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MOON: 90% Waxing GibbousAs 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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The 42nd Annual Texas Star Party will be hosted on the magnificent Prude Ranch, a 3500 acre mile-high ranch located six miles northwest of Fort Davis on Highway 118… 12 miles on the same road from McDonald Observatory… Darkest Skies! All over America, the search for dark skies is becoming a subject of great interest and concern […]
Since 1976, the Escambia Amateur Astronomers have hosted beach gazes for the public every summer. Our gazes will be at Pensacola Beach Pavilion on the weekends closest to the firsth quarter moon. There is no fee, and free parking in the lot by the famed Pensacola Beach Beach Ball water tower. Bring your smartphone to […]
In 1998, two essentially independent research teams made a Nobel-worthy discovery: since distant supernovae (exploding stars) were fainter than predicted, the expansion of the Universe must be speeding up rather than decelerating. Since then, the evidence for cosmic acceleration, propelled by mysterious “dark energy” that constitutes 70% of the contents of the Universe, has grown […]
The Northwest Florida Amateur Astronomers Association will host a free public stargaze at the HSU STEM Rangle site on May 6th. Telescopes will be set up for observing the Moon, constellations, deep sky objects, and satellites. Bring your smartphone and learn to take astrophotos with it.
The Astronomical League of the Philippines (ALP) would like to invite everyone to its "Astronomy Experts Speaker Series 2022," which features a talk by Sky & Telescope Contributing Editor Joe Rao on May 7 (Saturday) at 8:30 p.m. Philippine Standard Time (8:30 a.m. EDT / 12:30 UTC). Joe's lecture, entitled "The Night of the Shooting […]
A free webinar with a large portion devoted to post-instruction Q&A from the audience. Instructor: John Percy Variable stars provide astronomers with unique and important information about the nature, evolution, and behavior of stars. AAVSO observers contribute mightily to this enterprise. For half a century, I have been engaged in variable star research, and in […]
You are cordially invited, by Zoom or in person, to the 2022 Frank Drake Award Ceremony, May 12th (6 pm to 9 pm) The 2022 Drake award will be presented by the SETI Institute to Dr. Shelley Wright (University of California, San Diego,) a pioneer in SETI-related instrument development and research. Wright was a critical […]
New Adventures with Robotic Imaging. Popular presenter Nik Syzmanek returns to Bredhurst with his latest talk which is suitable for everyone and contains lots of interesting and beautiful images.The talk will cover remote imaging from Nik's home, his private observatory in Spain and the use of the Telescope Live resources in Chile, Spain and Australia.
Celebrate This Rare Event At Lowell Come to Lowell Observatory to witness this amazing and rare celestial event: the Total Lunar Eclipse! Enjoy festivities throughout the evening, from 5pm to midnight. Lowell Observatory will have food trucks, poi performances, a fun scavenger hunt, face painting, special science talks, and additional state-of-the-art telescopes available for viewing […]
For the summer season, the Escambia Amateur Astronomers will host both Friday and Saturday night gazes at Big Lagoon State Park; these will be on the weekend of the third quarter moon for deep sky observing. Bring your scopes, binocs, cameras, smartphones for observing and imaging in this nice deep sky site, on the north […]
Registration is required for this free, virtual event: https://rao_talk.eventbrite.com/ In 1995, Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann-3 broke apart in dramatic fashion. Now a number of meteor dynamicists have confirmed what Joe Rao predicted last year: A stream of particles ejected during the comet’s disruption may yield a dramatic meteor outburst at the end of May 2022. The predictions […]
Dr. Sandra Faber (University of California, Santa Cruz) will give a free, illustrated, non-technical lecture entitled: “Do Humans Have What It Takes to Thrive in This Universe?" On line at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/SVAstronomyLectures The talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series (through Foothill College), now in its 22nd year. Modern astronomy is revealing […]
The Astronomical League of the Philippines (ALP) would like to invite everyone to its "Astronomy Experts Speaker Series 2022," which features a talk by renowned eclipse guru Fred "Mr. Eclipse" Espenak on May 29 (Sunday) at 10 a.m. Philippine Standard Time (10 p.m. EDT / 02:00 UTC). The event is free and open to the […]
Residential summer camps for kids in grades 6th-12th on topics like astronomy, robotics, cryptography, and 3D modeling and printing, and more. Including our premiere space camp experience, Above and Beyond. PARI provides campers with hands-on exposure to STEM principles and space exploration in a setting that inspires the heart, mind, and spirit. Empowering today’s campers […]
The Cherry Springs Star Party is a gathering of amateur astronomers and people who enjoy the night sky who gather together to observe and photograph the night sky together , listen to speakers on various astronomical topics, visit astronomical vendors and suppliers, and meet and greet with fellow night sky enthusiasts. The party takes place […]
The Michiana Astronomical Society will be holding it's twelfth annual star party June 3rd through 5th, 2022. Location: Dr. T.K. Lawless Park 15122 Monkey Run Street Vandalia, MI 49095 It's about 35 miles north east of South Bend, IN. http://www.michiana-astro.org/
The St. Louis Astronomical Society in conjunction with Washington University and Jefferson College, will host the 2022 Mid-States Region of the Astronomical League (MSRAL) Convention in St. Louis, Missouri. The Mid-States region includes Missouri, eastern Kansas, eastern Nebraska, northern Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma. We expect many of our fellow amateur astronomers, from other mid-states clubs, […]
Since 1976, the Escambia Amateur Astronomers have hosted beach gazes for the public every summer. Our gazes will be at Pensacola Beach Pavilion on the weekends closest to the firsth quarter moon. There is no fee, and free parking in the lot by the famed Pensacola Beach Beach Ball water tower. Bring your smartphone to […]
Dr. Simon will provide an introduction to nearby galaxies, including our own Milky Way, and then focus on the mysterious substance called dark matter that makes up most of the universe. He will then describe how observations with our most advanced telescopes are giving astronomers new clues to exactly what this invisible matter is. About […]
