Our next membership meeting is at Anser Charter School in Garden City at 7 pm Thursday March 19th. The topic for tonight’s meeting is volunteering at the Bruneau Dunes State Park Observatory. Lynn Oliver – BAS liaison and Greg Harman – Astro Ranger for Bruneau Dunes State Park Observatory will make short presentations on whyContinue reading “March 19, 2026 Member Meeting – Volunteering at Bruneau Dunes Observatory”
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February 19, 2026 – We have new board members
At our last general membership meeting we elected a new board! Jeff Creed – President, Eric Tretter – Vice President, Rhosan Ames – Treasurer, and Kim King – Secretary. Thank you to David and Pam Olsen (past President and Secretary) for your years of service to the Boise Astronomical Society.
February 7, 2026 LISA Presentation at JUMP
SpacePoint will present a presentation by Dr. Shane Larson – NASA’s LISA Consortium Board – on LISA – the largest space based gravity and black hole detector. Location is JUMP on February 7th with doors opening at 6 pm and the talk beginning at 7 pm. Tickets are available at Spacepoint.org/events.
Feb 6 2026 – The Life of Galileo
BSU First Friday will occur at the Morrison Center on Friday February 6 at 7:30 pm. The event is currently sold out but you can email theatrefilmcw@boisestate.edu to be informed if seats open up. The Theatre Arts Program will present readings of selections from Bertolt Brecht’s masterpiece, “The Life of Galileo.” The play follows theContinue reading “Feb 6 2026 – The Life of Galileo”
January 15th 2026
The Boise Astronomical Society is hosting a telescope lab if you or someone you know got a telescope for Christmas. Do you have questions about how to use it? What do the included eyepieces do? What kind of mount is my telescope attached to, and why do I care? The Boise Astronomical Society is hereContinue reading “January 15th 2026”
January 2nd 2026
Boise State Physics First Friday Astronomy kicks off tonight at 7:30 pm with a presentation on the Bruneau Dunes State Park Observatory. Greg Harman is presenting.
Bruneau Dunes Winter Observatory Hours
Visit Planetarium on 11-20-2025
BAS General Meeting. Members only event. Location is the Whittenberger Planetarium, College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID, 7pm. Address: Boone Science Hall, 2112 Cleveland Blvd, Caldwell, ID 83605 https://www.collegeofidaho.edu/about/campus-facilities/planetarium/about-planetarium
Jump! Urban Observing Oct 18th
Hi everyone, Here’s a satellite photo of the site. If you know where you’d like to be placed, please call or text Jeff Creed at 208-724-7838. Jeff will be coordinating with those already committed to help assign spots, which will reduce confusion during the first hour. Arrival time is earliest at 3pm and latest 5:30Continue reading “Jump! Urban Observing Oct 18th”
Stellar Collective 2025
Mark your calendars for BSU’s largest First Friday Astronomy event on October 3rd. It is called the Stellar Collective 2025 and will occur on October 3, 2025 from 2:00 – 9:30 pm. It is FREE! Get your FREE tickets! To quote their website: Stellar Collective 2025 will bring together astronomers, science YouTubers, and renowned researchers for an afternoon ofContinue reading “Stellar Collective 2025”