(By Jim Knoll)

We have quite a few public events in the next two months and are all free unless otherwise noted below. All are weather dependent and could be cancelled if we have extensive cloud cover. They are also posted on the TAAA Calendar so you can get directions and additional information.  The All our public events are also posted on then TAAA Facebook Page as an Event and you can follow one and get weather and other updates in real-time.

January 12. Catalina State Park. 6:30 – 9:30 pm. State Park entrance fee required.

January 19. Tucson Mountain Park Ironwood Picnic area. 6 – 8 pm.

January 20. Total Lunar Eclipse. University of Arizona Mall just south of Flandrau Science Center. We will have several telescopes set ups to view the total eclipse. Partial begins 8:33 pm. Total from 9:41 – 10:43 pm, and partial again after that. We will have telescopes operating from 8 – 11 pm. Flandrau Science Center will also be open late.

February 2. Tucson Mountain Park Ironwood Picnic area. 6:30 – 8:30.

February 9. Two events scheduled

— Tucson Star Party, co-hosted with Astronomy Magazine. Pima Community College East
Campus. Solar observing 10 am to 5:30 pm. Evening observing from 6:30 – 9 pm.  Astronomy Magazine Blog Post:  http://cs.astronomy.com/asy/b/astronomy/archive/2019/01/02/the-tucson-star-party-will-be-a-day-of-sun-and-stars.aspx.

— Agua Caliente Park. 6:30 – 8:30 pm.

Come join us for any of these events. They are a lot of fun and really good for a family activity.