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By Vivian White
High in the summer sky, the constellation Hercules acts as a centerpiece for late-night stargazers.… Continue reading.
July 3: Astrophotography Special Interest Group (ASIG) – Meeting 1 of 2 https://www.denverastro.org/events/astrophotography-special-interest-group-asig-meeting-1-of-2-5/?occurrence=2024-07-03
July 5-7: DAS Dark Sky Weekend (DAS Members Only) https://www.denverastro.org/events/dark-sky-weekend July 6: Kline-Dodge Dark Site Orientation (DAS Members Only) https://members.denverastro.org/event-5647518
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SKY MAPS FOR JULY
https://www.skymaps.com/skymaps/tesmn2407.pdf… Continue reading.
DAS E-Board Meeting, Makers Special Interest Group, Mars Webinar, Galaxy Season, Arcturus & Vega, star charts, and more! June 24: DAS Executive Board Meetinghttps://www.denverastro.org/events/e-board-6/?occurrence=2024-06-24
June 26: MakerSIG Meetinghttps://www.denverastro.org/events/das-makersig-meeting-5/
June 27: NSN Webinar Series: Perseverance: Three Years of Exploring Mars with Kim Steadmanhttps://www.denverastro.org/events/nsn-webinar-series-perseverance-three-years-of-exploring-mars-with-kim-steadman/… Continue reading.
June 19: Astrophotography Special Interest Group (ASIG) https://www.denverastro.org/events/astrophotography-special-interest-group-asig-meeting-2-of-2-6/?occurrence=2024-06-19
June 20: Summer Solstice (longest day and shortest night of the year for Earth’s northern hemisphere)
June 21: Full Strawberry Moon – This is the lowest full moon of the year, appearing extremely low on the horizon.… Continue reading.
The attached image from Stellarium-web.org shows the expected sky at 10:00 p.m. on Friday, June 14, as seen from Chamberlin Observatory (39.67605 -104.95297).… Continue reading.
Enter NASA’s 2024 Summer Astrophoto Challenge and create your image of the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) using James Webb Space Telescope data. You can capture your real-time telescope image using the MicroObservatory robotic telescope network or work with data files taken with multi-wavelength space-based missions from NASA, ESA, and CSA (Hubble, Webb, Chandra, Spitzer).… Continue reading.
By David H. Levy
For the last few nights I have been looking in one particular direction of the sky: the northeast. Over a period of four nights, I have noticed a faint glow in that direction. It wasn’t bright, certainly nothing about which to write home, but it was the aurora borealis. … Continue reading.
Astrophotography Special Interest Group, Members In-Reach: Galaxy Season!, Rocky Mountain Star Stare, Planet Parade, Cepheus, Draco, Ursa Major, Garnet Star, Cat’s Eye Nebula, Bode’s Galaxy, and the Cigar Galaxy, star charts, and more!
June 3: Planet Parade (4:53 am) https://earthsky.org/tonight/lineup-of-6-planets-morning-june-3-4-2024/… Continue reading.
Astronomical League
Night Sky Network
SkyMaps.com
Telescope.com Star Chart
TimeAndDate.com
Podcasts
Sky & Telescope’s June Podcast
Calendars and Highlights:
Farmer’s Almanac
Space.com June Sky Highlights
Stargazing Tools
Stellarium Web
May 28: Webinar: Brief History of Everything with Dr. Patrick C. Breysse
May 29: MakerSig Meeting
June 3-4: Six Planets Walk the Line
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eDWcUUg-5YI?feature=share
DAS Stargazing Forecast
ChamberlinObservatory Weather/Visibility Chart
Kline-Dodge Dark Site Weather/Visibility Chart
Viewing Resources
Night Sky Networks June Viewing Companion (Cepheus, Draco, Ursa Major, Herschel’s Garnet Star, Cat’s Eye Nebula)
Earth and Sky
Sky & Telescope Observing Notes
Sky Maps for June 2024