Author: Toby Sheets

Mon: Denver Astro General Meeting: Free and Open to the Public https://www.denverastro.org/events/general-meeting-9/?occurrence=2024-09-0

Sat: Denver Astro Open House Star Party at Chamberlin Observatory https://www.facebook.com/events/1669756047137558

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Not sure what to look at this month? Check out some of these great stargazing resources:

American Meteor Society: Meteor Activity Outlook for September 7-13, 2024 https://www.amsmeteors.org/2024/09/meteor-activity-outlook-for-september-7-13-2024/… Continue reading.

International Moon Night Webinar, Astrophotography Special Interest Group, Chamberlain Observatory Open House Star Party, DAS General Meeting, Perseids Meteor Shower, Star Charts and more!

JOIN DAS TODAY! https://www.denverastro.org/membership/

Aug 7: NSN Webinar Series: International Observe the Moon Night https://www.denverastro.org/events/nsn-webinar-series-2024-international-observe-the-moon-night

Aug 7: Astrophotography Special Interest Group (ASIG) w/Dylan O’Donnell https://www.denverastro.org/events/astrophotography-special-interest-group-asig-w-dylan-odonnell/… Continue reading.

July 28-29: Meteor Shower Peak: alpha Capricornids (CAP) 

https://www.denverastro.org/events/meteor-showers-alpha-capricornids-cap

July 31: MakerSIG Meeting

https://www.denverastro.org/events/das-makersig-meeting-6/?occurrence=2024-07-31

Aug 2-4: DAS Dark Sky Weekend

https://www.denverastro.org/events/dark-sky-weekend-das-members-only-7

Aug 3: DAS Dark Site Orientation (Members Only) https://members.denverastro.org/event-5647521

Aug 2 -OR- 3: Members Only: Milky Way Season – Viewing and Photographing Our Galaxy at Sandstone Ranch (Members Only) https://members.denverastro.org/event-5794554… Continue reading.

The news of the recent passing of Denver Astronomical Society member Ivan Geisler saddens us. He was 79.

Ivan was born in Indiana in 1944. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany and at Field Station Sinop during the Cold War, the latter a U.S.… Continue reading.

July 17: Astrophotography Special Interest Group https://www.denverastro.org/events/astrophotography-special-interest-group-asig-meeting-2-of-2-6/?occurrence=2024-07-17

July 20 DAS Annual Picnic https://www.denverastro.org/events/das-picnic-2/?occurrence=2024-07-20

July 20 DAS General Meeting https://www.denverastro.org/events/general-meeting-7/

July 20: Comet 13P/Olbers Closest Approach https://earthsky.org/space/comet-13p-olbers-finder-maps/

JOIN DAS TODAY! https://www.denverastro.org/membership/

https://www.skymaps.com/skymaps/tesmn2407.pdf

Sky & Telescope “Sky at a Glance Through July 21 https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/observing-news/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-july-12-21/… Continue reading.

July 3: Astrophotography Special Interest Group (ASIG) – Meeting 1 of 2 https://www.denverastro.org/events/astrophotography-special-interest-group-asig-meeting-1-of-2-5/?occurrence=2024-07-03

July 5-7: DAS Dark Sky Weekend (DAS Members Only) https://www.denverastro.org/events/dark-sky-weekend July 6: Kline-Dodge Dark Site Orientation (DAS Members Only) https://members.denverastro.org/event-5647518

JOIN DAS TODAY! https://www.denverastro.org/membership/

https://www.skymaps.com/skymaps/tesmn2407.pdf… Continue reading.

DAS E-Board Meeting, Makers Special Interest Group, Mars Webinar, Galaxy Season, Arcturus & Vega, star charts, and more! June 24: DAS Executive Board Meetinghttps://www.denverastro.org/events/e-board-6/?occurrence=2024-06-24

June 26: MakerSIG Meetinghttps://www.denverastro.org/events/das-makersig-meeting-5/

June 27: NSN Webinar Series: Perseverance: Three Years of Exploring Mars with Kim Steadmanhttps://www.denverastro.org/events/nsn-webinar-series-perseverance-three-years-of-exploring-mars-with-kim-steadman/… Continue reading.

June 19: Astrophotography Special Interest Group (ASIG) https://www.denverastro.org/events/astrophotography-special-interest-group-asig-meeting-2-of-2-6/?occurrence=2024-06-19

June 20: Summer Solstice (longest day and shortest night of the year for Earth’s northern hemisphere)

June 21: Full Strawberry Moon – This is the lowest full moon of the year, appearing extremely low on the horizon.… Continue reading.

The attached image from Stellarium-web.org shows the expected sky at 10:00 p.m. on Friday, June 14, as seen from Chamberlin Observatory (39.67605 -104.95297).… Continue reading.

Enter NASA’s 2024 Summer Astrophoto Challenge and create your image of the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) using James Webb Space Telescope data. You can capture your real-time telescope image using the MicroObservatory robotic telescope network or work with data files taken with multi-wavelength space-based missions from NASA, ESA, and CSA (Hubble, Webb, Chandra, Spitzer).… Continue reading.