What’s Up in Denver? September 1st through 7th, 2025

by Editor on August 31, 2025 with No Comments

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

September 1 (Labor Day):

Catch the Morning Star Venus next to M44, the Beehive Cluster in the early morning sky in the constellation Cancer: 4:30 AM

September 2:

Look for the waxing gibbous Corn Moon in the handle of the Teapot asterism low in the southern sky in the constellation Sagittarius: 9:00 PM
DAS Astrophotography Special Interest Group (ASIG) General & Beginner Meeting: Zoom Virtual Meeting (check membership email or Slack for Details): 7:00 PM

September 3:

Look for the ice giant planet, Uranus to snuggle up with M45, the Pleiades in the late eastern skies in Taurus: 1:00 AM

September 4:

NASA, ESA, and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)

Look for the moon Titan to cast a Transit Shadow on Saturn: These seasons of shadow transits are rare, only occurring every 15 years or so. Try to catch one if you can: 11:52 PM – 4:00 AM
Standley Lake Stargazing Virtual Program: Zoom Virtual Meeting: 6:00 PM

September 5:

Northern Colorado Astronomical Society Open House at Sunlight Peak Observatory at Front Range Community College: 8:00 PM

September 6:

Check out the early morning planet parade where 5 of the planets in our solar system are visible with optical aid — Venus blazing brightly near the horizon, Jupiter shining as the second-brightest “star,” Saturn glowing steadily higher up, with the more elusive Uranus and Neptune requiring optical aid to spot. Together, they offer a sweeping view of our solar system’s diversity, from Venus’s thick cloud cover to Saturn’s rings, and the distant ice giants glowing faintly against the dawn: around 5:00 AM

September 7:

Full Corn Moon: 12:08 PM

Check Out These Helpful Guides from DAS:

Sky Map

The pdf map of the night sky from SkyMaps.com can be found at https://www.skymaps.com/skymaps

This Week’s Meteoric Activity:

You can keep track of the activity of meteor showers as well as those beyond the limits of visual observing by visiting the NASA Meteor Shower Portal.

Anthelion (ANT): 1:00 AM in northeastern Aquarius: 2 per hour.
eta Eridanids (ERI): last hour before dawn in western Eridanus: 1 per hour.
zeta Draconids (ZDR) 7:00 PM in central Draco: 1 per hour.
Aurigids (AUR) Last hour before down in eastern Auriga: 1 per hour
August beta Piscids (BPI) aka Northern delta Aquariids (NDA): 3:00 AM in western Pisces: 1 per hour
September epsilon Perseids (SPE): last hour before dawn in eastern Andromeda: 1 per hour
nu Eridanids (NUE): last hour before dawn in northeastern Eridanus: 1 per hour
September Lyncids (SLY): last hour before dawn in northwestern Lynx: 1 per hour