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AAS Calendar of Coming Events

January 2010  |  February 2010  |  March 2010
 
AAS star party schedule for 2010
(printable star party schedule:  2010)
 
Observing Calendars  and  Astronomy & Space News
 

January 2010

• Jan. 2/3:  Earth at perihelion
• Jan. 3:  Quandrantid meteor shower maximum (waning gibbous Moon -- unfavorable)
• Jan. 8:  Monthly club meeting
• Jan. 9:  Public Observing Night* star party
• Jan. 11-13:  Eagle Eye Observatory closed due to LCRA activities.
• Jan. 15:  New Moon
• Jan. 16:  AAS Members Only Night* star party
• Jan. 19-20:  Eagle Eye Observatory closed due to LCRA activities.
• Jan. 25-27:  Eagle Eye Observatory closed due to LCRA activities.
• Jan. 30:  Full Moon
   
• Heavens-Above information for Canyon of the Eagles (satellite predictions and astronomical data for the current date)
• January meteor shower radiants (Gary Kronk)
• January 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.

Lodge Star Parties. Canyon of the Eagles Lodge opens the Eagle Eye Observatory and hosts star parties each Tuesday, Friday and Sunday night, weather permitting, and those events are complimentary to their guests on those evenings.

February 2010

• Feb. 1-3:  Eagle Eye Observatory closed due to LCRA activities.
• Feb. 3:  Scheduled launch of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
• Feb. 6:  Public Observing Night* star party
• Feb. 7:  Scheduled launch of Shuttle Endeavour on STS 130 to carry out ISS assembly flight mission 20A
• Feb. 12:  Monthly club meeting
• Feb. 13:  AAS Members Only Night* star party
• Feb. 13 CST/14 UTC:  New Moon
• Feb. 28:  Full Moon
   
• Heavens-Above information for Canyon of the Eagles (satellite predictions and astronomical data for the current date)
• February meteor shower radiants (Gary Kronk)
• February 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.

Lodge Star Parties. Canyon of the Eagles Lodge opens the Eagle Eye Observatory and hosts star parties each Tuesday, Friday and Sunday night, weather permitting, and those events are complimentary to their guests on those evenings.

March 2010

• Mar. 6:  Public Observing Night* star party
• Mar. 9:  Scheduled launch of French National Space Agency's Picard to study the Sun
• Mar. 12:  Monthly club meeting
• Mar. 13:  AAS Members Only Night* star party
• Mar. 14:  Daylight Saving Time begins
• Mar. 15:  New Moon
• Mar. 18:  Scheduled launch of Shuttle Discovery on STS 131 to carry out ISS assembly flight mission 19A
• Mar. 20:  Equinox
• Mar. 20:  Austin Under The Stars
• Mar. 29 CDT/30 UTC:  Full Moon
   
• Heavens-Above information for Canyon of the Eagles (satellite predictions and astronomical data for the current date)
• March meteor shower radiants (Gary Kronk)
• March Space Calendar
• Spaceflight Now Worldwide Launch Schedule
• Lunar Phases Calculator and Moon Phase Calendar
• Observing Calendars and News