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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.
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.
Look Here’s a brief look at what’s going on in the Mile High City this week.
June 22: 🖥️ DAS E-Board Meeting: Members-only, virtual meeting via Zoom (check membership email or Slack for details): 7:00PM June 23: 👀 Look for the waxing gibbous Strawberry Moon near Spica, the bright alpha star in the constellation Virgo in the southern sky around 10:00PM June 24: 👀 Look for the Summer Triangle asterism: with the June solstice heralding the coming of summer last week, we begin to see the three bright stars of Vega, Altair, and Deneb connecting the constellations of Lyra, Aquila, and Cygnus in the eastern sky around 10:00PM.… Continue reading.
Here’s a brief look at what’s going on in the Mile High City this week.
June 15: 👀 Mercury reaches its easternmost elongation from the sun, when our smallest planet will be 25 degrees from the sun in our sky making it the easiest time to spot it in our sky.… Continue reading.
Here’s a brief look at what’s going on in the Mile High City this week.
June 8: 🎤 DAS General Meeting – Vera C. Rubin: From Astronomer to Observatory with KaChun Yu of the Gates Planetarium: Free, In-person meeting at 📍Secular Hub: 7:00 PM 🌗 Last quarter Moon: 4:00 AM June 9: 👀 Catch the much anticipated conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.… Continue reading.
Here’s a brief look at what’s going on in the Mile High City this week.
June 1: 🌖 The waning gibbous Strawberry Moon reaches Apogee, it’s farthest distance from the earth in its orbit at 406,369 km at 04:32 AM UTC June 2: 👀 Look for Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury dancing around the twins of Gemini low in the western sky just after sunset.… Continue reading.
Here’s a brief look at what’s going on in the Mile High City this week.
May 25 (Memorial Day): 👀 Look for Mars and Saturn, these two planets grace the morning sky low in the east in the constellation Pisces just before sunrise at 4:45 AM.… Continue reading.
Here’s a brief look at what’s going on in the Mile High City this week.
May 18: 👀 Look for the waxing crescent Strawberry Moon next to Venus, the “evening star” on the border of Taurus and Gemini low in the western sky just after sunset.… Continue reading.
Here’s a brief look at what’s going on in the Mile High City this week.
May 11: 🌘 The waning crescent Flower Moon reaches Ascending Node, as it crosses the ecliptic plane moving from south to north of Earth’s orbital plane around the Sun.:… Continue reading.Here’s a brief look at what’s going on in the Mile High City this week.
May 4: 🎤 DAS General Meeting – Give Peas a Chance: How Citizen Scientists Helped Solve the Photon Crisis with Dr. Donal O’Sullivan: Free, in-person event at Secular Hub: 7:00 PM 🌖 The waning gibbous Flower Moon reaches apogee, it’s farthest point in its orbit from the earth at 405,843 km.… Continue reading.