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The Phoenix Astronomical Society's monthly newsletter — club news, upcoming events, and member updates. Every issue is posted here as a PDF you can read or download, along with the full historical archive.

Newsletter Editors

PAStimes has been shaped over the years by a handful of dedicated volunteer editors.

EditorYears
Bill Krist1983 – 1984
Jerry Maurer1984 – 1985
Steve Lewis1985 – 1987
Keith Parizek1987 – 1988
Kai Staats1988 – 1989
Paul Dickson1989 – 1990
Dick Searle1992 – 1993
Terri Finch1993 – 2004
Matt Kohl(Assistant Editor)2003 – 2005
Dan Heim2005 – 2006
Don Boyd2006 – 2023
Pete Turner2023 – 2024
Richard MeyersCurrent2025 – Present

Latest Issue

PAStimes August 2026PDF · 3.0 MB

· Vol. 77, Issue 12

Message from the President Where the Stars Still Run on Gears DWARFLAB Rocket Stage to Strike the Moon Navigating the Night Sky Seasons Change, Stars Change Planets Don't Twinkle

Archive

313 issues

2026

  • PAStimes July 2026PDF · 2.4 MB

    · Vol. 77, Issue 11

    Message From the President Grand Canyon Star Party DWARFLAB See One Event Navigating the Night Sky M6 & M7 Solar Observer’s Handbook

  • PAStimes June 2026PDF · 2.1 MB

    · Vol. 77, Issue 10

    Message From the President Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation/Texas Star Party 2026 Stacking See One Event Navigating the Night Sky Phases of Venus

  • PAStimes May 2026PDF · 2.1 MB

    · Vol. 77, Issue 9

    Message From the President The Eclipse that Changed Physics FWHM (Full Width Half Maximum) See One Event Navigating the Night Sky How Do You Find Celestial Objects?

  • PAStimes April 2026PDF · 1.7 MB

    · Vol. 77, Issue 8

    Message From the President Reading the Stars: The Hertzsprung- Russell Diagram Elections See One Event Navigating the Night Sky Wolf 359 Member Images , Book Review and much more

  • PAStimes March 2026PDF · 3.1 MB

    · Vol. 77, Issue 7

    Message From the President Messier Marathon When Stars Go Out Eclipse Party Fountain Hills Dark Sky Festival International Science Fair Navigating the Night Sky High Magnification Viewing of the Galilean Moons Member Images , Book Review and much more

  • PAStimes February 2026PDF · 2.3 MB

    · Vol. 77, Issue 6

    Message From The President Recap of AAAS Conference The Great Attractor and the Shapley Supercluster Star Tours Navigating The Night Sky Double Cluster Member Images , Book Review and much more

  • PAStimes January 2026PDF · 3.4 MB

    · Vol. 77, Issue 5

    Message From The President Earth Mass Extinction Season Change 247th AAS Meeting Navigating The January Night Sky Double Cluster Member Images , Book Review and much more

2025

  • PAStimes December 2025PDF · 3.3 MB

    · Vol. 77, Issue 4

    Message From The President All Arizona Star Party Report / Sunspot AR 4274 Sam Insana Student Scholarship 247th AAS Meeting Navigating The December Night Sky Double Cluster Member Images , Book Review and much more

  • PAStimes November 2025PDF · 4.2 MB

    · Vol. 77, Issue 3

    Message From The President Stargazing Made Simple The Moon: Earth’s Quiet Partner in The Story Of Life 247th AAS Meeting Navigating The November Night Sky Other Suns: Eta Persei Member Images , Book Review and much more

  • PAStimes October 2025PDF · 3.2 MB

    · Vol. 77, Issue 2

    Message from President A Very Happy Canadian Dark Matter Halos Plaskett's Star Navigating the October Night Sky Galilean moons First Point of Aries Member Images , Book Review and much more

  • PAStimes September 2025PDF · 3.3 MB

    · Vol. 77, Issue 1

    Message from President Craft beer and Astronomy Lowell Observatory More SeeStar S50 Navigating the mid September Night Sky Is that a planet or a star? Great Square Guide Member Images , Book Review and much more

  • PAStimes July 2025PDF · 1.8 MB

    · Vol. 76, Issue 11

    Summer heat prompts reminders about cancelled Apache star parties and two scheduled Dark Sky events.

  • PAStimes June 2025PDF · 2.9 MB

    · Vol. 76, Issue 10

    Results from the annual officer elections, plus the new leadership team roster.

  • PAStimes May 2025PDF · 2.6 MB

    · Vol. 76, Issue 9

    As summer approaches, the issue includes the regular list of visible night-sky objects plus star-party packing tips.

  • PAStimes April 2025PDF · 2.1 MB

    · Vol. 76, Issue 8

    PAS expands its outreach presence beyond the website and Facebook as clear spring skies continue.

  • PAStimes March 2025PDF · 2.3 MB

    · Vol. 76, Issue 7

    A recap of a hugely successful star party with telescopes of every make and model.

  • PAStimes February 2025PDF · 2.4 MB

    · Vol. 76, Issue 6

    PAS plans its first club-organized field trip to an Arizona astronomy location.

  • PAStimes January 2025PDF · 1.9 MB

    · Vol. 76, Issue 5

    A New Year update introduces a new PAStimes crossword puzzle feature.

2024

  • PAStimes December 2024PDF · 1.5 MB

    · Vol. 76, Issue 4

    A bright moon makes for a memorable, if less deep-sky-friendly, Apache Wash star party.

  • PAStimes November 2024PDF · 1.5 MB

    · Vol. 76, Issue 3

    Cooler nights bring good views of Orion and its nebula as fall events continue.

  • PAStimes October 2024PDF · 1.2 MB

    · Vol. 76, Issue 2

    A season of lectures and star parties gets underway, with registration required for all events.

  • PAStimes September 2024PDF · 1.1 MB

    · Vol. 76, Issue 1

    Two 10-inch Dobsonian telescopes are offered for sale to members at below-market prices.

  • PAStimes August 2024PDF · 1.6 MB

    · Vol. 75, Issue 11

    The Board approves selling some donated telescopes from the Loaner Program inventory.

  • PAStimes July 2024PDF · 2.4 MB

    · Vol. 75, Issue 10

    Club updates including the appointment of Christopher Ford as the new PAS Secretary.

  • PAStimes June 2024PDF · 2.0 MB

    · Vol. 75, Issue 9

    Over 40 people and 13 telescopes turn out for the May 18th Apache Wash star party.

  • PAStimes May 2024PDF · 2.8 MB

    · Vol. 75, Issue 8

    Members recap trips to the Path of Totality after Arizona missed the total solar eclipse.

  • PAStimes April 2024PDF · 2.6 MB

    · Vol. 75, Issue 7

    Safety reminders ahead of the April 8th partial solar eclipse, which is not total in Arizona.

  • PAStimes March 2024PDF · 902 KB

    · Vol. 75, Issue 6

    An update on the busy club calendar, including the growing telescope loaner program.

  • PAStimes February 2024PDF · 500 KB

    · Vol. 75, Issue 5

    Club news plus a reminder about the members-only telescope loaner program.

2023

  • PAStimes December 2023 – January 2024PDF · 2.0 MB

    · Vol. 75, Issue 4

    A combined December–January issue covers Star Tours outreach at schools and the Desert Botanical Garden.

  • PAStimes November 2023PDF · 399 KB

    · Vol. 75, Issue 3

    The monthly lecture series is now available both in person and online through a new PVCC classroom arrangement.

  • PAStimes October 2023PDF · 1.4 MB

    · Vol. 76, Issue 2

    President Stu Brackney calls for a PAS potluck social event alongside the regular lecture and star party schedule.

  • PAStimes September 2023PDF · 2.1 MB

    · Vol. 75, Issue 1

    Jacqueline Do speaks on the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project.

  • PAStimes May 2023PDF · 3.3 MB

    Tom Sharp discusses shock effects in meteorites and what they reveal about the solar system's impact history.

  • PAStimes April 2023PDF · 2.3 MB

    NASA Solar System Ambassador Mark Johnston shares “My Journey in Astronomy Outreach.”

  • PAStimes March 2023PDF · 1.6 MB

    Photographer Tom Klare explains how to photograph stars with a digital camera.

  • PAStimes February 2023PDF · 1.5 MB

    Dr. Alex Vrenios gives an extensive talk drawing on his engineering and cluster-computing background.

  • PAStimes January 2023PDF · 1.6 MB

    Rogier Windhorst returns to speak on JWST and the infrared universe beyond Hubble.

2022

  • PAStimes December 2022PDF · 1.9 MB

    Dr. David Williams previews the next decade of planetary exploration, 2023–2032.

  • PAStimes November 2022PDF · 1.7 MB

    Ted Blank presents “Zero Gravity Pizza!”, on how ISS astronauts prepare meals in space.

  • PAStimes October 2022PDF · 1.9 MB

    Klaus Brasch surveys “A Half Century of Astronomical Photography.”

  • PAStimes September 2022PDF · 1.4 MB

    A feature on the Ingenuity helicopter, NASA's “Wright Brothers moment” on Mars.

  • PAStimes May 2022PDF · 3.0 MB

    Ted Blank covers the Mars Ingenuity helicopter's “Wright Brothers moment” on Mars.

  • PAStimes April 2022PDF · 4.9 MB

    Mike Mackowski introduces the National Space Society and its space-advocacy mission.

  • PAStimes March 2022PDF · 4.2 MB

    Dr. Renu Malhotra discusses migratory planets and chaos in the young solar system.

  • PAStimes February 2022PDF · 3.7 MB

    Alex Woronow demonstrates the Stellina smart telescope's imaging workflow.

  • PAStimes January 2022PDF · 4.0 MB

    Astronomer Emily Levesque discusses Betelgeuse's 2020 “Great Dimming.”

2021

  • PAStimes December 2021PDF · 5.4 MB

    Dr. David Williams explores “Rocky, Gassy, Icy, and Dwarf Planets” across the solar system.

  • PAStimes November 2021PDF · 4.2 MB

    Klaus Brasch discusses “The Search for Life in the Universe.”

  • PAStimes October 2021PDF · 3.7 MB

    Dr. James Lynch is October's featured speaker.

  • PAStimes September 2021PDF · 2.6 MB

    NAU PhD student Anna Engle speaks on Saturn's moon Titan.

  • PAStimes May 2021PDF · 7.3 MB

    PAS remembers member Sam Insana, who passed away April 7, 2021.

  • PAStimes April 2021PDF · 2.8 MB

    Danny Jacobs discusses CubeSats as mini space telescopes.

  • PAStimes March 2021PDF · 6.4 MB

    Will Oldroyd covers the history and current state of the hunt for “Planet X.”

  • PAStimes February 2021PDF · 5.5 MB

    Tom Field speaks virtually on what astronomers have learned about distant stars.

  • PAStimes January 2021PDF · 3.7 MB

    Rogier Windhorst previews JWST science in “Black Hole Beauties.”

2020

  • PAStimes December 2020PDF · 8.1 MB

    Dr. David Williams gives a virtual talk on Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

  • PAStimes November 2020PDF · 12.1 MB

    Vincenzo Cataldo returns for a virtual talk on planetary science.

  • PAStimes October 2020PDF · 948 KB

    Steven Desch discusses the interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua at a virtual Zoom meeting.

  • PAStimes September 2020PDF · 9.5 MB

    Klaus Brasch joins a virtual meeting on the research legacy of Lowell Observatory's 24-inch Clark refractor.

  • PAStimes May 2020PDF · 3.6 MB

    A remote Zoom meeting combines officer elections with the annual Meeting of the Minds.

  • PAStimes April 2020PDF · 4.2 MB

    PAS member Eric Steinberg gives the club's first remote presentation.

  • PAStimes March 2020PDF · 4.3 MB

    ASU astrophysicist Michael Line discusses “The Planets Way Out There.”

  • PAStimes February 2020PDF · 9.7 MB

    Two speakers cover recent results from the Mars Curiosity rover mission.

  • PAStimes January 2020PDF · 13.3 MB

    John Barentine explains how atoms and molecules build stars, galaxies, and the universe's structure.

2019

  • PAStimes December 2019PDF · 5.8 MB

    Dr. David Williams gives an update on NASA's small-body asteroid missions.

  • PAStimes November 2019PDF · 5.9 MB

    A look back at 125 years of Lowell Observatory history and its future.

  • PAStimes October 2019PDF · 5.5 MB

    David Portree asks what comes after Apollo in “After Tranquility: NASA Seeks a Future.”

  • PAStimes September 2019PDF · 6.3 MB

    Patrick Smith speaks on “Backyard Worlds/Planet 9 and Zooniverse.”

  • PAStimes May 2019PDF · 1.3 MB

    David Lee Summers previews Kitt Peak's new Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument survey.

  • PAStimes April 2019PDF · 2.8 MB

    Lowell Observatory astronomer Dr. Will Grundy discusses New Horizons' exploration of the Kuiper Belt.

  • PAStimes March 2019PDF · 1.8 MB

    Jim Renn presents “The Vatican Observatory and Quantum Cosmology.”

  • PAStimes February 2019PDF · 1.6 MB

    Richard Harshaw is welcomed as February's guest speaker.

  • PAStimes January 2019PDF · 2.3 MB

    NASA Solar System Ambassador Mark Johnston speaks at the January meeting.

2018

  • PAStimes December 2018PDF · 1.8 MB

    Vincenzo Cataldo speaks on ancient and active volcanoes beyond Earth.

  • PAStimes November 2018PDF · 1.1 MB

    Ted Blank is November's featured speaker.

  • PAStimes October 2018PDF · 10.0 MB

    Tom Mozdzen discusses Cosmic Dawn and the Epoch of Reionization via the 21 cm hydrogen line.

  • PAStimes September 2018PDF · 7.2 MB

    Meteorite curator Laurence Garvie offers a practical guide to identifying meteorites.

  • PAStimes May 2018PDF · 3.1 MB

    Tom Polakis discusses CCD photometry from inside a light-polluted sky.

  • PAStimes April 2018PDF · 7.6 MB

    PAS member Gene Hanson gives a look at another club, the Milwaukee Astronomical Society.

  • PAStimes March 2018PDF · 2.9 MB

    Andy Odell talks binary stars — visual, spectroscopic, and eclipsing.

  • PAStimes February 2018PDF · 3.7 MB

    ASU PhD candidate Emilie Dunham speaks on violent events from the inner solar nebula to the Kuiper Belt.

  • PAStimes January 2018PDF · 4.8 MB

    Mike Marron presents “Reading Galactic Jets” for the January meeting.

2017

  • PAStimes December 2017PDF · 2.8 MB

    Steven Desch presents models for how Jupiter shaped the early solar system.

  • PAStimes November 2017PDF · 1.9 MB

    Dr. David Williams previews ASU's Psyche mission to the metal asteroid (16) Psyche.

  • PAStimes October 2017PDF · 4.4 MB

    Kai Staats discusses the search for supernovae linked to gravitational-wave detections.

  • PAStimes September 2017PDF · 7.6 MB

    Five PAS members time an asteroid occultation and discover a moon around asteroid Amalthea.

  • PAStimes July 2017PDF · 6.7 MB

    A Summer Edition remembering member and past speaker Earl DeLong (1956–2017).

  • PAStimes May 2017PDF · 4.5 MB

    Planetarium veteran Ron Walker presents “The Big Dream.”

  • PAStimes April 2017PDF · 4.4 MB

    Harrison Smith discusses “The Search for Life on Other Worlds,” from Proxima Centauri to TRAPPIST-1.

  • PAStimes March 2017PDF · 4.9 MB

    Dr. Andy Odell, a former student of Van Allen Belt discoverer James Van Allen, is March's speaker.

  • PAStimes February 2017PDF · 1.8 MB

    Dr. Alex Vrenios speaks at a relocated February meeting in room LS-203.

  • PAStimes February 2017 (Amateur Radio Astronomy)PDF · 1.6 MB

    Alex Vrenios presents five amateur radio astronomy projects for the Astronomical League's observing program.

  • PAStimes January 2017PDF · 4.3 MB

    Lauren Edgar shares recent results from the Mars Curiosity rover mission.

2016

  • PAStimes December 2016PDF · 3.9 MB

    Suzanne Morrison speaks on “Rocks from Space” and brings meteorite specimens for sale.

  • PAStimes November 2016PDF · 9.5 MB

    Dr. David Williams returns to discuss asteroids, ion propulsion, and NASA's Dawn mission.

  • PAStimes October 2016PDF · 4.0 MB

    A swapped meeting schedule brings Dr. Rogier Windhorst to speak on the James Webb Space Telescope.

  • PAStimes September 2016PDF · 6.6 MB

    Members and Guest Night opens the 2016/17 club year with short presentations.

  • PAStimes July 2016PDF · 2.5 MB

    A Summer Edition recap of the May meeting with guest speaker Dan Heim.

  • PAStimes May 2016PDF · 2.4 MB

    Dan Heim gives an update on the ongoing fight against light pollution in Arizona.

  • PAStimes April 2016PDF · 7.5 MB

    Honeywell engineer Elliott Rachlin discusses a telescope mounted on the ISS.

  • PAStimes March 2016PDF · 2.0 MB

    Professor David Williams recaps NASA's New Horizons flyby of Pluto.

  • PAStimes February 2016PDF · 1.9 MB

    Ted Blank is the featured speaker for February.

  • PAStimes January 2016PDF · 1.4 MB

    Alex covers the pioneers and practice of amateur radio astronomy, including SETI.

2015

  • PAStimes December 2015PDF · 1.1 MB

    A remembrance of longtime PAS member John C. Pulis, who passed away at 93.

  • PAStimes November 2015PDF · 1.3 MB

    Honorary member Dennis Young returns with new material for the November meeting.

  • PAStimes October 2015PDF · 871 KB

    Richard “Rik” Hill speaks on “The Latest with CSS and Near Earth Asteroid Surveying.”

  • PAStimes September 2015PDF · 1.0 MB

    The new club year opens with several short member presentations.

  • PAStimes July 2015PDF · 1.0 MB

    A Summer Edition remembering longtime member Bob Senzer, who passed away in April 2015.

  • PAStimes May 2015PDF · 2.9 MB

    Earl DeLong speaks, with a nod to the Space Race and the launch of Sputnik.

  • PAStimes April 2015PDF · 1.3 MB

    Dolores Hill previews the OSIRIS-REx mission to sample the asteroid Bennu.

  • PAStimes March 2015PDF · 752 KB

    Alex Vrenios presents “You're So Far Away,” on techniques for measuring cosmic distances.

  • PAStimes February 2015PDF · 951 KB

    A feature on “The Art and Science of Astrophotography.”

  • PAStimes January 2015PDF · 1.5 MB

    Roger Anzini speaks on the Astro Systems Dobsonian “Telekit” at a rescheduled January meeting.

2014

  • PAStimes December 2014PDF · 682 KB

    Eric explains “When Things Go Boom!” — novae, supernovae, and the deaths of stars.

  • PAStimes November 2014PDF · 761 KB

    Meeting logistics and reminders for the November PAS gathering.

  • PAStimes October 2014PDF · 547 KB

    Guest speaker Marc visits from Flagstaff for the October meeting.

  • PAStimes September 2014PDF · 779 KB

    The new PAS Officers are recognized, including Rodney's new Meeting Host role, plus a Member Presentation.

  • PAStimes Summer 2014PDF · 394 KB

    A Summer Edition recap of the Meeting of the Minds, covering moonrise/twilight tools and website plans.

  • PAStimes May 2014PDF · 549 KB

    The club seeks a replacement guest speaker after a family emergency forces a cancellation.

  • PAStimes April 2014PDF · 599 KB

    PAS members Eric Steinberg and Alex Vrenios both present at the April meeting.

  • PAStimes March 2014PDF · 516 KB

    Steve Coe presents “Charles Messier, the Man and a Marathon to Honor Him.”

  • PAStimes February 2014PDF · 700 KB

    Two guest speakers share astronomical topics at the February meeting.

  • PAStimes January 2014PDF · 363 KB

    A Members Night fills in after no guest speaker was lined up for January.

2013

  • PAStimes December 2013PDF · 491 KB

    Retired chemist Earl DeLong explains “The Chemistry of the Cosmos.”

  • PAStimes November 2013PDF · 686 KB

    Rick Tejera goes “Beyond M42,” covering targets past the easy showpiece objects.

  • PAStimes October 2013PDF · 1.2 MB

    Eric Steinberg breaks down basic celestial mechanics — ecliptic, declination, precession, and more.

  • PAStimes September 2013PDF · 806 KB

    PAS kicks off the fall with a Members Night after a summer lecture series.

  • PAStimes Special Issue — Venus TransitPDF · 2.2 MB

    A special issue on eclipses and transits, explaining what happens when one body passes in front of another.

  • PAStimes July 2013PDF · 1.1 MB

    A Summer Edition recap of the well-attended May meeting, ahead of the September restart.

  • PAStimes Special Issue — Solar Eclipse of May 20, 2012PDF · 885 KB

    A special issue on the May 20, 2012 solar eclipse and June 5 Venus transit — Leah Sapir explains what a solar eclipse is.

  • PAStimes May 2013PDF · 935 KB

    Paul Wieland shares how growing up during the Space Race sparked his love of stargazing.

  • PAStimes April 2013PDF · 666 KB

    PAS member Chet Schuler is the April 4th speaker.

  • PAStimes March 2013PDF · 1.0 MB

    David Williams gives a NASA Solar System Exploration update, including the Curiosity rover.

  • PAStimes February 2013PDF · 762 KB

    Dr. McCarthy presents “Things That Go Bump Into the Earth.”

  • PAStimes January 2013PDF · 777 KB

    James Ashley discusses what meteorites found on Mars reveal about its climate history.

2012

  • PAStimes December 2012PDF · 306 KB

    Mike “Meteorite Man” Marron returns with one of his cosmology lectures.

  • PAStimes November 2012PDF · 457 KB

    A talk on asteroids, ion propulsion, and NASA's Dawn mission to Vesta.

  • PAStimes October 2012PDF · 640 KB

    Dan Heim presents “Atmospheric Optics,” on rainbows, halos, and glories.

  • PAStimes September 2012PDF · 412 KB

    A Members' Night meeting for sharing photos and videos of the Solar Eclipse and Venus Transit.

  • PAStimes July 2012PDF · 490 KB

    A recap of the well-attended May meeting and a reminder about the snack fund.

  • PAStimes May 2012PDF · 582 KB

    ASU instructor Rogier Windhorst is May's special guest speaker.

  • PAStimes April 2012PDF · 712 KB

    Rick Tejera is April's guest speaker at the PAS meeting.

  • PAStimes March 2012PDF · 534 KB

    A guest-edited issue on the origin of the Moon and the impact of cosmic collisions.

  • PAStimes February 2012PDF · 952 KB

    PAS member Chet Schuler discusses “The Spectra of the Stars.”

  • PAStimes January 2012PDF · 645 KB

    Tom Field presents “Spectroscopy for Everyone!”, an introduction to a core astronomical research tool.

2011

  • PAStimes December 2011PDF · 533 KB

    ASU's Dr. David Williams reviews past Mars rover missions and previews the newest rover.

  • PAStimes November 2011PDF · 508 KB

    Meteorite collector Bob Holmes speaks on Arizona meteorites at the November meeting.

  • PAStimes October 2011PDF · 483 KB

    LPL meteorite researcher Dolores Hill returns to speak at the October meeting.

  • PAStimes September 2011PDF · 632 KB

    Members' Night lets PAS members give short talks on their own astronomy topics.

  • PAStimes July 2011PDF · 319 KB

    A Summer Edition recap of the May meetings, including Dolores Hill's last-minute cancellation.

  • PAStimes May 2011PDF · 429 KB

    Two meetings this month, with LPL meteorite researcher Dolores Hill speaking on May 5.

  • PAStimes April 2011PDF · 580 KB

    Richard “Rik” Hill shares his decades-long path into amateur astronomy.

  • PAStimes March 2011PDF · 879 KB

    Another room change to G-147, featuring a Sedona telescope-maker turned star-tour guide.

  • PAStimes February 2011PDF · 819 KB

    A look at CVEMS electronic billboards as a growing threat to Arizona's dark skies.

  • PAStimes January 2011PDF · 757 KB

    A room change to G-147, with Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto returning as speaker.

2010

  • PAStimes December 2010PDF · 595 KB

    University of Arizona professor Richard Greenberg speaks on the processes shaping Jupiter's moon Europa.

  • PAStimes November 2010PDF · 976 KB

    Mike Marron discusses “Upcoming Astronomical Disasters,” from gamma-ray bursts to supernovae.

  • PAStimes October 2010PDF · 893 KB

    PVCC instructor Jenny Neureuther gives “A Peek into Radio and X-ray Astronomy.”

  • PAStimes September 2010PDF · 1.6 MB

    David Williams marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo's discoveries with a talk on Jupiter's moons.

  • PAStimes May 2010PDF · 459 KB

    Chris Johnson shares tips on affordable deep-sky astrophotography — “Imaging on the Cheap.”

  • PAStimes April 2010PDF · 788 KB

    Klaus Brasch returns by popular demand as April's guest speaker.

  • PAStimes March 2010PDF · 794 KB

    Mike Marron speaks on “Exploiting Space for Power and Profit.”

  • PAStimes February 2010PDF · 1.1 MB

    PAS negotiates keeping its meetings in the PVCC library as Jerry Snow speaks for February.

  • PAStimes January 2010PDF · 803 KB

    Dennis Young steps in as a last-minute replacement speaker for January.

2009

  • PAStimes December 2009PDF · 632 KB

    Ken Herkenhoff of the USGS Astrogeology Team returns to speak on CCD imaging from the Mars rovers.

  • PAStimes November 2009PDF · 548 KB

    Astrophotographer Dean Salman speaks about his transition from film to CCD imaging.

  • PAStimes October 2009PDF · 632 KB

    Three speakers share the October meeting, including a preview of ASU's Earth and Space Exploration Day.

  • PAStimes September 2009PDF · 633 KB

    ASU student Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto opens the fall season as September's speaker.

  • PAStimes May 2009PDF · 2.0 MB

    Mike Marron returns to discuss his views on the formation of the universe.

  • PAStimes April 2009PDF · 2.0 MB

    USGS geologist Ken Herkenhoff, lead for the Mars rovers' Microscopic Imagers, is April's speaker.

  • PAStimes March 2009PDF · 549 KB

    Bob Holmes speaks on collecting meteorites — “Holding a Piece of the Sun & Planets in Your Hands.”

  • PAStimes February 2009PDF · 1.1 MB

    Michael Marron lectures on “Galactic Jets and Cosmic Evolution” at the PVCC library.

  • PAStimes January 2009PDF · 939 KB

    A rare January meeting features astrophysicist Frank Timmes as guest speaker.

2008

  • PAStimes December 2008PDF · 563 KB

    Dr. Williams returns for a December talk on planetary environments and lava-sample petrology.

  • PAStimes November 2008PDF · 1.3 MB

    Retired biology professor and longtime amateur astronomer Klaus Brasch is November's speaker.

  • PAStimes October 2008PDF · 672 KB

    Jeff Hopkins returns as October's speaker after September's meeting was cancelled.

  • PAStimes September 2008PDF · 826 KB

    Dr. David A. Williams of ASU speaks on planetary geologic mapping from Mars and Jupiter's moons.

  • PAStimes July 2008PDF · 2.6 MB

    A recap of the Meeting of the Minds, covering the new PAS website and the club's new Mayer dark-sky site.

  • PAStimes May 2008PDF · 1.5 MB

    Club elections and a Members Night fill the May 1st meeting.

  • PAStimes April 2008PDF · 3.5 MB

    JPL Solar System Ambassador Dr. Laurice Dee discusses robotic exploration of the solar system.

  • PAStimes March 2008PDF · 3.7 MB

    Meeting logistics for March, with fellowship time ahead of the main program.

  • PAStimes February 2008PDF · 2.9 MB

    University of Alberta physics professor Dr. Don Page speaks on “Does God So Love the Multiverse?”

  • PAStimes January 2008PDF · 2.8 MB

    A new logo debuts for Leah's Arizona Sky column, plus club news for the new year.

2007

  • PAStimes December 2007PDF · 2.5 MB

    Retired physicist Bobby McGehee presents his own “New Universe Theory.”

  • PAStimes November 2007PDF · 2.9 MB

    NASA Solar System Ambassador Ross Tucker talks radio astronomy, from the ISS to the galactic map.

  • PAStimes October 2007PDF · 2.6 MB

    ASU's Melissa Morris speaks on “Indirect Detection of Water in Forming Planetary Systems.”

  • PAStimes September 2007PDF · 2.6 MB

    PAS resumes meetings for the fall with lecturer Tony La Conte of Star Gazing For Everyone.

  • PAStimes July 2007PDF · 4.0 MB

    A Summer Edition feature on the many active NASA missions happening at once across the solar system.

  • PAStimes May 2007PDF · 3.1 MB

    The club's last meeting before its summer break, with a look at summer star party plans.

  • PAStimes April 2007PDF · 2.6 MB

    Dr. Larry Wasserman of Lowell Observatory is this month's PAS speaker.

  • PAStimes March 2007PDF · 4.5 MB

    Dr. Garnett speaks on “A Close Up Look at Our Neighbor Galaxy M33 With the Hubble Space Telescope.”

  • PAStimes Special Edition — February 2007PDF · 382 KB

    A special edition on PAS officers' call for a meeting to discuss sponsoring a scale-model Solar System plaque on the PVCC campus.

  • PAStimes February 2007PDF · 2.2 MB

    Dennis Young of the Sedona Sirius Lookers club, an honorary PAS member, is February's speaker.

  • PAStimes January 2007PDF · 1.9 MB

    No first-Thursday meeting this month while the club finalizes plans for its annual Social.

2006

  • PAStimes December 2006PDF · 2.4 MB

    Astrophotographer Chet Schuler gives a talk on CCD imaging techniques.

  • PAStimes November 2006PDF · 2.2 MB

    Dr. Titus of the USGS Astrogeology Research Program speaks on planetary geoscience.

  • PAStimes October 2006PDF · 2.2 MB

    Steve Dodder of the Saguaro Astronomy Club is October's featured speaker.

  • PAStimes September 2006PDF · 2.2 MB

    Dr. David Burstein returns to open the club year as the September speaker.

  • PAStimes May 2006PDF · 904 KB

    Bob Holmes, the Meteorite Man, shows off recent additions to his meteorite collection.

  • PAStimes April 2006PDF · 1.1 MB

    Dr. Jeff Hester of ASU visits for a special Friday meeting at Foothills Academy.

  • PAStimes March 2006PDF · 720 KB

    JPL Solar System Ambassador John Reiss, Jr. gives an update on current NASA missions.

  • PAStimes February 2006PDF · 840 KB

    A relocated meeting at Foothills Academy to accommodate the month's guest speaker.

  • PAStimes January 2006PDF · 916 KB

    No formal meeting this month — PAS holds its annual Holiday Social at the Heim residence.

2005

  • PAStimes December 2005PDF · 1013 KB

    Space artist Dawn Mullan presents “Spacescapes: Where Photography Ends, Imagination Begins.”

  • PAStimes November 2005PDF · 791 KB

    Dr. David Burstein of ASU returns to speak on “The History of Astronomy.”

  • PAStimes October 2005PDF · 687 KB

    Dr. Fulvio Melia of the University of Arizona speaks on “The Supermassive Black Hole at the Galactic Center.”

  • PAStimes September 2005PDF · 681 KB

    PAS moves its meeting location to Paradise Valley Community College after a membership vote at the Meeting of the Minds.

  • PAStimes May 2005PDF · 1.6 MB

    Utterly Alien: New Horizons to Pluto The Summer Triangle Asterism Sally Ride Festival Review Messier Marathon Review Special Interest Groups Startup

  • PAStimes April 2005PDF · 1.9 MB

    Mad About the Moon Astrospeak Astronomy Day at the Science Center Important Sally Ride Info & Schedule Orphan Planets: It's a Hard Knock Life

  • PAStimes February 2005PDF · 1.3 MB

    Children's Hospital Star Party Deep Impact on a Collision Course for Science Sally Ride Festival 2005 Moon Marathon at Heimhenge Astronaut Retires

  • PAStimes January 2005PDF · 2.5 MB

    About Our December Speaker Observing the Full Moon How to Be an Officer/Director of PAS Heimhenge PAS Social Einstein's Warped View of Space Confirmed

2004

  • PAStimes December 2004PDF · 1.3 MB

  • PAStimes November 2004PDF · 1014 KB

  • PAStimes October 2004PDF · 1.2 MB

  • PAStimes September 2004PDF · 2.1 MB

  • PAStimes May 2004PDF · 2.1 MB

    Valley Academy Charter School Star Party Revenge Is Sweet Desert Sunset Star Party Anthem Star Party Voyage to a Double Planet

  • PAStimes April 2004PDF · 1.2 MB

    Astronomy and Space Science March Meeting Review Dr. David Levy at ASU The Dark Sucker Theory Shangri-La Star Party

  • PAStimes March 2004PDF · 1.1 MB

    Europeans Reveal Plan to Land Humans on Mars in 3 Decades February PAS Meeting Review Lowell Observatory Announces 2nd Annual Star Party Sally Ride Science Festival Messier Marathon

  • PAStimes February 2004PDF · 790 KB

    365.24219 Days a Year Earth Gets Its Groove Back Star Party at A.S.C. Challenger Space Center Star Party Can Drive a Success

  • PAStimes January 2004PDF · 1.5 MB

    December PAS Meeting Review November Lake Pleasant Star Party Space Chef Makes Out-of-This-World Turkey A Book as Big as the Universe White Dwarf Gift Exchange

2003

  • PAStimes December 2003PDF · 841 KB

    November PAS Meeting Review October Lake Pleasant Star Party Review The PAS Social Promoting NASA's Discoveries Astronomy Day at ASC: Event Ideas & Volunteers Needed

  • PAStimes November 2003PDF · 949 KB

    A Fun Filled Exhausting Day: Flagstaff Festival of Science Review October PAS Meeting Wilson High School Star Party Sagittarius Being Eaten by the Milky Way The Great Space Race

  • PAStimes October 2003PDF · 893 KB

    The Backyard Astronomer: Get Ready for Mars! Mars Observing Session at Arizona Science Center From Flagstaff to Pluto: History of Lowell Observatory ASC Adults' Night Out September Meeting Review

  • PAStimes September 2003PDF · 2.0 MB

    Arizona Science Center Astronomy Day 2003 Review Mars, Closer Than Ever in History The Martian Moons in 2003 Best View of Mars in 60,000 Years Gravity Weighs on Your Minds How to Chat with E.T.

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