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The Ames Area Amateur Astronomers is a dynamic organization with activities held year-round. Each month at our meeting we present a guest speaker, with exciting lectures about space and astronomy.

                            This Months Lecture

For our June meeting, Evan Zerby will be presenting "Robots in Space Part III.  Our Exploration of Mars from Viking to Curiosity and Beyond Tomorrow".  This year's installment of the Robots in Space series is a journey of robotic exploration on our nearest planetary neighbor.  Join us as Evan Zerby lays out the history and future of our fascinating exploration of the red planet.

Comet to dazzle in 2013

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Curiosity Rover - Where it is now.

  Targets Scarce for NASA's Asteroid-Capture Mission
Women In Space: NASA's History-Making New Astronaut Class
Astronaut 'I Scream': New NASA Astronaut Candidates Excited...
Congress Considers Nixing NASA Asteroid Mission
Crowdsource Messages To E.T.? | Teaser Video

Very Boring Sun!:   2013 is only days away, but our star is as boring as it gets..

Solar maximum is coming in 2013. How will space weather affect you?

   
Subsiding Storm: A geomagnetic storm that began on June 16th when a double CME hit Earth's magnetic field is finally subsiding.
IX-ray Sola Flares 6-hr max: B7 0133 UT Apr26 24-hr: B7 0133 UT Apr26 explanation | more data Updated: Today at 0600 UT
   
IRE LIT BY THE TRANSIT OF VENUS: Around the world on June 5th and 6th, millions of people watched the Transit of Venus.
There are no large coronal holes on the Earthside of the sun. Credit: SDO/AIA.
   
VENUS TRANSIT: Neat naked eye sunspot group! Here is a shot with 5000 mm of focal length, AR152 with baader wedge. DMK51
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