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Mark Your Calendars for the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Visit:
Club Tour starts @ 11:30 AM on Dec. 11th. We will meet at 9:45 AM in front of the tennis courts, to arrange drivers and passengers to carpool together to Casa Grande Ruins NM , leaving promptly at 10:00. Carpoolers can decide if they want to stop somewhere for lunch on the way back. (1100 W Ruins Dr., Coolidge, AZ, 85128) https://www.nps.gov/cagr/planyourvisit/hours.htm |
Featured Speakers (Sept '24 - May '25)
Dates, times, and speakers are:
September 19, 7:00 pm, Activity Center - Dr. Bashar Rizk will present, "OSIRIS-Apophis Explorer Mission: Close-up of an Asteroid."
October 17, :00 pm, Activity Center - Dr. Mihailo Martinovic will present, "Parker Probe: NASA's Mission to Touch the Sun."
November 21, 7:00 pm, Activity Center - Ms. Janet Wood will present, "Archeoastronomy: The Night Sky and Ancient People."
December 19, 7:00 pm, Activity Center - Dr. Sarah Sutton will present, "Europa Clipper Mission: Probing Jupiter's Ocean Moon."
January 16, 2025, 7:00 pm, Activity Center - Mr. Ari Espinoza, Outreach Coordinator for HiRISE (High Resolution Science Experiment), Latest Mars Photos from HiRISE Reconnaissance Orbiter."
February 20, 2025, 7:00 pm, Activity Center - Dr. Joe Schools will present, "Venus and Io Volcanic Worlds of our Solar System."
March 20, 2025, 7:00 pm, Activity Center - Brother Guy Consolmagno will present, "Discoveries. of the Vatican Observatory."
April 17, 2025, 7:00 pm, Activity Center - Dr. Tom Zega will present, "The Findings of OSIRIS-Rex Missions- Asteroid Bennu Sample"
May 15, 2025, 7:00 pm, Activity Center - Dr. Aaron Meisner will present, "Brown Dwarfs"
Each above session includes an excellent speaker. More details HERE
Star Parties
See our calendar HERE for the current schedule. We normally have 5 to 6 telescopes for viewing. You may bring your own binoculars which would be helpful for your personal tour of the night sky. There is always a member of our club that will help guide us through the night sky.
OCTOBER: Stars and Pizza, a special event for Astronomy Club members, will be held on Tuesday, October 8th, 6:00 pm, in the Golf Cart Parking Lot. A pizza dinner will be served, followed by star gazing at 7:00 pm. This is a free event, but reservations are required and can be made by emailing Steve Nash at [email protected]. Will and Katlym Clodfelder, founders of Stars on Wheels, will give us a guided tour of the night sky. All are welcome to bring their own telescopes and binoculars. In case of cloudy weather, the party will be held in the Activity Center and a great indoor presentation will be given by Will Clodfelder.
January: Planet Palooza, a rare and amazing night featuring SIX planets and a Lunar/Martian Occult. The star party will be held at the golf cart parking lot on January 13th from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will all be in the sky. The feature event will be the Moon occulting with Mars where Mars disappears behind the Moon for about an hour before reappearing on the opposite side. The Moon will be full. Mars will be near opposition thus appearing very bright making for a spectacular show. Chuck Dugan and his Astronomy Adventures Arizona team will guide us through this special evening.
Field Trips
We organize outstanding trips to locations of astronomical interest.
School Outreach
We coordinate with the Coronado K-8 school to provide classroom instructions by our members. Our Club members make tax free donations that allow us to provide every 5th grade student with a telescope.
