The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory's annual open house is going to be on Saturday, August 27 from 10:00am - 4:00pm in the Kuiper Space Science Building. The feature will be OSIRIS-REx, which will be launching a few weeks later.

Astronomy Essentials Presentation – 6:30 PM Two Topics:  (1) Report on Factory Tour of Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain Production and Test Facility;  (2) Practical Applications for Use and Care of SC Telescopes Speaker: TAAA member and NASA Solar System Ambassador Mike Magrass Main Presentation – 7:30 PM 10 Years of Operating the HiRISE Camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

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Dean Ketelsen will "demo an alt-az mount I put together myself, and it’s just about the best mount I've ever used for daytime use, if not at night as well. I've blogged about it at: http:// theketelsens.blogspot.com/2014/06/new-mount-for-new- scope.html” The “Constellation of the Month” will be presented by Paul Anderson. He will discuss Vulpecula and review … Continue reading Astronomy Fundamentals Meeting – September 2016 →

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Members only.

Night Sky Network Toolkits: Fun, Educational, and Easy To Use Time:  6:30 pm Speaker: Terri Lappin, Past President of TAAA and Director of TAAA’s Starry Messengers Outreach Group Terri will introduce our selection of 13 NASA-sponsored Night Sky Network Outreach Toolkits that are available for TAAA members to use at TAAA Star parties and other … Continue reading General Meeting – October 2016 →

Paul and Cathy Anderson will discuss “Astronomical Dimensions”. The “Constellation of the Month”, Capricornus, will be presented by Bill Yohey.

Introductory Presentation – 6:30 PM Title:  Seasonal Night Sky Objects Speaker:  Mary Turner, PhD Main Presentation – 7:30 PM Title:  Making Pluto Great Again Speaker:  Don McCarthy is an Astronomer/Lecturer, and Distinguished Outreach Professor at Steward Observatory.