Name: E-Board Meeting
Start: 2026-07-27T13:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-07-27T15:00:00-06:00
Location: Zoom

Look Here’s a brief look at what’s going on in the Mile High City this week.

July 27:

E-Board Meeting. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Bill Bradford

DAS E-Board Meeting: Free, member’s only virtual meeting via Zoom (look for details in the membership email and Slack): 7:00PM
Find Pluto at opposition, the distant dwarf planet will be exactly between the earth and the sun, making it slightly brighter than usual. Find it n the constellation Capricornus. after 1:00AM

July 28:

NASA Night Sky Network: International Observe the Moon Night 2026 Preparation Webinar: Free, virtual event via YouTube: 7:00PM

July 29:

DMNS: 60 Minutes in Space with Dr. KaChun Yu, DMNS Curator Space Sciences: Free, in-person event at Denver Museum of Nature and Science (ask questions in advance): 7:00PM
Full Buck Moon: 8:35AM
Don’t forget to pick up your FREE chips and queso from QDoba in celebration of the Full Moon.
Jupiter reaches conjunction with the Sun and passes into the morning sky at 6:00AM.

July 30:

🖥️ Standley Lake Stargazing: Weekly Livestream: Free Online program via Zoom: 6:00PM

July 31:

Standley Lake Stargazing: Star Party in the Canyon: Free, in-person event at Eldorado Canyon State Park (registration required): 7:30PM
The Waxing Gibbous Buck Moon reaches its Ascending Node as our satellite moves from south to north of the earth’s orbital plane around the sun. 5:54AM

August 1:

Northern Colorado Astronomical Society: Loveland Star Party: FREE, in-person event at Prairie Ridge Natural Area: (registration required) 8:30PM

August 2:

Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation

Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation at 2:00 AM, positioning it at its highest point in the eastern morning sky in the constellation Gemini around 5:00AM

This Week’s Solar System Summary:

The Sun rises about 6:02 AM at the start of the week and about 6:07 AM by Sunday, while sunset shifts from 8:12 PM to 8:06 PM. Daylight continues to shorten as Denver moves deeper into late summer, though there are still nearly 14 hours of daylight each day.
The Moon rises in the morning at the start of the week and shifts into the afternoon and evening hours by the weekend, while moonset moves from the overnight hours into the morning.
Venus remains the brightest object in the evening sky after the Moon, shining low in the west after sunset and setting between 11:30 PM and 11:45 PM.
Mercury begins emerging from the Sun’s glare following inferior conjunction. By the end of the week, it reaches its greatest western elongation and experienced observers with a clear eastern horizon may catch it very low in the predawn twilight.
Jupiter reaches conjunction with the Sun this week and will be all but impossible to observe until it starts to emerge into the morning sky.
Saturn rises during the evening hours and is well placed for observation through the night. By dawn, it stands high in the southern sky and is becoming one of the season’s best telescopic targets.
Mars remains low in the eastern dawn twilight and is difficult to observe, though it slowly gains separation from the Sun.
Uranus rises after midnight and is well positioned for telescopic observation during the hours before dawn.
Neptune rises in the evening and remains observable throughout most of the night, reaching a favorable altitude for telescopic viewing before sunrise.

This Week’s Meteoric Activity:

You can keep track of the activity of meteor showers as well as those beyond the limits of visual observing by visiting the NASA Meteor Shower Portal.

Southern Delta Aquariids (SDA): Peak on the nights of July 29–30 in Aquarius: About 10–15 per hour
Alpha Capricornids (CAP): Peak around July 30 in Capricornus: About 2–5 per hour.
Anthelion (ANT): 1:00 AM in western Sagittarius: About 2 per hour.
Piscis Austrinids (PAU): After midnight in Piscis Austrinus: Less than 1 per hour.
Perseids (PER): Before dawn in Perseus: About 3–5 per hour
ρ-Cygnids (RCY): Before dawn in Cygnus near Sadr: Less than 1 per hour.
κ-Cygnids (KCG): Before dawn in Cygnus: Less than 1 per hour.
July Pegasids (JPE): Before dawn in Pegasus: Less than 1 per hour.