Truely dark skies at a scenic location – Picacho Peak State Park Star Party is open to the Public. Event is free but park admission fees apply.
The 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 at a really dark location.
Information: Great dark skies just north of Tucson at Oracle State Park. 3820 E Wildlife Dr., Oracle, AZ 85623 Star Party open to the Public. Admission fees for entrance into Oracle State Park apply.
Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association will have several telescopes for astronomical viewing. We will be observing the Moon + Planets, Nebulae, Galaxies, and Star Clusters. Great opportunity to look through a wide variety of telescopes. Weather dependent.
For real-time updates, follow this event on the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association Facebook event page: TAAA Facebook Events page
Star Party – Saguaro National Park – East 3693 S Old Spanish Trail Tucson, AZ 85730
Great dark skies on the East side of Tucson at Saguaro National Park – East. Star Party is open to the Public. Event is free but NPS admission fees apply.
The 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.
Star Party at Catalina State Park – Tucson, AZ Viewing Location: At the Ringtail Group Area for the Star Party. (Public parking at the Gila Monster Group Area which is a 2-minute walk from the Ringtail Group Area) Great dark skies just north of Tucson at Catalina State Park. Star Party open to the Public. Admission fee for entrance into Catalina State Park.
Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association will have approximately 10 telescopes for astronomical viewing. We will observe Planets, Nebulae, Galaxies, Star Clusters and lots more. Great opportunity to look through a wide variety of telescopes.
Viewing Location: Bus Lanes @ North end of Parking Lot Information: Great dark skies in Northeast 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.
Park gate may close before event end time, so arrive as close to start time as possible. Weather dependent. For real-time updates, follow this event on the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association Facebook Events Page: ((4) Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association | Facebook)
FREE but REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. go to: https://bit.ly/ticketsEE These events fill up fast so recommend registering early.
Come and join us for a special event at Saguaro National Park – East (Rincon Mountains). We will be joining the Park Service for an evening of Lunar Eclipse and Star Gazing from 10pm (Star of Lunar Eclipse) to 1am (End of Lunar Ecllpse) from one of their pull-outs on the Loop Road. Along with the Eclipse several of the planets from the parade of planets will still be visible. Additional activities are also planned for the event at the visitors center.
This is a reservation only event and has a limited number of guests. Reservations can be made by calling 520-733-5153 or speaking to a park service staff member at the Rincon Mountain Visitor Center.
Presentation: Making Sense of Strange New Exoplanets
The number of known exoplanets (planets outside the Solar System) grows daily. Over the past few decades, dedicated missions using both ground and space telescopes have discovered over 5,000 exoplanets, many of which seem unlike anything in our own Solar System. While such discovery missions aren’t new, our ability to study these worlds in detail has only recently been enabled by the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in late 2021. Over the past four years, JWST has opened powerful new windows into the atmospheres of extra-solar worlds, yielding unexpected findings and a richer understanding of the diversity of planets in the Milky Way Galaxy. Matthew Murphy will share a few of the most exciting recent discoveries about exoplanet atmospheres by JWST, led by a world-wide team of researchers, including Murphy and others at the University of Arizona. These include what appears to be a new class of planet, nonexistent in our own Solar System. In addition to these discoveries, JWST’s unique power enables researchers to peer into exoplanet atmospheres along new dimensions, and better comprehend their complexity. Matthew will tell the exciting story of how this works, and the discovery his team made as a result on a planet (WASP-107b) considered ‘strange’ to us.
Biography:
Matthew Murphyis a PhD candidate at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory. His work is dedicated to observing and studying the atmospheres of planets beyond our Solar System. Matthew is an expert in using the largest and most powerful telescopes around the world and in space, including the Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope. He has published several scientific articles making new discoveries about exoplanets. Matthew will be graduating with his PhD later this year. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Stony Brook University in 2020.
Caption: Artist’s illustration of exoplanet WASP-107b
Join TAAA for a Star Party at St. Francis Church in the Foothills Church, Tucson AZ Located near River Rd. and Swan Rd at 4625 E. River Road, this venue is well located for many in the central Tucson and Foothills communities.
Join us as we observe Planets (Many of the planets are now available in the earlly evening sky), Nebulas, Galaxies, and more! Viewing will be from 7:15pm to 9pm at the far north end of the parking lot. (Stay to the left all the way to the end).
