Presentation:  Researching Dark Matter and Dark Energy with the Euclid Space Telescope On July 1st, the Euclid space mission launched from Cape Canaveral on a Falcon 9 rocket. Euclid is the first space telescope designed to study the still-mysterious accelerated expansion of the Universe. A broad community of scientists from around the world eagerly anticipates … Continue reading HYBRID – General Meeting – December 2023 →

Main Presentation:  Eyepieces and their essentials Presenter:  Stephen Ferris Stephen Ferris will be giving a presentation on Eyepieces and their essentials, which should help out anyone that is looking for some holiday gift ideas. Second Presentation:  Solar Observing Presenter:  Doug Smith Doug Smith will be giving our second topic on Solar Observing.

Presentation:  THE BIG EVENT: Total Solar Eclipse, April 8, 2024 Get ready for 4½ minutes of darkness — in the middle of the day! On April 8, the path of a total solar eclipse will track from Texas through Maine. And it’s not that far from Tucson. But where should we go? What should we … Continue reading HYBRID – General Meeting – January 2024 →

Main Presentation:  Choosing your First Telescope Presenter:  Connor Justice Our first presentation of the year is Choosing your First Telescope by Connor Justice.

Presentation:  Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter after thirty years: A retrospective of what happened and what we learned On March 23, 1993, Carolyn and Gene Shoemaker and David H. Levy discovered a comet that had been fragmented into more than 21 pieces. Two months later they learned that the comet would collide with Jupiter. The … Continue reading HYBRID – General Meeting – February 2024 →

Astronomer of the Month:  Carl Sagan Presenter:  Stephen Ferris This month Stephen Ferris will be presenting Carl Sagan for our astronomer of the month. Main Presentation:  Dark Matter Presenter:  Doug Smith Doug Smith will be presenting Dark Matter for our main topic.