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Al Observing Challenge #16: The M102 Mystery (3/12/2026) - The AL has just added this Challenge to our flock of Observing Challenges: https://www.astroleague.org/al-observing-challenge-special-observing-award/ This Challenge focuses of the controversy and confusion regarding the true identity of M102 (Messier #102). Many mistakes were made in the initial observation as well as trying to identify its true identity by other astronomers. We hope you will join… Read More...
AL Live: 3/6/2026 – John Goss (3/5/2026) - Please plan to join us for this month's AL Live. It will be featuring John Goss and is entitled: "In Celebration of Global Astronomy Month Projects and Activities gtom your Astronomical League." For details and to view the flyer, click here (https://www.astroleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260306-Goss-scaled.jpeg). Read More...
What’s Up With the Astronomical League February 2026 (2/14/2026) - In this Issue… • NCRL Eastern Iowa Cosmic Conference, May 15-17 • ALCon 2026, August 12-15 • A.L. Live, March 6 • 2026 League Awards with submission dates Download the issue Whats Up with Astro League February 10 2026 Read More...
New Coordinators for some of the Observing Programs (1/27/2026) - Wonderful news. We have seven new Coordinators. We appreciate all the work that the former Coordinators did, and welcome the new ones. The new Coordinators are: Brad Young - Southern Sky Telescope OP Dean Herring, Dark Nebula OP Hans de Moor, Constellation Hunter OPs - Northern and Southern Skies Krista Lemoine, Outreach Award Peter McLean,… Read More...
Getting Started with the AL’s Observing Programs (1/2/2026) - We are pleased to announce the release of a slide presentation (in PDF format) that addressses how to get started with the Astronomical League's Observing Programs. It is available on our main Observing Program Division web page, on the Monthly Sky Charts link on the AL Home Page, and also by using this link to… Read More...
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