In addition to the research and teaching, perhaps surprisingly, it can be packed with ‘interest’ in the widest sense of the word. The talk contains many amusing and exciting anecdotes; from being marooned with a […]
Join AOSNY (www.aosny.org) on the 1st Sunday of every month from September through June. (No Meetings During the Summer due to vacations and Star Parties). Please visit our webpage frequently for the monthly special guest speaker. Meetings are held at Hofstra University - Berliner Hall Room 117, on California Avenue in the Town of Hempstead. […]
Enjoy a warm welcome by astronomers from the Airdrie Astronomical Association to this one of their regular November through to January Tuesday night public open evenings of the Airdrie Observatory. These events are ideal for beginners and anyone interested in astronomy — the friendly and experienced volunteers proudly carry on a long tradition of public […]
A Hybrid Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society Meeting, July 9th 2026 Our Cosmic Origins All of the chemical elements of the periodic table are produced in space. In this talk I will focus on the 40 or so elements that make up the human body, and where and how these are produced. This will involve […]
A Hybrid Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society Meeting, July 9th 2026 Our Cosmic Origins All of the chemical elements of the periodic table are produced in space. In this talk I will focus on the 40 or so elements that make up the human body, and where and how these are produced. This will involve […]
We bring Astronomy, Space and Science to Ventura County monthly. We meet the 2nd Friday night of every month at 403 W. Hillcrest Thousand Oaks, CA. at 7:00pm Our guest speaker for March 13th is Sarah Elizabeth McCandless. She works for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as a navigation engineer. She has flown eleven different […]
How we can see the invisible: imaging Black Holes This talk will explore how the Event Horizon Telescope combined radio telescopes across the world is used to image the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy M87. It will describe what the famous image shows, why it looks the way it does and […]
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