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AAS Calendar of Coming Events

May 2008 | June 2008 | July 2008 | August 2008

AAS star party schedule for 2008

2009 star party schedule

Observing Calendars and Astronomy & Space News

May 10: AAS/COE Public Observing Night* star party
May 10: Astronomy Day
May 18: Moonlighting at Wild Basin
May 19 CDT/20 UTC: Full Moon
May 31: AAS Members Only Night* star party
May 31: Rescheduled launch of Shuttle Discovery on STS 124, Mission ISS 1J, carrying the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module
Heavens-Above information for Canyon of the Eagles (satellite predictions and astronomical data for the current date)
May meteor shower radiants (Gary Kronk)
May Space Calendar
Spaceflight Now Worldwide Launch Schedule
Lunar Phases Calculator and Moon Phase Calendar
Observing Calendars and News

*NOTE: Public Observing Nights are open to the public; Members Only Nights are reserved for AAS members and their invited guests.

June 1-8: Texas Star Party
June 3: New Moon
June 7: AAS/COE Public Observing Night* star party
June 13: Monthly club meetings (regular and Young Astronomers)
June 18: Full Moon
June 20: Solstice
June 28: Austin Under The Stars (AUTS)
June 21-28: Grand Canyon Star Party
Heavens-Above information for Canyon of the Eagles (satellite predictions and astronomical data for the current date)
June meteor shower radiants (Gary Kronk)
June Space Calendar
Spaceflight Now Worldwide Launch Schedule
Lunar Phases Calculator and Moon Phase Calendar
Observing Calendars and News

*NOTE: Public Observing Nights are open to the public; Members Only Nights are reserved for AAS members and their invited guests.

July ?: Scheduled launch of Chandrayaan 1 (India's first lunar mission)
July 2 CDT/July 3 UTC: New Moon
July 2-6: Rocky Mountain Star Stare
July 5: AAS Members Only Night* star party
July 11: Monthly club meetings (regular and Young Astronomers)
July 18: Full Moon and Moonlighting at Wild Basin
July 26: AAS/COE Public Observing Night* star party
July 27-Aug. 1: Nebraska Star Party
Heavens-Above information for Canyon of the Eagles (satellite predictions and astronomical data for the current date)
July meteor shower radiants (Gary Kronk)
July Space Calendar
Spaceflight Now Worldwide Launch Schedule
Lunar Phases Calculator and Moon Phase Calendar
Observing Calendars and News

*NOTE: Public Observing Nights are open to the public; Members Only Nights are reserved for AAS members and their invited guests.

Aug. 1: New Moon
Aug. 2: AAS Members Only Night* star party
Aug. 8: Monthly club meetings (regular and Young Astronomers)
Aug. 9: Rescheduled launch of IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer)
Aug. 12/13: Perseid meteor shower maximum (Moon phase not good in the evening but good after moonset)
Aug. 15: Moonlighting at Wild Basin
Aug. 16: Full Moon
Aug. 30: New Moon
Aug. 30: AAS/COE Public Observing Night* star party
Heavens-Above information for Canyon of the Eagles (satellite predictions and astronomical data for the current date)
August meteor shower radiants (Gary Kronk)
August Space Calendar
Spaceflight Now Worldwide Launch Schedule
Lunar Phases Calculator and Moon Phase Calendar
Observing Calendars and News

*NOTE: Public Observing Nights are open to the public; Members Only Nights are reserved for AAS members and their invited guests.

April 8: Total solar eclipse in Central Texas! (See more detailed information from Fred Espenak's "Solar Eclipses: 2021-2030".) (-:

Contact the Austin Astronomical Society.
This page was last updated on May 10, 2008.