Monthly Astro Calendar

All times are MST from Winslow AZ
July 2025
  • 07-02, First Quarter Moon + Lunar 'X' & 'V' @ 3:42 p.m. MST -------------------------->

  • 07-04, Mercury greatest morning eastern elongation

  • 07-10, Full Moon

  • 07-17, Last Quarter Moon

  • 07-19, Winslow Homolovi Observatory Open 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

    • Visitor Center Presentation, Bill Wood - Deep Sky Image Processing for One-shot Color

    • M57, Ring Nebula (Planetary Nebula-Low Stellar Mass Nova), 1,400 Light Years Distance

    • M92, Globular Cluster, 150,000 stars, 26,000 Light Years Distance, Brighter than M13

    • Albireo, Double Star, 380 Light Years Distance, Colorful Indigo & Gold

    • M27, Dumbbell Nebula (Planetary Nebula-Low Stellar Mass Nova), 1,700 Light Years Distance

    • T Coronae Borealis, Blaze Star (Recurrent Nova), 2,700 Light Years Distance, Outburst Pending

  • 07-24, New Moon

  • 07-28/07-29, Southern Delta Aquariids Meteor Shower Peak 25/hr

  • 07-29/07-30, Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak 5/hr

August 2025
  • 08-01, First Quarter Moon

  • 08-09, Full Moon

  • 08-11 & 12, Perseid Meteor Shower, 50-75/hr (Moon will interfere)

  • 08-16, Winslow Homolovi Observatory Open 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

    • Visitor Center Presentation, TBA

    • Telescope Targets TBD

  • 08-16, Last Quarter Moon

  • 08-21 Thru 08-25, LCRVAC Astro Campout, Boondocking in the Greens Peak Area, 9,200', Bortle 2

  • 08-23, New Moon