The Huachuca Astronomy Club will hold their September meeting in the Community Room of the Student Union Building, Cochise College Sierra Vista campus on September 25, 2015 at 7 PM.  Our speaker will be Dean Salman, a program specialist in the Advance Observing Program at Kitt Peak National Observatory. An amateur astronomer since he was 12 years old, Dean became interested in astrophotography in 1973. In addition to his work in the nighttime programs at the National Observatory he operates a remote observatory located at the San Pedro Valley Observatory in Benson, Arizona.  The meeting is FREE and open to the public.  Cochise College is located at 901 N. Colombo Avenue, Sierra Vista.

Our next meeting is August 28 at 7PM in the Cochise College Student Union Building. Our speaker will be Dr. Vishnu Reddy of the Planetary Science Institute.  We will be treating Vishnu to dinner at the Outback Steakhouse before the meeting on August 28.  Dinner is at 5PM and the meeting starts at 7PM.   if you would like to join us for dinner. Continue reading→

The August edition of the Huachuca Astronomy Club newsletter, Nightfall, is now available for download.  We hope you like the new look.  If you would like to comment on it, please post on haclist or email HAC president .

Dine under the Stars (DUTS) tickets will be available at the August meeting.  By purchasing a DUTS ticket, you will be supporting the University South Foundation which owns the Patterson Observatory and which supports the students, faculty and staff of the University of Arizona South.  Continue reading→

Starting at the August meeting, I’ll be taking orders for the 2016 RASC Observer’s Handbook ($22.25) and the Astronomy magazine 2016 Deep Space Mysteries calendar ($6.50) and asking that you pay for your order when signing up.

For the past several years, we have been purchasing the Astronomy Magazine Deep Space Mysteries calendars. These very popular calendars are offered to astronomy clubs at a 50% discount. Continue reading→

You might be interested in our free astronomy classes to be held at Patterson starting on September 22.  Continue reading→

The Patterson Observatory will open to the public on Thursday, September 17, 2015. Continue reading→