Monthly Astro Calendar

All times are MST from Winslow AZ

October 2025

• 10-06, Full Moon

• 10-07, Draconids, 10/hr

• 10-13, Last Quarter Moon

• 10-18, Winslow Homolovi Observatory Presentation & Observing 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

  • Visitor Center Presentation, Dr. Kevin Schindler is the historian and Public Information Officer at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he has worked for 27 years. He shares Lowell’s long history of research and exploration through writing and public presentations. He writes articles for a variety of publications and contributes a bi-weekly astronomy column, “View from Mars Hill”, for the Arizona Daily Sun newspaper.

• 10-21, New Moon

• 10-21, Orionids, 20/hr

• 10-28, 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