Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association

Pima Community College EAST / Astronomy Magazine Star Party
2016-02-13 10:00 - 21:00 (America/Phoenix) | Pima Community College East, 8181 E Irvington Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States
Solar & Star Party-Astronomy Magazine (Pima Community College [PCC] EAST Campus)
SOUTHEAST TUCSON
Solar Observing: 10 am to Sunset (6 pm)
Evening Star Observing: 6 – 9 pm
Viewing Location: PCC Astronomy Domes on southside of campus.
Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association will have several solar scopes for viewing the Sun during the day and several telescopes to view many deep-sky objects during the evening.

Catalina State Park Star Party
2016-01-30 18:30 - 21:30 | Catalina State Park, 11570 N Oracle Rd, Catalina, AZ, United States
Star Party-Catalina State Park
Tucson, AZ
Setup: 6 PM
Observing: 6:30 – 9:30 PM
Viewing Location: Trailhead Picnic area at end of road inside the park.
Information: Great dark skies just north of Tucson at Catalina State Park. Star Party open to the Public. Admission cost for entrance into Catalina State Park. Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association will have 10 telescopes for astronomical viewing. We will also have a talk about what is up in the night sky and how it relates to ancient times.

Christmas Eve
2015-12-24 17:00 - 23:00 | AZ
Just a test. This is a private event, open only to TAAA members. For more information, consider joining TAAA.

TAAA Monthly Meeting
2015-09-04 18:30 - 21:30 | Steward Observatory Lecture Hall (Room N210), 933 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ, 85721, United States
General Meeting and Lecture
Introductory Presentation 6:30 pm
Speaker: Al Anzaldua, TAAA Member
Topic: Moon to Moon to Mons
TAAA Member Al Anzaldua will explain why humans would be wise to put in place infrastructure near or on the Earth’s Moon, followed by a support facility on the Mars moon Deimos, and finally on certain Mars Mons volcanoes. This would provide a sustainable path to settling the solar system.
Invited Lecture 7:30pm
Speaker: Chris Walker, Ph.D., Professor, Steward Observatory
Topic: Stratospheric Studies of Milky Way Protostars
Dr Chris Walker will discuss research taking place in Antarctica using stratospheric balloons to study protostellar systems in the Milky Way Galaxy.
