Free Public Viewing Event
June 11 — Free Public Viewing Event. Weather Permitting. Viewing starts around sunset. Just show up and join the fun. Jupiter, Mars and Saturn should be perfect for viewing.
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The 2016 Transit of Mercury
Monday May 9, 2016, Mercury passes directly between the sun and Earth. The last time it happened was ten years ago in 2006 and the next time will be Nov. 11, 2019. Here in Estes Park the sunrise occurs at 5:49 … Continue reading →
Observatory Open House / Lecture /April Public Star Night Sq Km Array by Dr. Dayton Jones
The Square Kilometer Array is the subject of this month’s Estes Valley Astronomical Society (EVAS) meeting. EVAS in conjunction with The Estes Park Memorial Observatory is offering a free public open house/star night on Saturday April 23rd, 7 PM. … Continue reading →
Two Supernovae Explode
http://news.nd.edu/news/65499-astrophysicists-catch-two-supernovae-at-the-moment-of-explosion/
Continue reading →Observatory Open House / Lecture /March Public Star Night March Quasars By Dr. Gordon MacAlpine
“Cosmology with Quasars: Dinosaurs of the Universe.” This will be a public talk and PowerPoint presentation, with demonstrations, which has been given at the Adler and Hayden Planetariums and is suitable for all ages. We will discuss what quasars are, … Continue reading →
February 27 Observatory Open House / Public Star Night Orion By: Dr. Michael Prochoda MD
Our guest speaker this month is Dr. Michael Prochoda MD, an avid astronomer and member of the EVAS. Michael’s has offered to tell us a little bit about the Orion constellation. It would be good timing since Orion is a highlight … Continue reading →
Mars, Jupiter, and Venus
September 26 Observatory Open House / Public Star Night Relativity for 5th Graders By: John Ensworth
Relativity for 5th Graders is the subject of this month’s Estes Park Memorial Observatory open house and Estes Valley Astronomical Society (EVAS) monthly meeting. This is a free public open house/star night on Saturday, September 26th, 2015. The goal … Continue reading →
Hubble finds that the nearest quasar is powered by a double black hole
NASA/ESA/The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration/A. Evans (Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook Univ.) Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found that Markarian 231 (Mrk 231), the nearest galaxy to Earth that hosts a quasar, is powered by two central … Continue reading →
The Great American Eclipse of 2017
On 2017 August 21, a total solar eclipse will be visible to fortunate observers in the United States along a narrow band, approximately 73 miles (118 km) wide, that crosses twelve states from Oregon to South Carolina.
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