Save the Date: Stars Over Sabino 2024

Feb. 29, 2024
Headline Save the Date March 15-16 Stars Over Sabino image of star trails above mountains, overlaid by nebula with transparency effect and a saguaro cactus to the right

The College of Science Steward Observatory Mount Lemmon SkyCenter is excited to announce the date for our 2024 Stars Over Sabino event on March 15-16.

The Mount Lemmon SkyCenter and the Santa Catalina Ranger District, Coronado National Forest, have developed a strong partnership since 2022. It is with great pride that we will be hosting our 3rd annual Stars Over Sabino community event together in the Sabino Canyon Recreation Area.

With solar-viewing by day, informative guest speaker-led scientific talks, and more than 15 telescopes at night helmed by the most knowledgeable astronomers we can wrangle up, Stars Over Sabino has become the preeminent event to kick off Springtime in the Sonoran desert!

Stars Over Sabino

Sabino Canyon Visitor Center 

5700 N Sabino Canyon Rd, Tucson, AZ 85750

FREE FAMILY ORIENTED EVENT:  Day Use Parking Fee Applies

Link for the website, directions, and more information on the location

Schedule :

Noon - 4 PM Solar Viewing 
4 PM, 5 PM, 6 PM Lecture Series (Details below)
7 PM - 10 PM StarGazing / Constellation Tour  8:30 PM Nightly 


Nightly Speaker Series

Friday, March 15th 
4 PM : Rob Bovill : Exploring Vera C. Rubin Telescope 
5 PM : Dolores Hill : Meteorites: Mysterious Messengers from the Millennia
6 PM : Dr. Daewook Kim : Extremely Large Telescope Visiting the Past of Cosmos
 
Saturday, March 16th 
4 PM  : Joe Hoscheidt : A View From the Top : Telescopes and Mountain Operations 
5 PM : Carson Fuls : YOU Can Spot the Next Near-Earth Asteroid!
6 PM : Dr. George Rieke : Planetary Debris Disks - Another Way to Learn A Lot About Exoplanetary Systems