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
2024 Prescott Astronomy Club meetings and events:
May 12: Lunar viewing sidewalk astronomy in downtown Prescott (map link). Viewing times: 7:45p – 9:15p
June 5: PAC meeting @ Prescott Public Library, 6p. David A. Williams, School of Earth and Space Exploration,
“Psyche: Exploration of a Metal World”
June 27: Prescott Public Library, 6:30p. “Introduction to Astronomy” with telescope viewing at 8:00pm
Monthly club meetings, Starry Nights star parties, and solar/lunar viewing events are open to the public.
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.
Upcoming Event Descriptions
Lunar Viewing
Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 7:45 PM
The club will have several telescopes setup for sidewalk astronomy in downtown Prescott on May 12.
After sunset we will view the moon and other celestial objects. We will be located on the sidewalk by the empty lot at the corner of Goodwin St and Montezuma St at Courthouse Plaza.
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Introduction to Astronomy
Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Location: Prescott Public Library, Founders Suite A/B
In the Prescott area, we are privileged to be able to see many of the night time sky objects not available to big city dwellers.
Learn how to take advantage of our dark skies at this presentation where members of the Prescott Astronomy Club will explain how to use star charts, mobile apps and other resources that tell you what is visible on a given night-- the moon, planets, double stars, and deep space objects (DSO’s)--and how to find them.
Members will offer tips on observing the sky with your eyes, binoculars and telescopes.
Afterwards, weather permitting, attendees are invited to go outside for a hands on experience with telescopes and binoculars. Bring your curiosity and your questions.
This program is held in partnership with the Prescott Public Library.
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Monthly Club Meeting - Psyche: Exploration of a Metal World
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 6:00 PM
In October 2023 NASA launched Psyche, a robotic orbiter spacecraft designed to study Main Belt asteroid (16) Psyche, the largest metallic asteroid in the Solar System. This asteroid is thought to be the exposed iron-nickel core of an ancient larger parent body, whose crust and mantle were stripped away by impacts. This asteroid could be a model for the cores of other rocky planets, such as Mars, Venus, and the Earth. How will Psyche the spacecraft explore Psyche the asteroid? Join Professor David Williams from the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, who is a member of the Psyche Science Team, for a discussion of this new NASA planetary mission.
David A. Williams is a Research Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Dr. Williams is the Director of the Ronald Greeley Center for Planetary Studies, the NASA planetary data center at ASU, which conducts planetary data training events for ASU and NASA’s Planetary Science Division. David is currently performing research in volcanology and planetary geology, with a focus on planetary mapping, geochemical, and remote sensing studies.
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