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SUMMARY:ONLINE - General Meeting – April 2021
DESCRIPTION:TAAA’s general member meeting will be held on April 2 and be conducted online. The meeting will start at 6:30 P.M. It will be followed by Mary Turner’s popular Seasonal Night Sky Presentation. The main presentation and Night Sky Presentation are open to the public. A Members Only Meeting will follow. To view the meeting\, please visit  Tucson Astronomy Facebook Live\n6:30 pm – Main Public Presentation\nTitle:  OSIRIS-REx: Mission Update Before Final Farewell Flyby of Bennu\nNASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission team has passed many milestones in its long journey to study near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu; overcoming unforeseen obstacles including house-sized boulders in its path\, pandemics\, and concerns of sample loss after successful sample collection in October 2020. This presentation will focus on recent discoveries and results of the Touch-and-Go-Sample Acquisition Maneuver (TAG event) last Oct. 20th. \nBefore heading back toward Earth\, the team will conduct a Final Flyby of Bennu on April 7. Presenter Dolores H. Hill will explain the purpose of the flyby\, as well as the important discoveries made all along both about navigating the mission\, and about this “rubble-pile” asteroid’s formation and the history of the Solar System. The returned sample will reveal even more important details about Bennu\, and the organic materials important to life. Join us us on Friday\, April 2nd for the latest OSIRIS-REx news\, and what to look forward to as well. \nPresenter:  Dolores H. Hill is former OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors lead and is currently a member of the sample team for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission and coordinates LPL outreach. She is co-lead of the Astronomical League’s Target NEOs! Observing Program that transitioned from OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program\, honored as a White House Champion of Change for Citizen Science in 2013. Since 1981 Dolores has analyzed a wide range of meteorites at UA’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson\, and provided technical support to space missions and LPL laboratories. A longtime member of the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association\, Dolores also co-founded the Sunset Astronomical Society in Midland\, Michigan\, and was a member of the Warren Astronomical Society in the Detroit-area. Near-Earth asteroid (164215) Doloreshill is named after her. She looks forward to seeing samples of near-Earth asteroid Bennu in 2023!
URL:https://tucsonastronomy.org/event/online-general-meeting-april-2021/
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SUMMARY:Tucson Mountain Park Ironwood Picnic Stargazing (CANCELLED)
DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED – Pending COVID-19 Status\nStar Party-Tucson Mountain Park Ironwood Picnic Area\nTucson\, AZ (West) \nWE CANCELLED EVENT DUE TO COVID-19 AND INSUFFICIENT SPACE TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE. \nViewing Location:  Second Restroom area  approximately 3/4 of the way in on Hal Gras Road.\nInformation: Great dark skies in Western Tucson.  Star Party open to the Public.  Cost: FREE.  Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association will have several telescopes for astronomical viewing.  We will observe Planets\, Nebulae\, Galaxies\, Star Clusters and lots more.  Great opportunity to look through a variety of telescopes.  Weather dependent.  For real-time updates\, follow this event on the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association Facebook Events Page (https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy/).
URL:https://tucsonastronomy.org/event/tucson-mountain-park-ironwood-picnic-stargazing-tentative/
LOCATION:Ironwood Picnic\, 7300 W Hal gras Rd\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85735\, United States
CATEGORIES:Star Parties
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210408T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210408T200000
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SUMMARY:ONLINE - Astronomy Fundamentals Meeting – April 2021
DESCRIPTION:AFSIG monthly meetings will be held online\, starting at 6:30 P.M. The presentation is open to the general public. To view the meeting\, please visit https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy\nConstellation of the Month:\nChameleon\nPresenter:  David Evans\n \nDavid Evans will be presenting Chameleon as the constellation of the month. \nMain Presentation:\nNeptune and Uranus\nPresenter:  Doug Smith\n \nDoug Smith will be talking about Neptune and Uranus for the nights main topic. \n 
URL:https://tucsonastronomy.org/event/online-astronomy-fundamentals-meeting-april-2021/
LOCATION:ONLINE
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210410T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210410T210000
DTSTAMP:20260506T122628
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SUMMARY:Oracle State Park Stargazing (VIRTUAL)
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL \nCELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY WEEK \nStar Party-Oracle State Park\nTucson\, AZ\nViewing Location: ONLINE\nInformation: Great dark skies just north of Tucson at Oracle State Park.  Star Party open to the Public.  This event will be streamed online to the Oracle State Park Facebook Page and/or YouTube Channel. Additional details to follow. \nAnticipate an introduction with music\, a talk by the International Dark Sky Association\, and a Star Party by Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association.
URL:https://tucsonastronomy.org/event/oracle-state-park-stargazing-tentative/
LOCATION:ONLINE
CATEGORIES:Star Parties
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210417T150000
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SUMMARY:Astronomy Festival (VIRTUAL)
DESCRIPTION:April 17\, 2021 @ 3:00 pm – 7:30 pm (VIRTUAL)\n\n\n\nAstronomy Festival will be held online this year and will stream to the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association Facebook Page TAAA Facebook Live and YouTube Channel TAAA YouTube Channel.  We will have solar observing in the afternoon and a nighttime observing session in the evening. In between will be A Walk Around the Night Sky with Native and Star Lore\, astronomy videos and activities for the entire family. \nSCHEDULE \n3.00-3.05 pm: Introduction\n3.05-3.22 pm: Solar Observing Part 1\n(Observe Sunspots\, Prominences\, and other activity on the Sun)\n3.22-3.35 pm: Magnetic Sun (Learn about activity on the Sun like\nProminences\, Flares\, Filaments\, Sunspots\, and more)\n3.35-4.16 pm: Sorting the Universe\n(Learn how astronomers makes sense out of the Universe)\n4.16-4.32 pm: Our Place in Our Galaxy\n(Where we fit in our Galaxy)\n4.32-4.50 pm: Solar Observing Part 2\n(Observe Sunspots\, Prominences\, and other activity on the Sun)\n4.50-5.07 pm: Why Do Eclipses Happen (How and why Eclipses happen and\nwhen the next ones will occur)\n5.07-5.19 pm: Pocket Solar System\n(Make your very own Pocket Solar System)\n5.19-5.31pm: Videos\nWhat is a Nebula\nFlight Through the Orion Nebula\nLosing the Dark\n5.31-5.52 pm: TAAA Overview (Learn the benefits of becoming a member of\nthe Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association\, our Dark Sky Observing\nSites\, Special Interest Groups\, Telescope & Book Library and lots more)\n5.52-6.21 pm: Walk Around the Night Sky\n(Native American and Ancient Star Lore of the Night Sky)\n6.21-7.22 pm: Nighttime Star Party\n(Observe galaxies\, nebulae\, star clusters\, double stars\, and lots more)\n7.22-7.26 pm: Conclusion \nVisit our Public Events Webpage for Additional information: Public Events \nJoin us at anytime or for the entire time!
URL:https://tucsonastronomy.org/event/astronomy-festival-4/
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