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AAS Calendar of Coming Events

July 2009 | August 2009 | September 2009

AAS star party schedule for 2009
(printable star party schedules: 2009 and 2010)

July 7: Full Moon
July 10: Monthly club meeting
July 11: Tentatively rescheduled date of launch of Shuttle Endeavour on STS 127 to carry out ISS assembly flight mission 2J/A.
July 18: AAS Members Only Night* star party
July 21 CDT/22 UTC: New Moon
July 24: Star Gazing at Wild Basin
July 25: AAS/COE Public Observing Night* 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. 6 CDT/7 UTC: Full Moon
Aug. 12/13: Perseid meteor shower maximum (third quarter Moon phase -- could be better)
Aug. 14: Monthly club meeting
Aug. 15: AAS/COE Public Observing Night* star party
Aug. 16: Star Gazing at Wild Basin
Aug. 18: Rescheduled launch of Shuttle Discovery on STS 128 to carry out ISS assembly flight mission 17A.
Aug. 20: New Moon
Aug. 22: AAS Members Only 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.

Sep. 4: Full Moon
Sep. 4: Moonlighting at Wild Basin
Sep. 11: Monthly club meeting
Sep. 12: AAS/COE Public Observing Night* star party
Sep. 18: New Moon
Sep. 19: AAS Members Only Night* star party
Sep. 30: Scheduled launch of Russian Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft taking Expedition 21 crew members to the International Space Station
Heavens-Above information for Canyon of the Eagles (satellite predictions and astronomical data for the current date)
September meteor shower radiants (Gary Kronk)
September 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! (information from Fred Espenak's "Solar Eclipses: 2021-2030".) (-:

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This page was last updated on July 1, 2009.