Space Drafts (Astronomy on Tap Tucson)

Space Drafts #114 is Wed Feb 18@7:30PM at Zerai's Intl Bar! We have a talk from postdoc Callum Donnan, about the search for the first galaxies, and LBT Deputy Director Joannah Hinz, outlining 20 years of LBT observing. If you can't make it in person, we will be online at bit.ly/SpaceDrafts114

This is happening tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

An advertising flyer for Space Drafts 113. On the left there is a photo of Devin Hoover underneath his talk title "Titan: What We Know (and What We Don't)". On the right there is a photo of Brock Parker underneath his talk title "From Photons to Photos: A Brief History of Detecting Light".

Space Drafts #113 is Wednesday, January 21 @ 7:30 PM at Zerai's International Bar! This month U of A graduate students @djhoover.bsky.social will tell us about Titan, and Brock Parker will give us a brief history of detecting light! If you can't make it, we will be online at bit.ly/SpaceDrafts113

Happening tonight! We hope to see everyone there!

Space Drafts #111 is 7:30p this Wed. @ Zerai's Intl Bar (2725 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ)! We have UA grad students Anna Taylor, on how exoplanets lose their atmospheres, and Maria Mutz, on why neutron stars are so cool! If you can't make it in person we are also streaming at bit.ly/SpaceDrafts111.

Happening tonight at Zerai's International Bar at 7:30pm! Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Flyer for Space Drafts 109. On the left is a headshot of Sophie Lebowitz on top of a picture of a massive black hole with a dusty torus. On the right is an image of a stack of newspapers with the extended Astronomy in the News Round-up title.

Space Drafts returns with show 109 Wed. Sept. @ 7:30pm @ Zerai’s International Bar (note the change in day and location!). On tap we have grad student Sophie Lebowitz talking about monster black holes and postdocs Jackie Champagne & Danny Krolikowski giving us an update on astronomy in the news!

Advertisement for Space Drafts 107. The Space Drafts logo is in the center with talk and speaker information on the sides. On the left is an image of a binary star system and the corresponding brightness of the system as a function of time, an image of Koushik Sen, the speaker's name, and the talk title "Batman and Eclipsing Binaries." On the right are several artist's impressions of black holes, each surrounded by an orange disk, an image of Vikram Manikantan, the speaker's name, and the talk title "A Brief History (and Future) of Black Holes."

Space Drafts 107 is coming your way on May 20! 7:30pm AZ time at Borderlands Brewing's downtown location and bit.ly/SpaceDrafts107! Steward astronomers Dr. Koushik Sen and Vikram Manikantan (@vikmani.bsky.social) will be talking about eclipsing binary stars and black holes!

A picture of Laura Rogers next to the Space Drafts #106 logo and underneath Laura's talk title: "Dead Planets Around Dead Stars".

Space Drafts #105 is happening TONIGHT (4/15) at 7:30pm Tucson time at Borderlands Brewing Downtown and bit.ly/SpaceDrafts106. Dr. Laura Rogers (@astroloz.bsky.social) from NSF NOIRLab will be talking about dead planets around dead stars and then we have trivia!

Happening tonight, excited to see everyone there!

Space Drafts #105: Cosmic Collisions & Cosmic Dawn We hope you're excited for Space Drafts #105 next week! This month, we'll be joined by two Steward Observatory graduate students: Aafaque Khan will be telling us about how to use small satellites to study the collision between our very own Milky Way and its nearest neighbor, and Lily Whitler will be talking about the very earliest galaxies to exist in the universe. And Steward postdocs Jackie Champagne and Danny Krolikowski will be updating us on all the latest and greatest in the astronomical world! We'll be out on the patio of the downtown location of Borderlands Brewing Co. at 7:30pm AZ time on March 18, or you can join our livestream at bit.ly/SpaceDrafts105 if you can't make it in person. If you're interested in hearing about future events, you can follow us right here on Facebook, find us on Bluesky @spacedrafts.bsky.social, or join our mailing list at bit.ly/SpaceDraftsMailingList As always, our show is free and open to all ages. Please feel free to forward and share this event, all space enthusiasts are welcome!

Space Drafts #105 is happening on March 18 at 7:30pm Tucson time at Borderlands Brewing Downtown and bit.ly/SpaceDrafts105. Aafaque Khan will be talking about cosmic collisions and Lily Whitler (@astronomicalily.bsky.social) will be telling us about cosmic dawn!

Happening tonight, we hope to see you there!

Left: A picture of Aldana Grichener on top of an artistic rendition of a binary neutron star merger with the title "Celestial Alchemy: Turning Neutrons into Gold". Right: A picture of Haowen Zhang on top of a picture of background objects being gravitationally lensed by numerous foreground black holes with the title "Too Many Black Holes Near and Far!!!".

Space Drafts #104 is happening next Tuesday (Feb. 18) at 7:30p Tucson time at Borderlands Brewing Downtown and bit.ly/SpaceDrafts104. Aldana Grichener will be teaching us how to make gold out of neutrons and Haowen Zhang will be telling us about black holes near and far!

Advertisement flyer for Space Drafts #103 happening tonight (1/21) at 7:30pm. Left: Picture of Jackie Champagne on top of pictures of the radio telescopes that make up the Event Horizon Telescope. Talk title: "Radio Interferometry: Whose Baseline is it Anyway?" Right: Picture of Meredith Stone on top of a spiral galaxy with a party hat. Talk title: "100 (Standard) Candles: A Century of Extragalactic Astronomy"

Space Drafts #103 is happening tonight (1/21) at 7:30p Tucson time at Borderlands Brewing Downtown and bit.ly/SpaceDrafts103. @whatamergerjr.bsky.social will be pulling back the curtain on radio telescopes and Meredith Stone will give us a crash course on the last century of extragalactic astronomy!

"The Search for Alien Worlds From Earth's Largest Telescopes" by Josh Liberman and "Gotta Catch 'em All! Completing the Transient Pokedex with the Rubin Observatory" by Jeniveve Pearson.

Space Drafts #102 is coming your way next Tuesday (Tomorrow!) at 7:30pm Tucson time at Borderlands Brewing Downtown! On tap we have @jliberman.bsky.social talking about hunting for alien worlds, and @jenivevep.bsky.social telling us about the search for transient objects with Rubin Observatory!