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

August 10: 🎤 DAS General Meeting: “Piercing The Veil Under the LA Sky Skyline: Adventures In Breaking Barriers of Art and Science in Backyard Astrophotography” with : Free, in-person event at Secular Hub: 7:00PM 👀 Look for the waning crescent Buck Moon near Castor and Pollux low in the Eastern sky in the constellation Gemini around 4:30 until sunrise 🌘 The waning crescent Buck Moon reaches perigee, it’s closest distance to Earth at 363,284km: 5:18AM August 11: 🖥️ STScI: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Countdown to Exploration: Free, virtual event via YouTube: 5:00PM 👀 Look for the waning crescent Buck Moon next to Mercury low in the eastern sky in the constellation Cancer just before dawn at 5:10AM August 12: 🔭 Standley Lake Stargazing Perseid Meteor Shower Watch Party: Free, in-person event at 📍Majestic View Nature Center: 7:00 PM 🎤 ALCON 2026 Begins in Cincinnati, OH August 13: 👀 The Perseid meteor shower peaks on the night of Aug 12-13.… Continue reading.

Every August, Earth passes through a stream of tiny bits of debris left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle. As these particles enter our atmosphere at nearly 37 miles (60 kilometers) per second, they burn up in brilliant flashes of light, creating one of nature’s most beautiful annual events: the Perseid meteor shower.… Continue reading.

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

August 3: Look for the waning gibbous Buck Moon near Saturn: Find our satellite next to the ringed gas giant in the constellation Pisces in the easter sky around 11:30PM Comet 10P/Tempel reaches peak brightness in the constellation Capricornus low in the southeastern skies after 1:00 AM August 4: This Week in Astronomy History – August 4, 1972: One of the most intense solar storms ever recorded struck Earth on August 4, 1972.… Continue reading.

As a child I always treasured a close relationship to my Dad’s father, whom I loved to call Grampa (misspelling deliberate) Willie.  Our closeness began during a visit in 1959 or 1960, when we both took his apartment building elevator to the roof. … Continue reading.

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

July 27: 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.… Continue reading.

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

July 20: 👀 Look for the waxing crescent Buck Moon near Spica – the almost quarter Moon cozies up to the bright alpha star in the constellation Virgo low in the western sky around 10:00PM July 21: 🖥️ Space Telescope Science Institute: Into the Deep and Beyond: Webb’s First Four Years with Dr.… Continue reading.

Congratulations to Denver Astronomical Society member Leah Theil, who earned recognition in two categories of the prestigious Williamina Fleming Imaging Award Contest. Leah has been named Runner-Up in the Solar System Imaging (>500 mm) category and Third Place in the Rich Field Imaging (201–500 mm) category, an impressive achievement that showcases both her technical skill and artistic eye.… Continue reading.

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

July 13: Look for Mars next to Aldebaran, the red planet meets up with the red giant alpha star of Taurus in the eastern skies around 3:30AM.… Continue reading.

The Denver Astronomical Society Astrophotography Special Interest Group (ASIG) July Member Gallery

Each month, the Astrophotography Special Interest Group (ASIG) of the Denver Astronomical Society gathers to share one of the most inspiring parts of our hobby—the images we’ve captured of the night sky.… Continue reading.

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

July 6: Earth reaches Aphelion, its farthest distance from the Sun) at 1.016644 AU (152.1M km): 11:00AM July 7: 🌗 The last-quarter Strawberry Moon reaches Descending Node, when it moves from north to south of the Earth’s plane in its orbit around the sun: 5:22AM 🪐 Neptune enters retrograde motion: the ice giant haults its usual eastward movement through the constellations, and turning to move westwards instead.… Continue reading.