NASA’s 2024 Summer Astrophoto Challenge
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Attention Astrophotographers!

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.

Skyward for June, 2024
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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.

Upcoming events Through June 1

Upcoming events Through June 1
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Night Sky Network Webinar, MakerSIG meeting, planets, star charts, and more!

May 28: Webinar: Brief History of Everything with Dr. Patrick C. Breysse

May 29: MakerSig Meeting

June 3-4: Six Planets Walk the Line

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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

Upcoming Events Through May 21
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May 15: Astrophotography Special Interest Group (ASIG) – Meeting 2 of 2: Image Processing

May 17: Imagine Milk presents Luna Trivia Night at Sculpture Park

May 18: Private Members In Reach: Galaxy Season – Viewing and Photographing Our Neighboring Galaxies at Sandstone Ranch

May 21: DAS Executive Board Meeting

DAS SkyWeather Resources ChamberlinObservatory Weather/Visibility Chart Kline-Dodge Dark Site Weather/Visibility Chart

Viewing Resources May SkyMaps Sky & Telescope Observing Opportunities through May 19 Internat’l Meteor Organization: Meteor Activity through May 17

Night Sky Network: May’s Night Sky Notes: Stargazing for Beginners Night Sky Network: What’s Up for May 2-24

 

 

Upcoming Events Through May 12
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May 6: General Meeting: Planet Earth, Past and Present: Parallels Between our World and its Celestial Neighbors

May 6: Eta Aquariids Meteor Showers Continue

May 11: Open House at Chamberlin Observatory

Weather Charts: Chamberlin Observatory Weather/Visibility Chart Kline-Dodge Dark Site Weather/Visibility Chart

Maps and Resources:

May Sky Maps

Sky & Telescope Observing Opportunities through May 12

Night Sky Network: May’s Night Sky Notes: Stargazing for Beginners

Night Sky Network: What’s Up for May 2-24

 

Skyward – May 2024

Skyward – May 2024
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by David H. Levy

A Total Eclipse of the Sun, part Two.

This is a story, not a report on observations.

On April 8, a total eclipse of the Sun tracked across Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Most of the United Staes enjoyed clear weather, and most of Canada did too.… Continue reading.

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