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  • 31 Oct 2020 10:30 AM | President (Administrator)

    The DAS auction website is now open for bids.  The auction began on Oct 31, and continues until Nov 8.

    The Event can be found HERE

    The Items can be found HERE

    Please check your email or event calendar for information about how to setup an account to make your own bid.

    The starting bid on some working OTAs is $1.00
    The starting bid on OTAs in parts is also $1.00

    Have you ever wanted a 16 inch Dob?  It could be yours!  Starting bid $1.00

    Come support our VNH Scholarship fund!


  • 26 Oct 2020 10:28 PM | President (Administrator)

    The DAS auction website is now open for previews.  The auction begins on Oct 31, and continues until Nov 8.

    The Event can be found HERE

    The Previews can be found HERE

    Come support our VNH Scholarship fund!

  • 4 Jun 2020 8:51 PM | President (Administrator)

    Please be aware that the Virtual General Meeting on Friday June 5th is "Virtual" meaning that we will not be meeting in-person at ACC.

    If you wish to join the meeting, please use the meeting link in the Event Calendar Here.

  • 7 May 2020 5:33 AM | Ed Ladner

    The good people at CSAS have announced that the RMSS 2020 event has been canceled. The notice here went up some time prior to May 4th.  The text reads: 

    THE PREMIER STAR PARTY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
    UPDATE RMSS 2020 CANCELLED.
    DUE TO THE ONGOING ISSUES RELATED TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, RMSS IS REGRETTABLY CANCELED FOR 2020. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE COVID 19 PAGE WITHIN THE 2020 EVENT INFO. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE DISRUPTION TO WHAT IS THE HIGHLIGHT FOR THE SUMMER FOR MANY OF US. NEVERTHELESS, AS WE ARE ASTRONOMERS- KEEP LOOKING UP!

    Additional information can be found here, but does not appear to be current.

  • 6 May 2020 1:37 PM | Ed Ladner

    The DAS Dark Site Committee is pleased to announce the reopening of our Dark Site for a limited number of attendees starting on May 16th for initial new member orientation, and then again on May 22-24 for the Dark Sky Weekend. 

    Social Distancing:

    With the State and County guidelines for social distancing, and our Dark Site zoned as a business, we will be keeping the attendance at the Dark site limited to 10 people at all times.  Further, the warming hut will be kept closed, as we are unable to guarantee the required social distance spacing of six feet between members, nor surface cleaning inside the building.  The outhouse will be open for personal needs, and we will make all reasonable efforts to ensure that it is clean.  With this in mind, we ask members using the outhouse to diligently make efforts to clean high contact surfaces such as the handle and the seat before and after use.  We will work to ensure cleaning supplies are present during orientation and dark sky weekends.

    We require that all attendees respect Federal, State and County social distancing guidelines at all times.  People unable to respect these guidelines will be asked to leave.  This includes the use of face coverings.  We recognize that a face covering at the eyepiece is counter-productive to observing, so we will be making an exception for active observers, while observing, who are otherwise practicing social distancing.

    Lottery for entry:

    In order to ensure fair and equitable access to the dark site, we will be creating a lottery system that will be available prior to the Orientation and Dark Sky weekends.  You may sign up for 1 evening slot for 1 person per weekend.  For the upcoming weekends the lottery days will be May 16 for Orientation, and May 22, 23, 24 for the Dark Sky weekend.  Weekdays and weekends with low expected attendance will be on the first come basis on the honor system.  The honor system means that if you arrive at the dark site on a non-lottery night, and there are already 10 people there, then you will leave.  

    The notification of the lottery being open will occur on the Monday prior to the weekend by email from the membership portal.  Ensure that your email notification is up to date, and that you are successfully receiving notifications.

    Lottery winners will be notified directly by email, and will be required to bring a copy (virtual or physical) to the dark site to gain entrance.  

    The lottery is all about luck, as is weather for a given night for the dark sky weekend.  In the event of bad weather on your selected night, we will be unable to reschedule you.

    Safety first:

    If there are any reports of more than 10 people present, the Dark Site committee will need to reconsider the opening of the Dark Site.

    Please remember that the Dark Site committee volunteers who are present are there for your safety, and are doing so at personal risk.  Please exercise polite respect and restraint toward your volunteers.

  • 4 May 2020 2:54 PM | Vice President (Administrator)

    Our editor, Mike Lucibella, has just added content for May to The Observer.  Please check it out here:

    https://www.denverastro.org/?p=5181

    Remember, Mike is seeking content from you, our members! Email him at editor@denverastro.org with YOUR news.

  • 30 Apr 2020 3:49 PM | President (Administrator)

    Tonight we have Ron Hranac presenting "Meteorites: A Collector's Perspective." on the DAS Youtube livestream channel Here at 7:30 PM MDT.
    Please join us for the presentation and ask questions via the Youtube comments.

  • 18 Apr 2020 10:39 AM | Ed Ladner

    We have made the decision to extend the cancellation of all indoor DAS events through June 30, 2020 because of concerns about COVID-19 (Coronavirus). The cancellations include April, May and June Public Nights, Open House, In-Reach, and VNH Scholarship Committee meeting. Public Night reservations for for all months will be blocked.

    The E-Board meeting will continue to be held via conference call instead of in-person.  All members are welcome to attend these meetings, and conference connection information will be provided as the time approaches.

    While we are extremely disappointed that we cannot continue with these events as planned, we believe this is the right decision given the current circumstances.

    We are monitoring the situation closely and will make further decisions in the coming days and weeks as appropriate. We will continue to review our guidance based on official advice.

    Please check the Member Portal or our website, denverastro.org for updates, which will be posted as the situation evolves.  Questions may be directed to president@denverastro.org .

      -  Your Denver Astronomical Society Executive Officers


  • 19 Mar 2020 9:16 AM | President (Administrator)

    In consultation with the Dark site committee, we have decided to close the Dark site until the state of emergency, and restrictions on gatherings have passed.  

    We thank you for your understanding.

  • 12 Mar 2020 4:00 PM | Vice President (Administrator)

    Notice to all DAS members:

    We have made the decision to cancel all indoor DAS events through March 31, 2020 because of concerns about COVID-19 (Coronavirus). The
    cancellations include March's Public Nights, Open House, In-Reach, and
    VNH Scholarship Committee meeting. Public Night reservations for April 
    and May will be blocked.

    The E-Board meeting will be held via conference call instead of in-person.

    While we are extremely disappointed that we cannot continue with these events as planned, we believe this is the right decision given the current circumstances.

    We are monitoring the situation closely and will make further decisions in
    the coming days and weeks as appropriate. We will continue to review our guidance based on official advice.

    Please check the Member Portal or our website, denverastro.org for updates, which will be posted as the situation evolves.  Questions may be directed to president@denverastro.org .

      -  Your Denver Astronomical Society Executive Officers


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