Free and open to the public.
6:00 pm – program (if noted in table below)
7:00 pm – business meeting
Note: times subject to change per meeting.
Unfortunately, due to a broken elevator, the March meeting will not be held on the Mines campus.
2026 Meeting Dates
| Date - third Monday | Program - Speaker / Presentation / Workshop |
|---|---|
| January 19 | 6:00 pm Presentation - from Great Courses; "How Do We Explain the Hubble Tension," Questions of Physics, Lecture 16 7:00 pm Business Meeting |
| February 16 | 6:00 pm Presentation - Orbital Debris (The Reality of Space Junk) by Anya Hartpence, NASA Solar System Ambassador 7:00 pm Business Meeting |
| March 16 | 6:00 pm Presentation - Astrophotography Processing by Mike Webster 7:00 pm Business Meeting |
| April 20 | 6:00 pm Presentation - from Great Courses; "Achieving the Milestone of 'First Light'," James Webb Telescope, Lecture 3 & "What is the Shape of the Universe," Questions of Physics, Lecture 2 7:00 pm Business Meeting |
| June, July, August, September | Public Star Parties |
| October 19 | 6:00 pm Presentation - by Tom Durkin, Deputy Director (retired) South Dakota Space Grant Consortium. "James Webb Space Telescope: Overcoming 344 Ways to Fail" 7:00 pm Business Meeting |
| November 16 | 6:00 pm Presentation - 7:00 pm Business Meeting |