Upcoming Events Through June 30

Upcoming Events Through June 30
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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.

Upcoming Events Through June 24
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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.

NASA’s 2024 Summer Astrophoto Challenge
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Attention Astrophotographers!

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.

Skyward for June, 2024
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By David H. Levy

For the last few nights I have been looking in one particular direction of the sky:  the northeast.   Over a period of four nights, I have noticed a faint glow in that direction.  It wasn’t bright, certainly nothing about which to write home, but it was the aurora borealis. … Continue reading.

Upcoming events Through June 1

Upcoming events Through June 1
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Night Sky Network Webinar, MakerSIG meeting, planets, star charts, and more!

May 28: Webinar: Brief History of Everything with Dr. Patrick C. Breysse

May 29: MakerSig Meeting

June 3-4: Six Planets Walk the Line

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eDWcUUg-5YI?feature=share

DAS Stargazing Forecast

ChamberlinObservatory Weather/Visibility Chart

Kline-Dodge Dark Site Weather/Visibility Chart

Viewing Resources

Night Sky Networks June Viewing Companion (Cepheus, Draco, Ursa Major, Herschel’s Garnet Star, Cat’s Eye Nebula)

Earth and Sky

Sky & Telescope Observing Notes

Sky Maps for June 2024

Upcoming Events Through May 21
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May 15: Astrophotography Special Interest Group (ASIG) – Meeting 2 of 2: Image Processing

May 17: Imagine Milk presents Luna Trivia Night at Sculpture Park

May 18: Private Members In Reach: Galaxy Season – Viewing and Photographing Our Neighboring Galaxies at Sandstone Ranch

May 21: DAS Executive Board Meeting

DAS SkyWeather Resources ChamberlinObservatory Weather/Visibility Chart Kline-Dodge Dark Site Weather/Visibility Chart

Viewing Resources May SkyMaps Sky & Telescope Observing Opportunities through May 19 Internat’l Meteor Organization: Meteor Activity through May 17

Night Sky Network: May’s Night Sky Notes: Stargazing for Beginners Night Sky Network: What’s Up for May 2-24

 

 

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