Weekly Updates

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

August 17: 🛰️ Get a glimpse of the ISS passing across Denver’s pre-dawn sky. The International Space Station will move swiftly across the sky from the southwest to the northeast between 5:27 and 05:33AM August 18: ☄️ κ-Cygnid meteor shower peaks with their radiant near the border of Cygnus and Draco and high in the northern sky.… Continue reading.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.