SAC SkyWatch 2025-26 Schedule
1.
SkyWatches
on 2nd Fridays from Sept 2025 through April 2026. The early start times for
the star parties will allow for some solar observing before sunset.
Most SkyWatches will be held on moonless nights
2. Light Refreshments and socializing to follow after the SkyWatch presentations in Rm 229, Peters Science Hall, KWU. Also, on nights when we do NOT have an off-campus Star Party; attendees will have an opportunity to observe the night sky through the KWU Observatory telescope, weather-permitting.
|
Speaker |
Date |
Time |
|
|
NA |
12-Sep-25 |
6 to 10:30 pm |
|
|
Cosmology – Dark Matter / Dark Energy |
David Hanson |
10-Oct-25 |
7:30 to 10 pm |
|
Alternative Spaceship Propulsion – Solar Wind Sailing |
Mark Ingelin |
14-Nov-25 |
7:30 to 10 pm |
|
Deep Space Chemistry |
Dorothy Hanna |
12-Dec-25 |
7:30 to 10 pm |
|
Introduction to Astrophotography |
Dallas Stewart |
9-Jan-26 |
7:30 to 10 pm |
|
Astrophysics for Everyone |
Suman Kundu |
13-Feb-26 |
7:30 to 10 pm |
|
Women and Astronomy |
Mary Lemon |
13-Mar-26 |
7:30 to 10 pm |
|
Spring Star Party/ Constellation IDing under the stars |
NA |
10-Apr-26 |
6 to 10:30 pm |
|
Date |
Sunrise |
Sunset |
Moonrise |
Moonset |
% Illuminated |
Phase |
|
12-Sep-25 |
0709 |
1942 |
2231 |
|
66 |
Waning Gibbous |
|
10-Oct-25 |
0735 |
1858 |
2115 |
|
79 |
Waning Gibbous |
|
14-Nov-25 |
0712 |
1717 |
|
1434 |
23 |
Waning Crescent |
|
12-Dec-25 |
0739 |
1708 |
|
1259 |
38 |
Waning Crescent |
|
9-Jan-26 |
0748 |
1726 |
|
1122 |
56 |
Waning Gibbous |
|
13-Feb-26 |
0723 |
1805 |
|
1411 |
12 |
Waning Crescent |
|
13-Mar-26 |
0644 |
1835 |
|
1258 |
26 |
Waning Crescent |
|
10-Apr-26 |
0701 |
2002 |
|
1247 |
42 |
Waning Crescent |
Times are local Central Time for Salina, Kansas. Sep, Oct, & Apr are CDT. CST in the other months.
Note: Daylight Savings Time ends 2-Nov-2025 and starts 15-Mar-2026.