Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Charity Woodrum, a PhD candidate and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory, on Sunday, Dec. 10, at the DesertView Theater, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive, at 7 p.m. Charity’s story, Space, Hope, and Charity, is an independent documentary…
Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Jay Holberg, Ph.D., a retired astrophysicist and faculty member of the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, on Sunday, Nov. 12, at the DesertView Theater, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive, at 7 p.m. Dr. Holberg will discuss the star Sirius and its tiny companion,…
Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Kai Staats, the director of Research for SAM, a Space Analog for the Moon and Mars at the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2, on Sunday, Oct. 8, at the DesertView Theater, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive, at 7 p.m. Staats is an entrepreneur, researcher, and…
Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Harry Krantz, a Ph.D. student of astronomy at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, on Sunday, April 23, at the DesertView Theater, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive, at 7 p.m. Circumstances required cancellation of the scheduled February meeting, but Krantz has graciously agreed to the…
Sam Miller SaddleBrooke is fortunate to have a reasonably dark nighttime sky to view the stars and other amazing objects. April 15 through 22 is International Dark Sky Week in which communities around the world celebrate the opportunity to view the night sky while also emphasizing the destructive nature of light pollution. It may seem harmless,…
Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Dr. Richard L. Poss, an Associate Professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, on Sunday, March 12, at the DesertView Theater, 39900 S. Clubhouse Dr. at 7 p.m. Dr. Poss’ presentation will explore the intersection of astronomy and…
Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Harry Krantz, a PhD student of astronomy at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, on Sunday, Feb. 12, at the DesertView Theater, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive, at 7 p.m. With the creation of new low Earth-orbit satellite constellations, astronomers face a new reality, one…
Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Harry Krantz, a PhD student of astronomy at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, on Sunday, Feb. 12, at the DesertView Theater, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive, at 7 p.m. With the creation of new low Earth-orbit satellite constellations, astronomers face a new reality, one…
Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Charity Woodrum, a PhD candidate and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory, on Sunday, Dec. 11, at the DesertView Theater, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive, at 7 p.m. Charity will discuss humanity’s most powerful space telescope, the James…
Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Thomas Fleming, Ph.D., a professor of practice at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory, on Sunday, Nov. 13, at the DesertView Theater, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive, at 7 p.m. Dr. Fleming will discuss the 100-year history and objectives of the Steward Observatory as well…