Monthly Astro Calendar

All times are MST from Winslow AZ

August 2025

• 08-01, First Quarter Moon

• 08-09, Full Moon

• 08-11 & 12, Perseid Meteor Shower, 50-75/hr (Moon will interfere)

• 08-15, Last Quarter Moon

• 08-16, Winslow Homolovi Observatory Open 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

  • Visitor Center Presentation, Bryan Bates, professor at Coconino Community College - Hopi Astronomy

  • Summer Milky Way, core to the SW then overhead & down to the NE, DSLR-widefield lens-tripod astro photo ops

  • M57, Ring Nebula (Planetary Nebula-Low Stellar Mass Nova), 1,400 Light Years Distance

  • M92, Globular Cluster, 150,000 stars, 26,000 Light Years Distance, Brighter than M13

  • Albireo, Double Star, 380 Light Years Distance, Colorful Indigo & Gold colored stars, side-by-side

  • M27, Dumbbell Nebula (Planetary Nebula-Low Stellar Mass Nova), 1,700 Light Years Distance

  • M16, Eagle Nebula (Pillars of Creation), 7,000 Light Years Distance

  • T Coronae Borealis, Blaze Star (Recurrent Nova), 2,700 Light Years Distance, Outburst Pending

• 08-22, New Moon

• 08-30, First Quarter Moon ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

September 2025 - September star party is the 4th Saturday 9/27

• 09-03, Saturn, Titan Shadow Transit, 8:58 p.m. - 12:59 a.m. MST

• 09-07, Full Moon

• 09-14, Last Quarter Moon

• 09-17 - 9/22, Club Astro Campout near Greens Peak AZ

• 09-21, New Moon

• 09-27, Winslow Homolovi Observatory Presentation & Observing 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Schedule shifts 1 hour earlier for Sept, Oct, & Nov.

  • Visitor Center Presentation, Dr. Haley Sapers is an assistant professor of planetary geobiology at Northern Arizona University jointly appointed in the departments of Astronomy & Planetary Science and Biological Sciences. Her research takes her to the high Canadian Arctic investigating microbial communities and permafrost methane emissions, to developing instruments to measure methane and search for life beyond Earth. Dr. Sapers has worked on NASA Mars missions including the Curiosity rover and the SHERLOC science team (one of the instruments on the Perseverance Rover). She investigates the limits of life in planetary analog environments including meteorite impact craters, methane seeps, and polar hyper saline springs.

  • 6 day old moon, Apollo 11 & 17 landing sites, cell cam pix thru 6” dob

  • M57, Ring Nebula

  • M27, Dumbbell Nebula

  • M31 & M32, Andromeda Galaxy & Satellite Galaxy

  • M15, Globular Cluster

  • Saturn, Ringed Planet

  • Neptune, Furthest Planet

• 09-29, First Quarter Moon