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.
David H. Levy
Palomar Mountain Observatory.
Last month I drove all the way from my Vail, Arizona home to Palomar Mountain Observatory. As most of this column’s readers know, I have visited this place many dozens of times from my first encounter in March of 1974, and regularly from the late summer of 1989 to the late spring of 1996.… Continue reading.
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The NSN program supports astronomy clubs across the USA dedicated to astronomy outreach. Visit nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov to find local clubs, events, and more!
By Kat Troche
If you spotted comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) in person, or seen photos online this October, you might have been inspired to learn more about these visitors from the outer Solar System.… 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.
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The NSN program supports astronomy clubs across the USA dedicated to astronomy outreach. Visit nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov to find local clubs, events, and more!
By Dave Prosper Updated by Kat Troche
If you’re thinking of a galaxy, the image in your head is probably the Andromeda Galaxy!… Continue reading.
On August 30, nearly 40 people from the DAS and Douglas County enjoyed a perfectly clear dark sky filled with stars, the Milky Way, and at least half a dozen large meteors. These were no shooting stars; they were chunks of space rock that broke into smaller pieces as they burned up, delighting those who were fortunate enough to be looking in the right direction.… Continue reading.
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.
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.
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The NSN program supports astronomy clubs across the USA dedicated to astronomy outreach. Visit nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov to find local clubs, events, and more!
By Kat Troche
September brings the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn back into view, along with their satellites.… Continue reading.