Reservations are now open for the Denver Astronomical Society’s Annual Holiday Banquet
When: Saturday, December 14th, 2024, 6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.Where: Embassy Suites DTC
This year’s DAS Holiday Banquet Includes:
Social/cocktail time – cash bar from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.… Continue reading.About the External Outreach Program: Denver Astronomical Society supports outside, independent educational astronomy and observing activities. We help organize educational star parties for school, church, civic, corporate, and other public and private events. DAS provides telescope operators, docents, and speakers for lectures on astronomy.… Continue reading.
by David H. Levy
Morello’s outline there is wrongly traced,
His hue mistaken; what of that? or else,
Rightly traced and well ordered; what of that?
Speak as they please, what does the mountain care?
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what’s a heaven for?… Continue reading.
By David H. Levy
The 2024 Adirondack Astronomy Retreat.
Come gentle night, come loving black-brow’d night, Give me my Romeo, and when I shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.… 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/
SKY MAPS FOR JULY
https://www.skymaps.com/skymaps/tesmn2407.pdf
SKY NOTES THIS WEEK
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.
By David H. Levy
The wonderful visit of Olbers’s Comet.
On Tuesday, June 4, 2024, David Rossetter and I headed out for our monthly observing session at the Chirichuaha astronomy complex, the dark site of the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association. In addition to the normal 2 hours of comet searching I did that evening, David located Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, a bright 10th magnitude comet with a pretty dust tail.… 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/
SKY MAPS FOR JULY
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.
