Awards

Leaders of Astronomy Camp:

- Klumpke-Roberts Award (2023) from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Education Prize (2012) of the American Astronomical Society and associated citation
- Silver Medal, CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education), Recognition Award, 1992.

National Awards to Camp Alumni: Former Astronomy Campers have now become professional astronomers at levels ranging from Postdoctoral Fellows to Full Professors. They have begun earning some of the most prestigious awards available, such as the Hubble, Sagan, Einstein, and 51 Pegasi b Fellowships.

Breakthrough Foundation Prize: New Horizons in Physics
- Dr. Rebecca Jensen-Clem (2025)

Maria and Eric Muhlman Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Dr. Robert Simcoe (2024)

Newton Lacy Pierce Prize from the American Astronomical Society
- Dr. Caitlin Casey (2018)

Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Dr. Samantha Scibelli (2026)
- Dr. Aliza Beverage (2025)
- Dr. Caitlin Casey (2010)

Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Dr. Jake Turner (2021)

51 Pegasi b Fellowship
- Dr. Jason Dittmann (2017)

Einstein Fellowship
- Dr. Maxwell Moe (2015)

NRAO-AUI Doctoral Dissertation Award
- Dr. Emma Schwartzman (2025)

Astronomy Camp Alumni at The University of Arizona Three former Astronomy Camp undergraduates received graduating senior awards from the College of Science. The overall Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award to:

- David Cantillo (2022; Geosciences)
- Jenny Calahan (2018; Astronomy) also received the Outstanding Senior Award in the College of Science
- Jordan Barrows (2017; BioChemistry) also received the Outstanding Senior Award in the College of Science

These Camp alumni received the Outstanding Senior Award from the Astronomy Department:

- Hanga Andras-Letanovszky (2026)
- Jenny Calahan (2018) also received the Department’s Excellence in Undergraduate Research award
- Christopher Limbach (2009)
- Caitlin Casey (2007)

Galileo Circle Curie Award from the College of Science, recognizing “rising-stars” among junior faculty:

- Dr. Ewan Douglas (2026)

After Astronomy Camp, many students continue projects in research and education.

Below is a summary of Campers who received prestigious national and international awards. Many others succeeded at local and regional Science Fairs.

Some students also published educational articles and promoted astronomy in their local school classes, science museums, planetaria, and communities.

Science Talent Search
Finalists (The Top 40 Students)

- Samantha Scibelli (2013)
- Katherine Cordwell (2013)
- Sean Wahl (2007)
- Sarah Rapoport (2006)
- Robert Cordwell (2005; 4th place winner)
  Katherine Hartman (2004)
- Vera te Velde (2003)
- Ezra Rapoport (2002)
- Patrick Kelly (2000)

Semi-Finalists (The Top 300 Students)

- Emily Low (2014)
- Abby Youngblood (1997)

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)

- Katherine Cordwell (2013)
- Elan Mitchell (2004)
- Cynthia Gentry (1992, 1991)

National Young Astronomer Award

- Harry Gaebler, Gayathri Cheran (2009)
- Christopher Limbach (2005)
- Max Moe, Molly Potter, Susana Hancock, Anna Czoski (2003)
- JoHanna Przybylowski, Stevi Fawcett (2001)
- Stevi Fawcett (2000)
- Patrick Kelly (2000)
- Joshua Neubert (1998, 1999)
- Elizabeth Waterhouse (1997)

Horkheimer Award

- Kelsey Norton (2005)
- Anna Czoski (2004)
- Isaac Campbell (2002)
- Katie Moore (2000)

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		1	2 M70 Midnight Culmination M70 Midnight Culmination Messier Object M70 crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) at Midnight Standard Time (1am Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the object. Details	3 M26 Midnight Culmination M26 Midnight Culmination Messier Object M26 crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) at Midnight Standard Time (1am Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the object. Details	4 M11 Midnight Culmination M11 Midnight Culmination Messier Object M11 crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) at Midnight Standard Time (1am Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the object. Details	5 M54 Midnight Culmination M54 Midnight Culmination Messier Object M54 crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) at Midnight Standard Time (1am Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the object. Details M57 Midnight Culmination M57 Midnight Culmination Messier Object M57 crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) at Midnight Standard Time (1am Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the object. Details ⭐Constellation Norma Evening Culmination ⭐Constellation Norma Evening Culmination 05 Jul 2026 The constellation Norma crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) this evening at 9pm Standard Time (10pm Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the constellation in the evening sky. Norma is a small constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere between Ara and Lupus, one of twelve drawn up in the 18th century by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille and one of several depicting scientific instruments. Its name is Latin for normal, referring to a right angle, and is variously considered to represent a rule, a carpenter's square, a set square or a level. It remains one of the 88 modern constellations. See more details ⭐Constellation Triangulum Australe Evening Culmination ⭐Constellation Triangulum Australe Evening Culmination 05 Jul 2026 The constellation Triangulum Australe crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) this evening at 9pm Standard Time (10pm Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the constellation in the evening sky. Triangulum Australe is a small constellation in the far Southern Celestial Hemisphere. Its name is Latin for "the southern triangle", which distinguishes it from Triangulum in the northern sky and is derived from the acute, almost equilateral pattern of its three brightest stars. See more details
6	7 Last quarter 7:29pm Last quarter 7:29pm 07 Jul 2026 See more details	8	9	10	11 M56 Midnight Culmination M56 Midnight Culmination Messier Object M56 crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) at Midnight Standard Time (1am Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the object. Details	12
13	14 New moon 9:43am New moon 9:43am 14 Jul 2026 See more details	15 ⭐Constellation Serpens Evening Culmination ⭐Constellation Serpens Evening Culmination 15 Jul 2026 The constellation Serpens crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) this evening at 9pm Standard Time (10pm Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the constellation in the evening sky. Serpens is a constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. One of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It is unique among the modern constellations in being split into two non-contiguous parts, Serpens Caput (Serpent Head) to the west and Serpens Cauda (Serpent Tail) to the east. Between these two halves lies the constellation of Ophiuchus, the "Serpent-Bearer". In figurative representations, the body of the serpent is represented as passing behind Ophiuchus between Mu Serpentis in Serpens Caput and Nu Serpentis in Serpens Cauda. See more details	16 ⭐Antares Evening Culmination ⭐Antares Evening Culmination 16 Jul 2026 The bright star Antares crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) this evening at 9pm Standard Time (10pm Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view this star in the evening sky. Antares, designated α Scorpii, is on average the fifteenth-brightest star in the night sky, and the brightest object in the constellation of Scorpius. Distinctly reddish when viewed with the naked eye, Antares is a slow irregular variable star that ranges in brightness from apparent magnitude +0.6 to +1.6. See more details	17 M55 Midnight Culmination M55 Midnight Culmination Messier Object M55 crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) at Midnight Standard Time (1am Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the object. Details	18	19
20 M71 Midnight Culmination M71 Midnight Culmination Messier Object M71 crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) at Midnight Standard Time (1am Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the object. Details ⭐Constellation Ara Evening Culmination ⭐Constellation Ara Evening Culmination 20 Jul 2026 The constellation Ara crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) this evening at 9pm Standard Time (10pm Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the constellation in the evening sky. Ara is a southern constellation between Scorpius, Telescopium, Triangulum Australe, and Norma. It was one of the Greek bulk described by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations designated by the International Astronomical Union. See more details ⭐Constellation Draco Evening Culmination ⭐Constellation Draco Evening Culmination 20 Jul 2026 The constellation Draco crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) this evening at 9pm Standard Time (10pm Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the constellation in the evening sky. Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky. Its name is Latin for dragon. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. Draco is circumpolar (that is, never setting), and can be seen all year from northern latitudes. See more details ⭐Constellation Scorpius Evening Culmination ⭐Constellation Scorpius Evening Culmination 20 Jul 2026 The constellation Scorpius crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) this evening at 9pm Standard Time (10pm Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the constellation in the evening sky. Scorpius is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the Southern celestial hemisphere. Scorpius is one of the 48 constellations identified by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the second century. Its old astronomical symbol is. It is an ancient constellation that pre-dates the Greeks. See more details 🌞Sun Enters Constellation Cancer 🌞Sun Enters Constellation Cancer 20 Jul 2026 See more details	21 First quarter 11:06am First quarter 11:06am 21 Jul 2026 See more details	22 M27 Midnight Culmination M27 Midnight Culmination Messier Object M27 crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) at Midnight Standard Time (1am Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the object. Details	23 M75 Midnight Culmination M75 Midnight Culmination Messier Object M75 crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) at Midnight Standard Time (1am Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the object. Details	24	25 ⭐Constellation Hercules Evening Culmination ⭐Constellation Hercules Evening Culmination 25 Jul 2026 The constellation Hercules crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) this evening at 9pm Standard Time (10pm Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the constellation in the evening sky. Hercules is a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles. Hercules was one of the 48 constellations listed by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. See more details ⭐Constellation Ophiuchus Evening Culmination ⭐Constellation Ophiuchus Evening Culmination 25 Jul 2026 The constellation Ophiuchus crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) this evening at 9pm Standard Time (10pm Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the constellation in the evening sky. Ophiuchus is a large constellation straddling the celestial equator. Its name comes from the Ancient Greek ὀφιοῦχος, meaning "serpent-bearer", and it is commonly represented as a man grasping a snake. The serpent is represented by the constellation Serpens. See more details	26
27	28 M29 Midnight Culmination M29 Midnight Culmination Messier Object M29 crosses the Meridian (reaches its highest point in the sky) at Midnight Standard Time (1am Daylight Saving Time) making this the best time of year to view the object. Details ☄Southern delta Aquariids Meteor Shower Peaks ☄Southern delta Aquariids Meteor Shower Peaks 28 Jul 2026 The Delta Aquariids are another strong shower best seen from the southern tropics. North of the equator the radiant is located lower in the southern sky and therefore rates are less than seen from further south. These meteors produce good rates for a week centered on the night of maximum. These are usually faint meteors that lack both persistent trains and fireballs. https://www.amsmeteors.org/ See more details ☄alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peaks ☄alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peaks 28 Jul 2026 The Alpha Capricornids are active from July 3 through August 15 with a "plateau-like" maximum centered on July 30. This shower is not very strong and rarely produces in excess of five shower members per hour. What is notable about this shower is the number of bright fireballs produced during its activity period. This shower is seen equally well on either side of the equator. See more details	29 Full moon 2:36pm Full moon 2:36pm 29 Jul 2026 See more details ☄Piscis Austr. Minor Meteor Shower Peaks ☄Piscis Austr. Minor Meteor Shower Peaks For the latest information on meteor showers visit: https://www.amsmeteors.org/ Details	30	31

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