By David H. Levy
The 2024 Adirondack Astronomy Retreat.
Come gentle night, come loving black-brow’d night, Give me my Romeo, and when I shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.… Continue reading.
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By Kat Troche
September brings the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn back into view, along with their satellites.… Continue reading.
International Moon Night Webinar, Astrophotography Special Interest Group, Chamberlain Observatory Open House Star Party, DAS General Meeting, Perseids Meteor Shower, Star Charts and more!
JOIN DAS TODAY! https://www.denverastro.org/membership/
Aug 7: NSN Webinar Series: International Observe the Moon Night https://www.denverastro.org/events/nsn-webinar-series-2024-international-observe-the-moon-night
Aug 7: Astrophotography Special Interest Group (ASIG) w/Dylan O’Donnell https://www.denverastro.org/events/astrophotography-special-interest-group-asig-w-dylan-odonnell/… Continue reading.
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The NSN program supports astronomy clubs across the USA dedicated to astronomy outreach. Visit nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov to find local clubs, events, and more!
August Night Sky Notes: Seeing Double
By Kat Troche
During the summer months, we tend to miss the views of Saturn, Jupiter and other heavenly bodies.… Continue reading.
Denver Astronomical Society
75th Anniversary Milestones
1949 – Founded as the Denver Telescope Maker’s Club. During the early years of the club, meetings were held twice each month: one meeting at the then Denver Museum of Natural History, and the other at the University of Denver’s historic Chamberlin Observatory.… Continue reading.
July 28-29: Meteor Shower Peak: alpha Capricornids (CAP)
https://www.denverastro.org/events/meteor-showers-alpha-capricornids-cap
July 31: MakerSIG Meeting
https://www.denverastro.org/events/das-makersig-meeting-6/?occurrence=2024-07-31
Aug 2-4: DAS Dark Sky Weekend
https://www.denverastro.org/events/dark-sky-weekend-das-members-only-7
Aug 3: DAS Dark Site Orientation (Members Only) https://members.denverastro.org/event-5647521
Aug 2 -OR- 3: Members Only: Milky Way Season – Viewing and Photographing Our Galaxy at Sandstone Ranch (Members Only) https://members.denverastro.org/event-5794554… Continue reading.
Approximately 60 DAS members gathered outdoors at Chamberlin Observatory on July 20 for the annual club picnic, and to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the organization. Brothers BBQ was the caterer for the event, bringing three delicious meats and some sides, as well as lemonade and iced tea.… Continue reading.
The news of the recent passing of Denver Astronomical Society member Ivan Geisler saddens us. He was 79.
Ivan was born in Indiana in 1944. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany and at Field Station Sinop during the Cold War, the latter a U.S.… Continue reading.
July 17: Astrophotography Special Interest Group https://www.denverastro.org/events/astrophotography-special-interest-group-asig-meeting-2-of-2-6/?occurrence=2024-07-17
July 20 DAS Annual Picnic https://www.denverastro.org/events/das-picnic-2/?occurrence=2024-07-20
July 20 DAS General Meeting https://www.denverastro.org/events/general-meeting-7/
July 20: Comet 13P/Olbers Closest Approach https://earthsky.org/space/comet-13p-olbers-finder-maps/
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SKY MAPS FOR JULY
https://www.skymaps.com/skymaps/tesmn2407.pdf
SKY NOTES THIS WEEK
Sky & Telescope “Sky at a Glance Through July 21 https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/observing-news/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-july-12-21/… Continue reading.
By David H. Levy
The wonderful visit of Olbers’s Comet.
On Tuesday, June 4, 2024, David Rossetter and I headed out for our monthly observing session at the Chirichuaha astronomy complex, the dark site of the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association. In addition to the normal 2 hours of comet searching I did that evening, David located Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, a bright 10th magnitude comet with a pretty dust tail.… Continue reading.