Arizona Illustrated, a local PBS award winning program on Arizona events and sights of interest, did a segment on our Chiricahua Astronomy Complex (CAC) that aired January 22, 2023. It was recorded at our semi-annual Evening Under the Stars on October 29, 2022. The YouTube link to the segment is:
Jim Knoll
Star Party – Saguaro National Park – East
Tucson, AZ
Great dark skies on the East side of Tucson at Saguaro National Park – East.
Star Party is open to the Public.
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. Weather dependent. For real-time updates, follow this event on the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association Facebook Events Page (https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy/).
Join the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) and Saguaro National Park – East for some Sun gazing at the park. We will observe the Sun through telescopes with appropriate filters so you will get to see sunspots, prominences, flares, and more.
The Sun is nearing its peak in the sunspot cycle so there is lots of activity on its surface.
This event is FREE and open to the public. The telescopes will be set up in front of the Visitors Center. This event may be canceled in the event of clouds/rain.
Presenter: Gus Gomez
Gus Gomez will be leading with our main topic on binocular observing.
Presenter: Connor Justice
Connor Justice will be presenting on Johaan Bayer and Nicolas Lacaille for our astronomer of the month.
Presenter: Doug Smith
Doug Smith will be presenting the main topic for the night on Telescope Collimation with a focus on Reflectors.
Presenter: Connor Justice
Afterwards, Connor Justice would like to show an astronomy related app prototype.
Presenter: Connor Justice
Connor Justice will be presenting our Astronomer of the month presentation on Edward Barnard.
Presenter: Pete Hermes
Pete Hermes will be discussing Carbon Stars.
Presenter: Doug Smith
This month Doug Smith will be presenting on Japanese Astronomers for our ongoing Astronomer of the Month series.
Presenter: Stephen Ferris
For our main topic, Stephen Ferris will be discussion the last part of his series on Large Telescopes.
Presenter:
We will not be having an astronomer of the month presentation.
Presenter: Connor Justice
This month our main topic is on Nebula’s and the variants presented by Connor Justice.
Presenter: Douglas Smith
Doug Smith will be continuing our ongoing series of Astronomer of the month on notable Far East Indian astronomers.
Presenter: Connor Justice
Connor Justice will do presenting the main topic on notable astronomy events that will be occurring in 2023.
Presentation: While we all look forward to totality in 2024, a great observing opportunity presents itself to amateur astronomers in the U.S. this fall. An annular eclipse (when a ring of the Sun’s disk surrounds the Moon) will touch the Pacific coast and track across eight states before moving into the Gulf of Mexico. The path of this annular eclipse isn’t that far from Tucson. Michael Bakich’s talk will cover the details about an event that won’t happen again in the 48 states until 2046.
Bio: Michael E. Bakich was Senior Editor of Astronomy magazine for 17 years before retiring in 2019. He and his wife, Holley, then realized their lifelong dream and moved to Tucson. Michael continues work for the magazine as Contributing Editor. He has authored 14 books on astronomy, including Atlas of Solar Eclipses: 2020-2045.
