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September 2010 Denver Observer

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Current Issue: SEPTEMBER 2010

  • September 2010 (2.4MB)
    Reunited in California Part 1, by Jack Eastman; September Skies, Dennis Cochran; President's Corner; September New Astronomer's Den starchart; September Speaker - Jamie Lomax; Perseus report by Ron Pearson. Images: Alan Erickson's H-alpha Elephant Trunk; Perseid & Orion photos by Ron Pearson; IC1318 - Butterfly Nebula, by Darrell Dodge.
  • August 2010 (2.51MB)
    August Skies, Dennis Cochran; President's Corner from Alaska; August speaker: Dr. James Green and the Hubble ST; New Astronomers Den for August; Picnic pics, Joe Gafford; Black Holes. Images by Darrell Dodge (M31), Steve Solon and Brad Gilman (Moon) and Joe Gafford (Cat's Paw Nebula).
  • July 2010 (2.8MB)
    July Skies, by Dennis Cochran; Warming Hut Rescue; President's Corner; July Speaker: Archeoastronomer Herman Bender; Images by Darrell Dodge (M8, Trifid Nebula), Steve Solon (Virgo Cluster), Pat Gaines (Comet McNaught 2009 R1), and Alan Erickson (M20, Lagoon Nebula).
  • June 2010 (1.7MB)
    June Skies; President's Corner; Space Day at DMNS; June Speaker: Tim Pimentel on Solar Observing; Jack Eastman on RTMC 2010. Images by Brad Gilman and Ron Pearson.
  • May 2010 (1.8MB)
    Clark-Saëgmuller Sticky RA-Lock Mechanism Repair, Aaron Reed; Comet Eastman-Edwards-Gardner, Jack Eastman; President's Corner, Ron Pearson; May Skies, Dennis Cochran. AstroPhotos: Tail of the Swan, Alan Erickson; The Neanderthal Nebula, Steve Solon; Siamese Twins, Joe Gafford. 
  • April 2010 (1.9MB)
    April Skies; Ron Pearson's President's Corner; Steve Solon to present at April Meeting; "Take It from the Beginning," new beginners outreach program, by Steve Solon; DAS astro images by Pat Gaines, Alan Erickson, and Joe Gafford; Space Day at DMNS; NASA's traveling Lunar Exhibit; Deadly Planets.
  • March 2010 (3.0MB)
    To Larry, with Love: Tributes to Larry Brooks from DAS members; March Skies; President's Corner; 2010 Spring Banquet reservation and preview; Bubble Nebula and Christmas Tree by Steve Solon; Herschel Space Observatory.
  • February 2010 (1.4MB)
    Goodbye to President Emeritus, Larry Brooks; cover image: Integral Sign Galaxy by Joe Gafford; Strasburg observatory takes shape; DAS scope loans; February Skies; President's Corner; Dr. Jennifer Hoffman February meeting speaker; David Wolf's Mars; Steven Solon's M43; general election and spring banquet announcements.
  • January 2010 (1.9MB)
     January Skies; President's Corner; Tribute to Hank Rael; Visit with Past President Carla Swartz, Jack Eastman; "Wish Upon the Sky" by Dennis Cochran; Dr. Suzanne Metlay on NEOs at the January Meeting. Images: The Moon, Steve Solon; California Nebula, Joe Gafford.
  • December 2009 (2.8MB) (S&S Optika Inserts)
    Colorado Astronomy Day Photos; Easy-View Mount; Astrophotos by Joe Gafford, Steve Solon, and Dave Wolf; President's Corner; December Skies; Mines Gets a Scope; Holiday Potluck.
  • November 2009 (2.18MB)
    First Timer at Okie-Tex, Jack Eastman & Joe Gafford; November Skies, Dennis Cochran; President's Corner; Dave Wolf's Jupiter; Membership Renewal News; Holiday Potluck Announcement.
  • October 2009 (1.7MB)
    Presidents Corner: This Summer at Meyer-Womble Observatory; October Skies; Making an AL Observing Club Proposal; Spitzer, the Sequel; Joe Gafford's Mu Cephei Nebula Cloud; Steve Solon's Gamma Cygni Nebula Region.
  • September 2009 (2.6MB)
    WAA, A Brief History, by Jack Eastman; September Skies, Dennis Cochran; President's Corner, by Ron Mickle; Colorado Exploradome, Craig Betzina; Joe Gafford's Cat's Paw; Steve Solon's M4; IYA Imaging; Aaron Reid on Chamberlin Renovation at October Meeting.
  • August 2009 (1.1MB)
    Seeing Is ... Seeing, Jack Eastman; Van Nattan-Hansen Awards; August Skies; President's Corner; Recap of Laura Dafoe presentation; Siefert's Sextet by Joe Gafford; M64 by Steve Solon.
  • July 2009 (1.5MB)
    Big Bear Reminiscences, by Jack Eastman; Ron Pearson's "Heart of the Scorpion"; July Speaker, Mark Bottorff; President's Corner, Ron Mickle; Tips for Submitting Images, Steve Solon; July Skies, by Dennis Cochran.
  • June 2009 (1.1MB)
    First Encounter with a BIG Telescope, by Jack Eastman; June GM  Speaker: Laura Dafoe on the ESA's Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer; Public Outreach; June Skies; President's Corner; Bruce Blair Medal Winner; NASA Space Place.
  • May 2009 (1.3 MB)
    Monitoring Progress at Chamberlin; Remembering Libby Everhart; Messier Marathon 2009; Changes at RMSS;  May Skies by Dennis Cochran; President's Corner; Joe Gafford's PK164+31.1; May Speaker: Keith Gleason, by Keith Pool.
  • April 2009 (1.5 MB)
    Tribute to Sandy Shaw; April Skies by Dennis Cochran; Ron Mickle's Presidents Corner; Spring Banquet; Philip Good, April General Meeting Speaker; New Clark- Saegmuller Telescope Operators; Flame & Horsehead Nebulae, Steve Solon; Joe Gafford's Comet Lulin tail disconnection images..
  • March 2009 (1.3 MB)
    Archeoastronomy of the Chacoan Pueblo - Part 2, by Ron Mickle; new E-Board and officers photo; Ladies' Night Out, by Wayne Kaaz; March Skies by Dennis Cochran; images by Joe Gafford and Phil Good; banquet info; AL CORner.
  • February 2009 (992KB)
    Archeoastronomy of the Chacoan Pueblo, by Ron Mickle, Holiday Potluck photos, February Skies, President's Corner, DAS Imagers Gallery, Spring Banquet Plans.
  • January 2009 (1.02 MB)
    Atacama Large Millimeter Array, Part I, by Ron Mickle; Ron Pearson's Moon-Venus-Jupiter Conjunction; New CCA Observatory; Presidents Corner; January Skies.
  • December 2008 (933KB)
    Atacama Large Millimeter Array, Part I, by Ron Mickle; Steve Solon's M31; December Skies; President's Corner; Naomi Pequette on Archeo-Astronomy at January Meeting; Leavitt book review; Holiday Potluck info
  • November 2008 (570 KB)
    Colorado Astronomy Day Wrap-Up and Photos; November Skies; President's Corner (Auction); Upcoming Meetings
  • October 2008 (1.4 MB)
    Colorado Astronomy Day Preview; New Open House Team Leader; President's Corner; October Skies; Joe Gafford's Elephant Trunk; Phil Good's Horsehead region.
  • September 2008 (1.2 MB)
    ALCON Report, 2008 Van Nattan-Hansen & Horkheimer Awards; Star Stare Photo Album; President's Corner, September Skies, Phil Good's Cocoon Nebula.
  • July 2008 (1,7MB)
    DAS Imager Profile: Joe Gafford, July Skies, Mark Bottorff "Dark Matter" preview, Renewal Date Update, DAS Member Picnic, astrophotos by Phil Good, Joe Gafford, Bryan Wilburn
  • June 2008 (2.7MB)
    Steve Solon's Rosette Nebula, Presidents Corner, June Skies, Stephanie Pahl's Analemma presentation at June General Meeting.
  • May 2008 (783KB)
    Summer is Star Party Time, Phil Good Astro Imager Profile, May Skies, New DAS Renewal Date, President's Corner, Cover: Phil Good's M31.
  • April 2008 (1.6MB)
    Van Nattan-Hansen Scholarship, Steve Solon Imager Profile, Chuck Carlson's "Heavenly Intrigue," President's Corner, April Skies, Cover: Joe Gafford's Whirlpool Galaxy.
  • March 2008 (1.2MB)
    Marathon Days! Annual Spring Banquet, Phil Good's M13, March Skies, President's Corner, Messier Marathon Part 2, DAS E-Board Election Results
  • February 2008 (4.6MB)
    Phil Good's Monkey Head Nebula; February Skies; Presidents Corner; David Grinspoon to be February Speaker; Messier Marathon Part One; New Member Area on Web Site
  • January 2008 (1.8MB)
    "Image(ine) That," Part III by Steve Solon; January Skies; David Wolf's Pleiades, January speaker: Michael Carroll, space artist.
  • December 2007 (2.5MB)
    "Image(ine) That," Part II by Steve Solon, December Skies, Joe Gafford's Comet Holmes, Comet 17/P Holmes Gallery, President's Corner.
  • November 2007 (961KB)
    November Skies; "Image(ine) That", Part I by Steve Solon; President's Corner; Holiday Potluck News; Phil Good's Bubble Nebula.
  • October 2007 (1.1MB)
    October Skies, Dave Wolfe's North American & Pelican Nebulae, October Meeting Speaker, Colorado Astronomy Day Report, President's Corner, In Defense of Department Store Telescopes.
  • September 2007 (854KB) 
    ALCON 2007 Report, September Skies, President's Corner, Colorado Astronomy Day Preview, Naomi Pequette's NYAA Award, Cosmic Cockroaches, images by Steve Solon, Joe Gafford & David Wolf.
  • August 2007 (922KB)
    August Skies; Phil Good's Crescent Nebula; VP's Report; Astronomy Week/Ferris Pre-Screening Flyer
  • July 2007 (558KB)
    July Skies; President's Corner, July Speaker Max Moe
  • June 2007 (1.1MB)
    June Skies, M104, guest speakers for summer, Ron Mickle receives honor, DAS in the news, Summer friends
  • May 2007 (1MB)
         May Skies, News, "Becoming an AL Master Observer," Darrell Dodge.
  • April 2007 (1MB)
         Messier Marathon Report, John Bally preview, Banquet report, black hole breakfast, Messier Images
  • March 2007 (1MB)
     Orion's Astrophysics Laboratory, Messier Marathon preview and observing hints.
  • February 2007 (4MB)
         Phil Good's M42 image, Jim Holder's Dusk and Daytime finder charts; Time, DST and April 15th
  • January 2007 (3.5MB)
     Year in Review Photo Album, Mark Bottorff preview, Space Weather for Air Travelers
  • December 2006
    Mercury Transit Report and Photo Album, Colorado Astronomy Day Report.
  • November 2006
    Ron Pearson's Mercury Transit preview, Dark Site update, Promoting the DAS
  • October 2006
    Mercury Transit observing information, Pleiades Occultation
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