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The Seattle Astronomical Society is hosting an evening of star gazing at Covington Community Park to observe interesting astronomical objects and to learn about the universe. Astronomers from area astronomical societies have been invited to share telescope views of planets, stars, clusters, galaxies, and other celestial objects of the season.Please feel free to bring your own equipment and/or monthly star charts. This event is weather dependent so please check back for possible ... more

Join us for the International Observe the Moon event this Saturday, October 1st. This is an event started by the NASA Lunar Reconisannace Orbiter Team to raise awareness of Earth's nearest neighbor. We will have some telescopes setup in the parking lot at Allan Yorke Park. If you have a telescope or bincoulars please bring them. Join us around sunset and take a look. We hope to see you there.

Topic: TBD This group meets to discuss imaging and processing techniques. No experience or special equipment required! Open to the general public. Please email event coordinator Matt at m_dahl@mac.com for the link to this meeting. Meets second Tuesday of the month, normally in the Red Barn Classroom of the Museum of Flight. This meeting will be online via Zoom during the global COVID pandemic.

Since the Pandemic requirements for meetings have changed the meeting set-up, location, and precedure, any persons planning on attending this meeting should recheck here to see the latest possible changes before attending. At this point the meetings are scheduled in-person for the Museum of Flight Second Floor Board Room for in-person attendance and on Zoom for virtual, online attencance. The entry URL is available before the meeting from the SAS president ... more

The Paramount Park Star Party offers one of the best possible observing experiences from a city location. Located in North Seattle, Paramount Part is easily and quickly reached by all in the Seattle area and offers an excellent city viewing experience. Questions? Please reach out to Dave Ingram at education@seattleastro.org or Wendy at outreach@seattleastro.org

Join us in Bonney Lake on the 3rd Saturday for Star Gazing. We will have telescopes for people to look through or feel free to bring your own. The fun starts at sunset.

Every month SAS meets for our general meeting commonly featuring a guest speaker and presentation. It also provides members a chance to engage and be in community with each other. We normally meet on the campus of the University of Washington in the physics auditorium but are temporarily meeting over Zoom. We have a tentative plans for resuming in-person monthly gatherings soon, pending regulations and safety. As always, our monthly general meetings are open to both SAS members and ... more

This Rattlesnake Ledge Trailhead Star Party is reserved for SAS members-only and closed to the public. (A star party in nearby Snoqualmie Point Park is open on this same night to the public.) For SAS members, many of whom are very experienced observers, this members-only star party will offer an opportunity to interact and thereby enrich observing experience by learning from each other. That learning and interaction will ultimately benefit all future SAS members, new and experienced ... more

Beautiful, star spangled Snoqualmie Point Park will be the site of a SAS public star party open to the public and to all interested persons.. SAS members will be present with telescopes for public viewing, and all attendees are welcome to bring telescopes if they are telescope owners. Since Snoqualmie is about a forty minute drive east of Seattle and away from the city light pollution dimming the universe, the skies are dark and offer a thrilling observing experience, especially for ... more

The Seattle Astronomical Society is hosting an evening of star gazing at Covington Community Park to observe interesting astronomical objects and to learn about the universe. Astronomers from area astronomical societies have been invited to share telescope views of planets, stars, clusters, galaxies, and other celestial objects of the season.Please feel free to bring your own equipment and/or monthly star charts. This event is weather dependent so please check back for possible ... more