SaddleBrooke SkyGazers’ monthly meeting will be January 14, 2018 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the HOA One Activity Center featuring The Best of Mt. Lemmon Astro Photography by Travis Deyoe, Mt. Lemmon Sky Center telescope operations. Travis will be bringing a spectacular selection of night sky photos taken through the large Mt. Lemmon telescope…
Astronomical calendar of events Rita Fletcher October 25: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Star Party – Softball Field parking lot near back gate See: the planet Saturn, the asterism the Great Square of Pegasus, an open cluster, the Double Cluster in Perseus and the Andromeda Galaxy November 10: 7:00 p.m. Dr. Lockwood Carlson – MountainView Clubhouse…
Astronomical calendar of events Rita Fletcher October 20 – 3:45 to 8:45 p.m. – Trip to the University of Arizona Science SkyCenter Observatory on Mt. Lemmon; members $60; 24 person limit October 25 – 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. – Star Party – Softball Field Parking lot near back gate See: Planet Saturn, the asterism the…
Astronomical calendar of events Rita Fletcher September 26, 7:00-9:00 p.m. – Star Party at softball field parking lot near back gate See: Planets (Saturn, possibly Jupiter), the moon, asterisms (Summer Triangle), Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius, the colorful double star Albireo in Cygnus the Swan. October 8, 7:00-8:30 p.m. – Dr.…
Last chance! Rita Fletcher Thursday, June 15, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. at SaddleBrooke’s Softball Field/Dog Park parking lot; be there! SkyGazers, SaddleBrooke’s Astronomy Club will be! There will be no star parties during the summer. Star attractions to be viewed through members’ telescopes are Jupiter and Saturn. Saturn will be up over the Catalinas by…
Rita Fletcher May 17, Wednesday and June 15, Thursday, from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. are the last two star parties until September due to monsoon season; come enjoy the warm evening, ask tons of questions and see spectacular stellar scenes for free at the softball field parking lot, adjacent to the dog park, just past…
You are inivited to a Star Party Rita Fletcher Come see what is not visible to your naked eye! Where you saw only an empty black space, now through a telescope you will see surprises like the moons of Jupiter, the fascinating and tilting ring system around Saturn, the true brilliance of Venus, nebulas, globular…
SkyGazers Astronomy Club presents…Planet 9 Rita Fletcher Want a breath of fresh air from the news on planet earth? Enjoy learning about the latest goings on in our solar system: Renu Malhotra, LPL, a hotshot in her field, will astound you with information. She is a Professor of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona,…
John Lauder SaddleBrooke SkyGazers meets the second Sunday each month at 7:00 p.m. from October through April with time off for travel in the summer. We support rookie Astronomers as well as the experienced observer. We also provide periodic educational outreach. For example, club members supported the Biosphere 2 Summer Science Academy Star Party for…
How Chris did it Bob Tibor How Christopher Columbus and his contemporaries navigated the oft angry and unknown oceans has long been debated. Like a chef who hides a few tidbits from a renowned recipe, great navigators kept relevant secrets of their navigation prowess close to their chest. Some assumed that Columbus ignored the celestial…