AoT SATX

AoT SATX 64: The Moon's Ice and How to Get There

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The 64th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2026-04-01; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Milena Markovich presents “Shedding Light on Lunar Ice: Prospecting from Inside Permanently Shadowed Craters”

We’ll tune into the Artemis 2 launch if it’s happening!

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 63: Comet 3I/Atlas Special

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The 63rd Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2026-03-04; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Tracy Becker presents “What we know about the third ever interstellar object 3I/Atlas” followed by a discussion panel on new findings/results.

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 62: The Moon & Mercury

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The 62nd Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2026-02-04; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Benjamin Byron presents “Seeing the Moon with Ultraviolet and Infrared Eyes: Images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter”

Dr. Chris Bert presents “Exploring Mercury, a World of Fire and Ice”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 61: Solar Wind & Exoplanets

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The 61st Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2025-12-03; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Dinesh Veypatty Radhakrishnan presents “Tracing the Solar Wind’s Journey into Earth’s Magnetosphere”

Cindy Luu presents “Sub-Neptune Exoplanets: From Magma Oceans to Water Worlds”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 60: Strange San Antonio

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The 60th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2025-11-05; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Lindsay Fuller presents “Canary Islanders: A random walk from Spanish Colonial Texas to Modern Astronomy in San Antonio”

Dr. Caleb Gimar presents “Strange Stars, Strange Particles, Strange Planets: My Journey to a Physics Ph.D.”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 59: Exoplanets and the Moon

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The 59th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2025-10-01; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Danielle Bovie presents “Characterising Massive Planets with Direct Imaging and Precision Astrometry”

Patrice Smith presents “Observing the Moon: From Backyard to Spacecraft”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 58: Going to exoplanets and STEM-fluencing

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The 58th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2025-09-03; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Stephen Fuselier presents “Exoplanet Habitability and Interstellar Travel: It’s Complicated!”

Jasmine Singh presents “The Ins and Outs of Being a “STEM-fluencer””

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 57: Europa and Gravitons

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The 57th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2025-08-06; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Michael Velez presents “Probing Europa’s atmosphere and surface remotely”

Dr. Adolfo Santa Fe Dueñas presents “Gravitons on the Move: Rethinking Gravity, Relativity, and Mercury’s Orbit Return”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 56: PUNCH the Sun!

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The 56th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2025-07-02; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Trent Peterson presents “Assembling a PUNCH WFI”

Dr. Sam Hart presents “Is the Sun running out of Helium-3?”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 55: Jupiter Maybe?

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The 55th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2025-06-04; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Tom Nordheim presents “Irradiating Europa”

Caleb Gimar presents a mystery talk filling in for our second speaker and doing his usual Astronomy in the News so get ready for a double dose!

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 54: Magnetic Reconnection & Io Vulcanism

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Sat, 03 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The 54th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2025-05-07; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Kylie Sullivan presents “An Introduction to the Physics of Magnetic Reconnection”

Dr. Aanuoluwapo Adeloye presents “Blown Away by Io: Modeling Tvashtar’s Plume and Dreaming of a Sample”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 53: Jupiter & Space Volcanoes

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The 53rd Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2025-04-02; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Zachary Ulibarri presents “A Song of Ice and Dust: (or why we’re sending a $40 million flying trash can to Jupiter)”

Dr. Alan Whittington presents “Space Volcanoes”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 52: Uranus & Planetary Defense

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The 52nd Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2025-03-05; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Maryame El Moutamid presents “Why We Should Explore the Planet Uranus?”

Aaron Deleon presents “Our First and Last Lines of Planetary Defense”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 51: Amateurs & Exoskeletons

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The 51st Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2025-02-05; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Mark Jurena presents “What do Amateur Astronomers do? Besides outreach”

Dr. W. Lee Childers presents “Exoskeletons in Space!”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 50: Celebrating 50 Events!

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The 50th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2024-12-04; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Jim Burch presents “Seeing the Invisible in Space: Then and Now”

Dr. Mona El Morsy presents “Unveiling Exoplanets: Characterizing Them with Advanced Techniques”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 49: Cataclysmic Variables & Extreme Environments

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The 49th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2024-11-06; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Tyler Rucas presents “A Look at Cataclysmic Variables with TESS”

Dr. Rachel Slank presents “The Dance of Desert Salts: How the Atacama’s Salt Cycles Teach Us About Extreme Environments”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 48: Establishing Kosovo's First National Observatory

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The 48th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2024-10-02; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Pranvera Hyseni presents “Establishing Kosovo’s First National Observatory”

Robert Reeves also presents “Establishing Kosovo’s First National Observatory”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 47: Space Weather Report

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The 47th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2024-09-04; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Robert Ebert presents “Making SWiPS: The Solar Wind Monitor for NOAA’s Space Weather Mission, SWFO-L1”

Kimberly Moreland presents “Unlocking the Secrets of the Sun - Inside NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 46: Solar Sails & Cosmic Rays

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The 46th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2024-08-07; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Dhirendra Kataria presents “The answer my friends, is blowing in the wind - the story of solar sailing and a few other tales”

Samuel Hart presents “Discovering Cosmic Radiation - Priests, Balloons, & Solar Eclipses”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 45: Europa Special

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The 45th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2024-07-03; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Kelly Miller presents “How is NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission Like a Seabird”

Dr. Ujjwal Raut presents “Exploring Europa with Spacecrafts that Never Launch”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 44: Weather on Venus

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The 44 Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2024-06-05; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Sara Port presents “Snow on Venus? Exploring the Origin of the Planet’s Reflective Mountains”

Dinesh Radhakrishnan presents “The Curious Case of Lightning on Venus”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 43: Exoplanets & Anime

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The 43 Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2024-05-01; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Amílcar Torres-Quijano presents “Using Machine Learning to Predict Host Stars and the Key Elemental Abundances of Small Planets”

Dr. Roman Gomez presents “The Physics of Anime - Abridged”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 42: Total Solar Eclipse!

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The 42nd Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2024-04-03; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Angela Speck presents “The Moon’s Shadow: how solar eclipses took over my life”

Cody Cly presents “Understanding Indigenous Teachings of the Eclipse”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 41: Titan and Luna

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The 41 Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2024-03-06; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Xinting Yu presents “A Flight Over the Mysterious Hydrocarbon Lakes on Saturns’s Moon Titan”

Robert Reeves presents “Lunar Orbiter Divides the Old Moon from the New”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 40: Solar Eclipse & Cosmic Giants

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The 40th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2024-02-07; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Lindsay Fuller presents “Total Eclipse of the Heart of Texas”

Dr. Dana Koeppe presents “Cosmic Giants”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 39: Titanic Mysteries

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The 39th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2023-12-06; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Xinting Yu presents “A Flight Over the Mysterious Hydrocarbon Lakes on Saturn’s Moon Titan”

Dr. Adolfo Santa Fe Dueñas presents “Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Phase Changing and Stretching Phenomenon”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 38: Outreach & JWST

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The 38th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2023-11-01; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dan Cruz presents “The Importance of Outreach in Astronomy”

Mason Leist presents “JWST and the Infrared Universe: From Point Sources to Galaxies”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 37: Solar Eclipses and Voyager

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The 37th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2023-09-06; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Rick Varner presents “SATX Solar Eclipses: Don’t be Blinded by the Light”

Dr. William Kosmann presents “Voyager’s Family Portrait of the Solar System”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 36: Building Habitable Planets; Tiny Stars

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The 36th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2023-08-02; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Ngoc Truong presents “How to Build a Habitable Planet for The Little Prince”

Sean Dillon presents “Stars the Size of San Antonio”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 35: Total Occultation of the Heart & Great CLPS!

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The 35 Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2023-07-05; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Anicia Arredondo presents “Total Occultation of the Heart”

Elena Dolgas presents “Great CLPS: The Moon is Getting a New Do”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 34: XRISM and SHAPE

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The 34th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2023-06-07; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Eric Schlegel presents “The Prism that will be (Hopefully) XRISM: Trying, Trying, Trying Again”

Aaron Deleon presents “SHAPE-ing the Future: Utilizing Arecibo and SHAPE to Learn about Asteroids”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 33: Frickin' Space Lasers and Exoplanets!

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The 33 Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2023-05-03; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Lisa Shepard presents “Space Lasers: Understanding Astrophysical Masers”

Erica Dykes presents “Exploring Far Flung Worlds: How to Detect & Characterize Exoplanets”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 32: JUICE and Space Policy

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The 32nd Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2023-04-05; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Angèle Pontoni presents “The JUICE Mission to Jupiter’s Icy Moons: Launching Soon!”

Dr. Kurt Retherford presents “Space Policy Brought Down to Earth”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 31: Turning Red & Rediscovering the Moon

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The 31st Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 2023-03-01; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr Joshua Kammer presents “Turning Red: The colorful polar terrain of Pluto’s moon Charon”

Caleb Gimar presents “After Apollo: Rediscovering the Moon”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

Cancelled AoT SATX 31: Moons, near and far

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This event has been cancelled due to the expected inclement weather in South Texas

~~The 31st Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 1st February 2023; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.~~

~~Dr. Joshua Kammer presents “Turning Red: The colorful polar terrain of Pluto’s moon Charon”~~

~~Caleb Gimar presents “After Apollo: Rediscovering the Moon”~~

~~The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube~~

AoT SATX 30: The Moist Moon and Solar Defence

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The 30th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on Wednesday 7th December; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Anicia Arredondo presents “Moon’s Wet: Detecting molecular water on the lunar surface”

Dr. William Kosmann presents “What are we actually doing about the next Carrington event?”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 29: Jupiter Aurorae and Attack of the Sun!

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The 29th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on 2nd November 2022; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Sam Hart presents “The Great Solar Storm of 1859: A Modern Day Doomsday Scenario!”

Dr. Vincent Hue presents “Jupiter’s Magnificent Light Show: When Moon Creates Auroras”

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 28: DART into the past

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The 28th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on 5th October 2022; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. James Walker presents “The DART Impact”, recapping NASA’s mission to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid to test our Planetary Defense capabilities

Samantha Toback of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (and former AoT Co-host) presents “Archeoastronomy: Digging in the Dark”, talking about how different cultures have looked at the night skies over time.

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 27: All MASPEX's Live in Texas

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The 27th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on 7th September 2022; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Christine Ray will present “All MASPEX’s Live in Texas: Exploring an Extraterrestrial Ocean with Europa Clipper”

Dr. Michael Starkey will present “The Re-Connection Between the Solar Wind and Earth”.

The event will also be available to stream live or afterwards on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 26: Jupiter and Stars

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The 26th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on 3rd August 2022; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Rohini Giles will be presenting: “Sprites, Elves and Shooting Stars: Unexpected Observations from the Juno Mission to Jupiter”

Michael Velez will discuss: “Stellar Occultations: What are they and why are they important?”

The event will also be available to stream live or after the event on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 25: Taking pictures and measuring charged particles!

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The 25th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on 6th July 2022; talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Robert Reeves will present his talk “Deep Sky Colors over San Antonio” about astrophotography from San Antonio.

Dr. Michael Starkey will present his talk “Solar Wind Interaction with Earth”

The event will also be available to stream live or after the event on facebook and YouTube

AoT SATX 24: Imaging Black Holes

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Fri, 27 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The 24th Astronomy on Tap at the Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas will occur on 1st June 2022 talks start at 7pm, doors at 6.30pm.

Dr. Richard Anantua from UTSA will be telling us about his role in imaging the black hole at the center of our galaxy, and Jackie Champagne from UT Austin will be teaching us about radio interferometry, the technique that was used to acquire it!

AoT SATX: Return of the Brewery

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

We’re finally coming back! May 4th 2022 back at Blue Star Brewery. Side door will be open for air flow and numbers will be limited. Sorry if you can’t get in but we will be streaming to Facebook and YouTube as usual. Speakers to be announced soon.

AoT SATX Postponement

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Due to the recent surge in Bexar County Covid-19 cases we are postponing the return of in-person events, hopefully, to later this fall.

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info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Unfold the Unknown with the James Webb Space Telescope

Wednesday 21st July 19:00 CDT! Tune in as we join Scobee Education Center for another virtual event. Come and learn a thing or two about the soon to launch James Webb Space Telescope from Dr. Alexandra Lockwood!

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info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight! Tune in as we join Scobee Education Center for another virtual event.

“The Origin of the Milky Way and its Elements” by Dr Keith Hawkins

“Exploring Dusty Planetary Surfaces from the Ground, the Sky, and Space!” by Dr. Addie Dove.

Watch live with the Scobee Education Center on Facebook or YouTube

Catch up anytime on with us on YouTube or facebook

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info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Wed, 26 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight! Tune in as we join Scobee Education Center for another virtual event.

Title: Global Warming Demystified — The Astronomy Connection

Bio: Jeffrey Bennett holds a B.A. in Biophysics from the University of California at San Diego and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He specializes in mathematics and science education, writing for and speaking to audiences ranging from elementary school children to college faculty. His current projects include the Story Time From Space program, which features his six children’s books being read by astronauts from the International Space Station, the free app “Totality by Big Kid Science” that will help you get ready for the upcoming solar eclipses in 2023 and 2024, building scale model solar systems through the Voyage National Program, and a free online textbook for middle school Earth & Space Science. May 26th’s program on global warming builds on his book A Global Warming Primer

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info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight! Tune in as we join Scobee Education Center for another virtual event.

Presenter: Frederic Allegrini Title: The nightlife of a space nerd Bio: Frederic grew up in Switzerland and got his astro bug… well… when he was a small kid. He was fascinated by rockets and had the dream of building a big one. Today, he is not quite building rockets, but has built or has contributed to a bunch of scientific instruments that are flying into space. His father, a photographer, instilled curiosity by giving him a camera as a present at a young age. Later, Frederic took pleasure in exploring the night skies with his telescope. All of these interests and passions merged into night- and astro-photography. He is fascinated by shapes, textures, and colors. He recently started focusing on all the wonderful things we have on Earth and in the sky, and put them in relation.

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info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight! Tune in as we join Scobee Education Center for another virtual event. Elizabeth Czajka will present her talk “Orange is the New Black: Volcanic glass on the Moon” and your Astronomy on Tap team will briefly cover Astronomy in the news.

Watch our livestream on Youtube, Facebook or register to join us live on Zoom

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info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight! Tune in as we join Scobee Education Center for another virtual event. Dr. Stephanie Jarmak will present “Space Dirt in Zero-G” about experiments in microgravity to better understand collisions in space. Dr. Tracy Becker will present “The Legacy and Future of the Arecibo Observatory” about the world’s once-largest single dish radio telescope that collapsed in December 2020 and what the plans are for its future. Watch our livestream on Facebook, YouTube or register to join us live on Zoom

AoT SATX Virtual 1

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Astronomy on Tap SATX returns - virtually! In collaboration with Scobee Education Center, tune in next Wednesday, September 23rd, to hear our own Dr. Vincent Hue talk about the Juno Mission to Jupiter from 7pm-9pm.

AoT on the Couch

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

To celebrate the seventh anniversary of Astronomy on Tap there will be a seven hour live stream today starting at 2pm CDT with a range of talks from many different Astronomy on Tap groups across the world. Our very own Christine Ray is scheduled to talk at 6.45 CDT about the search for life on ocean worlds!

Watch the live stream on youtube

AoT SATX 22

info@aotsatx.space (Astronomy on Tap; San Antonio TX) — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Dr. Angela Speck talked about Eclipses Over San Antonio Robert Reeves talked about astrophotography; Understanding the Face of the Moon

AoT SATX

AoT SATX 64: The Moon's Ice and How to Get There

AoT SATX 63: Comet 3I/Atlas Special

AoT SATX 62: The Moon & Mercury

AoT SATX 61: Solar Wind & Exoplanets

AoT SATX 60: Strange San Antonio

AoT SATX 59: Exoplanets and the Moon

AoT SATX 58: Going to exoplanets and STEM-fluencing

AoT SATX 57: Europa and Gravitons

AoT SATX 56: PUNCH the Sun!

AoT SATX 55: Jupiter Maybe?

AoT SATX 54: Magnetic Reconnection & Io Vulcanism

AoT SATX 53: Jupiter & Space Volcanoes

AoT SATX 52: Uranus & Planetary Defense

AoT SATX 51: Amateurs & Exoskeletons

AoT SATX 50: Celebrating 50 Events!

AoT SATX 49: Cataclysmic Variables & Extreme Environments

AoT SATX 48: Establishing Kosovo's First National Observatory

AoT SATX 47: Space Weather Report

AoT SATX 46: Solar Sails & Cosmic Rays

AoT SATX 45: Europa Special

AoT SATX 44: Weather on Venus

AoT SATX 43: Exoplanets & Anime

AoT SATX 42: Total Solar Eclipse!

AoT SATX 41: Titan and Luna

AoT SATX 40: Solar Eclipse & Cosmic Giants

AoT SATX 39: Titanic Mysteries

AoT SATX 38: Outreach & JWST

AoT SATX 37: Solar Eclipses and Voyager

AoT SATX 36: Building Habitable Planets; Tiny Stars

AoT SATX 35: Total Occultation of the Heart & Great CLPS!

AoT SATX 34: XRISM and SHAPE

AoT SATX 33: Frickin' Space Lasers and Exoplanets!

AoT SATX 32: JUICE and Space Policy

AoT SATX 31: Turning Red & Rediscovering the Moon

**Cancelled** AoT SATX 31: Moons, near and far

AoT SATX 30: The Moist Moon and Solar Defence

AoT SATX 29: Jupiter Aurorae and Attack of the Sun!

AoT SATX 28: DART into the past

AoT SATX 27: All MASPEX's Live in Texas

AoT SATX 26: Jupiter and Stars

AoT SATX 25: Taking pictures and measuring charged particles!

AoT SATX 24: Imaging Black Holes

AoT SATX: Return of the Brewery

AoT SATX Postponement

AoT SATX online 11

Unfold the Unknown with the James Webb Space Telescope

AoT SATX online 10

AoT SATX online 9

AoT SATX online 8

AoT SATX online 7

AoT SATX online 6

AoT SATX Virtual 1

AoT on the Couch

AoT SATX 22

Cancelled AoT SATX 31: Moons, near and far