Upcoming Meetings: Meetings held at the ASU Planetarium on the 1st Monday.
Next meeting is Monday, December 5th at 7pm-- Visitors Welcome!
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Points of Interest, Angelo Astronomy Activities  and  Other Sky  Events
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Dec 5 (Mon) -- Regular meeting of SAAA -- ASU Planetarium, 7pm

Dec 8 -- Lecture: 2012 and the End of Days Phenomena
Much has been written about the impending end of the world on December 21, 2012. It has been asserted that on that date, the Maya calendar ends. It is further asserted that in 2012, the planets align, an unseen rogue planet will closely approach the Earth, the Earth’s pole will shift and the sun’s pathway through the Milky Way will contribute to our woes. None of this is true but an extraordinary number of people are concerned nevertheless. The preoccupation with the “end of days” concept is as old as history itself and even in our civilized society, it is seriously discussed and has received a good deal of unjustified media and public attention. We’ll try to separate myth from reality.
Speaker: Dr. Don Yeomans, Manager, NASA Near-Earth Object Program Office at JPL
Location: The von Kármán Auditorium at JPL, Pasadena, CA

 

Dec 10 - Full Moon

Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
This is one of the best meteor showers of the year and never seems to disappoint observers. This meteor shower appears to radiate from the constellation Gemini. An observer in the Northern Hemisphere can start seeing Geminid meteors as early as December 6, when one meteor every hour or so could be visible. During the next week, rates increase until a peak of 50-80 meteors per hour is attained on the night of December 13/14.
Dec 22 - Winter Solstice
Dec 23 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (22 Degrees)
Dec 24 -- New Moon
Dec 25 -- Christmas Day

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Jan 2 (Mon) -- No Regular meeting of SAAA due to the holiday

 

 

(All times for Central Time Zone unless noted)