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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When our solar system was just an infant, thousands of small early planets formed in just a few million years. Some grew to hundreds of kilometers as they swept up pebbles, dust and gas within the swirling solar nebula. Over the next few tens of millions of years, many planetesimals crossed paths catastrophically. Colliding worlds […]
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 […]
Light pollution is defined as “glare, light trespass, and light which is reflected into the night sky that contributes to sky glow.” It is caused by unshielded, misplaced, excessive, or […]
If someone calls a name like Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, and Sir Isaac Newton the bell will definitely ring. The brilliant minds of the past that changed the world in the field of Astronomy as we know it now will never be forgotten. Each of these men discovered amazing things about the universe except Copernicus; […]
Virtual presentation by Zoom. Join from 19:45 onwards Astrophysicists think they understand the laws of physics as they apply on the grand scale. Similarly, particle physicists have a Standard Model to explain how physics works at the macro level. There is still no "single theory of everything". In this talk Harry will tell us about […]
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 […]
No equatorial mount is perfect. They all require periodic tracking error corrections. This used to be done manually with a crosshair eyepiece and a lot of patience. Today, thanks to the prevalence of computers and digital cameras, autoguiding is not only possible but common place. In this presentation, Bruce Waddington will explain the basic principles […]
AAVSO webinar with guest astronomer, Dr. Jill Tarter, who is an incredible scientist and the inspiration for the main character in Carl Sagan's novel, "Contact" (which later became a motion picture starring Jodie Foster). Dr. Tarter is the Chair Emeritus for NASA's SETI Research. She earned her Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of California, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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