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SUMMARY:Grand Canyon Star Party
DESCRIPTION:The Grand Canyon Star Party (GCSP) will be held this year from June 1 – 8 at the Grand Canyon National Park. Telescope observing typically goes from 8-11 pm at the Visitor Center of the South Rim. There will also be a GCSP at the North Rim. \nWe will have up to 60 telescopes each night observing planets\, galaxies\, multiple star systems\, star clusters\, nebulae\, and much more. \nFor more information\, see the TAAA GCSP webpage at: Grand Canyon Star Party or the National Park Service Grand Canyon Webpage at: NPS Grand Canyon Webpage
URL:https://tucsonastronomy.org/event/grand-canyon-star-party-13/
LOCATION:Grand Canyon Visitor Center\, Grand Canyon Visitor Center\, Grand Canyon\, AZ\, 86023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Star Parties
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SUMMARY:Stargazing at Oracle State Park
DESCRIPTION:Viewing Location: Kannally Ranch House  \n\nStar Party telescope viewing (8:00 – 10:00pm)\n\nInformation: Great dark skies just north of Tucson at Oracle State Park.\nStar Party open to the Public. Admission fees for entrance into Oracle State Park apply. \nTucson Amateur Astronomy Association will have several telescopes for astronomical viewing. We will be observing the Moon + Planets\, Nebulae\, Galaxies\, and Star Clusters.\nGreat opportunity to look through a wide variety of telescopes. Weather dependent. \nFor real-time updates\, follow this event on the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association Facebook event page:  TAAA Facebook Events page \nAlso: Check the Oracle State Park website for additional information and activities that day:\nStar Party at Oracle State Park | Oracle State Park (azstateparks.com)
URL:https://tucsonastronomy.org/event/stargazing-at-oracle-state-park-6/
LOCATION:Oracle State Park\, 3820 E Wildlife Dr.\, Oracle\, AZ\, 85623\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Bernie Stinger":MAILTO:astronomy-events@tucsonastronomy.org
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED – Astronomy Fundamentals Meeting – June 2024
DESCRIPTION:JUNE MEETING CANCELLED
URL:https://tucsonastronomy.org/event/online-astronomy-fundamentals-meeting-june-2024/
LOCATION:ONLINE
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SUMMARY:ZOOM ONLY – General Meeting – June 2024
DESCRIPTION:Presentation:  Following Pluto’s Heart: A Look into Pluto’s Past and Present\n\n\n\nWhen NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew through the Pluto system in 2015\, it revealed a geologic surface of surprising complexity\, which further hinted at the dwarf planet’s unusual hidden depths. The characteristics of Pluto’s thick ice shell and its potentially long-lived subsurface ocean\, as well as the composition of its rocky core\, remain active questions. The answers to these questions have critical implications for how icy bodies and ocean worlds form across the outer Solar System. In this talk\, I will focus on the Sputnik basin\, Pluto’s largest impact basin\, and investigate its formation conditions\, morphology\, and proposed association with geologic features elsewhere on the surface. By reproducing the giant impact that formed Sputnik\, I can reconstruct Pluto’s evolution over geologic time. \n\n\n\nBio: Dr. Adeene Denton is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory interested in giant impacts and their influence on the history\, evolution and tectonic activity of icy satellites\, ocean worlds\, and Kuiper Belt Objects. Adeene received bachelor’s degrees in History and Earth Science from Rice University in 2016\, her MS in Earth\, Environmental and Planetary Science from Brown University in 2018\, and her PhD in Earth\, Atmospheric\, and Planetary Science from Purdue University in 2022. She uses a combination of numerical tools\, from shock physics codes to finite element modeling\, to explore the effects of giant impacts\, which begin in the first few seconds after impact and can extend for hundreds of millions of years. She is passionate about integrating numerical modeling\, fieldwork\, and everything in between to approach planetary problems. Asteroid 16883 adeenedenton is named for her research on impact processes on outer Solar System worlds\, including Pluto. \n \n\n\n\n \nCaption: Heart of Pluto / Credit: NASA/NEW  HORIZONS TEAM
URL:https://tucsonastronomy.org/event/hybrid-general-meeting-june-2024/
LOCATION:ONLINE
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20240628T200000
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SUMMARY:Stargazing at Saguaro NP – East
DESCRIPTION:Star Party – Saguaro National Park – East\nTucson\, AZ \nGreat dark skies on the East side of Tucson at Saguaro National Park – East.\nStar Party is open to the Public. Event is free but NPS admission fees apply. \nThe Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association will have several telescopes for astronomical viewing. We will observe Planets\, Nebulae\, Galaxies\, Star Clusters and lots more.\nGreat opportunity to look through a variety of telescopes. \nWeather dependent. For real-time updates\, follow this event on the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association Facebook Events Page: TAAA Facebook Events page
URL:https://tucsonastronomy.org/event/stargazing-at-saguaro-np-east-6/
LOCATION:Saguaro National Park EAST\, 3693 S Old Spanish Trail\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85730\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Bernie Stinger":MAILTO:astronomy-events@tucsonastronomy.org
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