PRESCOTT AStronomy Club
Exploring the Night Sky Together
Our Mission:
- Bring together people interested in astronomy
- Help them develop their astronomical skills and knowledge
- Encourage education about and public interest in astronomy
2026-2027 Prescott Astronomy Club meetings and events:
2026 Schedule
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September 2 @ 6p: Club Meeting – Rocks to Rocket Fuel: Volcanoes on
the Moon and how they help us further our exploration. Lori M Pigue, USGS
September 12: Mini Messier Fest, member only event, info in your club email
September 19 @ 7p: International Observe the Moon Night, Pronghorn Park, Prescott Valley (map)
October 7 @ 6p: Club Meeting – Welcome to the Lowell Discovery Telescope.
Dr. Stephen Levine, Lowell Observatory
October 9 @ 6:30p: Starr Nights Star Party at Highlands Center for Natural History (map)
October 13: Talking Rock private outreach event, info in your club email
October 30 @ 6:30p: Winey Cats Star Party, club members free, public small fee (map)
November 4 @ 6p: Club Meeting – Presenter TBD – Annual Club Business Meeting and Officer Elections
December – No Meeting Scheduled
2027 Schedule
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January 6 @ 6p: Club Meeting – Mirrors in Space. John Barentine
February 3 @ 6p: Special Club Meeting – To be announced late 2026
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Monthly club meetings, Starry Nights star parties, and solar/lunar viewing events are free and open to the public.
Club meetings are held monthly on the 1st Wednesday, from 6p-8p @ Prescott Public Library, Founders Suite
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Member Only events
(Details for Member Only events are sent to your registered PAC email address)
ABSIG (Astronomy Basics): Next Date TBD
APSIG (Astrophotography): Monthly on the 2nd Monday @ 10:30a
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All telescope viewing events as well as private star party events are weather dependent.
Cancelations will be noted above and sent via email to club members.4
Upcoming Event Descriptions
Club Meeting
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Rocks to Rocket Fuel: Volcanoes on the Moon and how they help us further our exploration.
Lori M. Pigue, PhD is a Lunar Volcanologist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center, studying how different types of volcanoes erupt on the Moon and how to turn rocks on the Moon into rocket fuel.
in 6 days, 20 hours, 4 minutes
Club Meeting
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Welcome to the Lowell Discovery Telescope
The 4.3-meter diameter Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT) opened its mirror to the sky in 2012, in Happy Jack, AZ. On any given night, you are as likely to find someone studying potentially hazardous
asteroids and exoplanets, as you are someone following up the latest gamma-ray burst or gravitational wave source. This talk will look at how the LDT came to be, what makes it work and how we optimize it to match the always evolving scientific interests of
our user community.
Dr. Stephen Levine is an Astronomer at Lowell Observatory and the Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT) Scientist. He joined Lowell to lead the science commissioning of the 4.3-meter LDT and working to optimize the use of the telescope and fostering collaboration between
scientists, engineers, and operations staff.
in 1 months, 11 days, 20 hours, 4 minutes
Starry Nights Star Party @ Winey Cats
Friday, October 30, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The Prescott Astronomy Club members will bring the telescopes for you to enjoy. Come out to view the night sky at the beautiful Winey Cats in Chino Valley.
PAC club members get free entrance. All others asked to pay a small entry fee.
Location: Winey Cats
(map)
in 2 months, 3 days, 20 hours, 4 minutes
NASA's International Observe the Moon Night
Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with Prescott Valley Parks and Recreation and the Prescott Astronomy Club!
Location: Pronghorn Park, Prescott Valley
(map)
Registration is not required.
in 23 days, 21 hours, 4 minutes
Starry Nights star Party @ Highlands Center for Natural History
Friday, October 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Location: Highlands Center for Natural History
(map)
in 1 months, 13 days, 20 hours, 34 minutes
Club Meeting
Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Presenter TBD
and
Annual Business Meeting and Officer Elections
in 2 months, 8 days, 20 hours, 4 minutes