The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

Since 1959, The Albuquerque Astronomical Society (TAAS) has been viewing New Mexico's night sky and sharing its features through public education. For information about activities or learning about membership, explore this page or contact us at 505-254-TAAS (254-8227). P.O. Box 50581, Albuquerque, NM - USA 87181-0581

Upcoming Events

TAAS Monthly Meeting

The next meeting is February 27th at Regner Hall UNM campus at 7:00 pm.
Speaker is Barry Spletzer
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The TAAS Store

The TAAS store enables TAAS members to purchase merchandise that displays the TAAS logo. This enablesTAAS members to show their support of TAAS and of astronomy.
TAAS shirts, hats and jackets
TAAS license plates
TAAS screen savers
M41M41 Carl Frisch/John Sefick

TAAS Mentorship Program

People new to astronomy can learn from individual instruction. The TAAS Fabulous 50 list of night sky objects will be used. Free home use of TAAS telescopes.

Education Outreach

Each month of the school year, TAAS volunteers demonstrate telescopes and talk about astronomy at a different school.

Monthly Observing Challenge

Try these challenges. Members report their experiences at the monthly meeting or the list serve.
Double Star
Deep Sky Object
Challenge Object