Join us tonight for the latest AL Live.
Kevin Schindler of the Lowell Observatory – “(Mother” Road to the Stars: The Space Heritage of Route 66″ on May 29, 2025 at 7 PM EDT.
Watch Live Stream or Recorded: Explorescientific.com/live, or www.facebook.com/Astronomical.League
To see the flyer: https://www.astroleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/AL-LIVE-5-09-25-Schindler.pdf
This new manual is now available in the AL Store: (https://store.astroleague.org/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=206).
It was developed by two of the Observing Program Directors and replaces the prior, and out of print, AL Solar Manual. This completely revised and updated manual is a collection of information about the Sun. Everything you want to know about our nearest star and an excellent resource for the Astronomical League’s Observing Programs that contain solar requirements:
We have noticed that some award submissions are being placed in the Junk Mail Folder of some of our Coordinators. We want to make sure that we are not losing any of these submissions. We are taking steps to minimize this issue, but we need your help too. Please put the words “Award Submission” in the Subject line. This way if they do end up in Junk Mail, they should be easy to recognize and recover. Also, we try to respond immediately with a “Received” email. Sometimes this may take a few days (life and all that), but if you do not get this email from the Coordinator, please send a follow-up email to ask if your submission was received. Thanks for your help.
A new handout regarding light pollution is now available: Out Unnatural Night. It is available as one of our handouts on the web page: https://www.astroleague.org/handouts-and-useful-information/. Scroll down to Our Unnatural Night.
In this Issue…
• Astrocon 2025
• Astronomy Days for 2025
• 2025 MSRAL Regional Convention
Download the issue HERE
The Observing Program Division is considering creating a new Observing Program for Exoplanet Transits. We need to do a “proof of concept”. If you are willing and able to help as a tester, then we need you! If you have done Novae (and Supoernovae) or Variable Stars, then the process is the same. All we are looking for is a few successful runs from a few different astronomers. Observations will count towards earning the future Observing Program. For more information and to join the testing team, please contact Aaron Clevenson, Observing Program Director, at aaron@clevenson.org
The newest Night Sky Tools for April are now available. Either scroll to the bottom of the League’s Home Page, or click here to go their directly: https://www.astroleague.org/navigating-the-night-sky-guides/
Lots of changes. If you recently worked on this Program, are working on it now, or are thinking about working on it, this is for you.
Please check out the AL web page: https://www.astroleague.org/asterism-observing-program/
In this Issue…
• Digital only Reflector for March 2025, Questions and Answers
• Astronomy Days for 2025
• 2025 NCRAL Regional Convention
• Reminder that many annual awards submission deadlines are March 31, 2025
Download the issue Whats Up with Astro League March 15 2025
There are a number of enhancements to the Asterism Observing Program. Most notable are the Eyes Only (15 objects) and Binocular (20 objects) levels. There are more Eyes Only objects on the list. Also, go-to telescopes and remote telescopes are now allowed. For all the information, look at the Asterism Observing Program web page: https://www.astroleague.org/asterism-observing-program/
