Our annual Astronomy Festival will be virtual this year and will stream to Facebook and YouTube Saturday April 17, 2021 from 3 – 7:30 pm Tucson Arizona Time (MST or PDT, UTC-7). It will include Solar Observing, nighttime observing, A Walk Around the Night Sky with Native and Star Lore, and activities and video’s about various astronomy topics. Tune in to watch it all or any portion. The festival will also be available to view later at the below links.
YouTube Astronomy Festival Premiere: TAAA YouTube
Facebook Part 1 Link: Facebook Part 1 (3 pm – 4:50 pm)
Facebook Part 2 Link: Facebook Part 2 (4:55 pm – 7:28 pm)
Activity Schedule:
3.00-3.05 pm: Introduction
3.05-3.22 pm: Solar Observing Part 1
(Observe Sunspots, Prominences, and other activity on the Sun)
3.22-3.35 pm: Magnetic Sun (Learn about activity on the Sun like
Prominences, Flares, Filaments, Sunspots, and more)
3.35-4.16 pm: Sorting the Universe
(Learn how astronomers makes sense out of the Universe)
4.16-4.32 pm: Our Place in Our Galaxy
(Where we fit in our Galaxy)
4.32-4.50 pm: Solar Observing Part 2
(Observe Sunspots, Prominences, and other activity on the Sun)
From here to the end if viewing on Facebook, add 5 minutes to the start and stop times (it will be aired under Part 2). Otherwise, for YouTube, the below times are still current.
4.50-5.07 pm: Why Do Eclipses Happen (How and why Eclipses happen and
when the next ones will occur)
5.07-5.19 pm: Pocket Solar System
(Make your very own Pocket Solar System)
5.19-5.31pm: Videos
What is a Nebula
Flight Through the Orion Nebula
Losing the Dark
5.31-5.52 pm: TAAA Overview (Learn the benefits of becoming a member of
the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association, our Dark Sky Observing
Sites, Special Interest Groups, Telescope & Book Library and lots more)
5.52-6.21 pm: Walk Around the Night Sky
(Native American and Ancient Star Lore of the Night Sky)
6.21-7.22 pm: Nighttime Star Party
(Observe galaxies, nebulae, star clusters, double stars, and lots more)
7.22-7.26 pm: Conclusion
Next Year’s Astronomy Festival is planned for April 9, 2022 at Brandi Fenton Park in Tucson Arizona. The Festival will go from 3 – 9 pm.