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  • Golden Anniversary Convention:

    Fiftieth Annual Astronomical League Convention, 1997 (ALCon ’97).

    • Wednesday’s events at ALCon

      ’97.

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      ’97.

    • Friday’s events at ALCon

      ’97.

    • Saturday’s events at ALCon

      ’97.

  • Fifty-First Annual Astronomical

    League Convention, 1998 (ALCon ’98).

    • Wednesday at the 1998 Astronomical

      League Convention, 1998.

    • Thursday at the 1998 Astronomical

      League Convention.

    • Friday at the 1998 Astronomical

      League Convention.

    • Saturday at the 1998 Astronomical

      League Convention.

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      6 – Hints and Tips.

  • Convention Planning Checklist.
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      Section 1 – Forward.

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      Section 2 – Eighteen Months or More.

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      Section 3 – Twelve to Eighteen Months.

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      Section 4 – Six to Twelve Months.

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      Section 5 – Less Than One to Three Months.

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      Section 6 – One Week to Convention.

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      Section 7 – During the Convention.

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      Section 8 – After the Convention and Important Tips.

    • Convention Planning Checklist

      Section 9 – Mini-Checklist: Convention Committee.

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      Section 10 – Mini-Checklist: Convention Location.

    • Convention Planning Checklist

      Section 11 – Mini-Checklist: Information Package.

    • Convention Planning Checklist

      Section 12 – Contacts.

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• Astronomy Day.
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• Awards the Astronomical League Presents.
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      Award Winners.

  • The G. R. (Bob) Wright League Service

    Award.

  • The Leslie C. Peltier Award.
  • National Young Astronomer Award.
    • National Young Astronomer Award,

      1997 Winner: Heather Cameron.

    • National Young Astronomer Award,

      1998 Winner: Mary A. Dombrowski.

    • National Young Astronomer Award,

      1999 Winner: Elizabeth Fernandez.

    • National Young Astronomer Award

      — Application Information.

  • The Jack Horkheimer Award for

    Exceptional Service by a Young Astronomer.

    • 1999 Jack Horkheimer Award

      Winners

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      Winners

  • The Mabel Sterns Award for Excellence

    in Newsletter Editing.

    • 1999 Sterns Award Winners

  • Special Awards Presented by the

    Astronomical League.

• The Reflector, Newsletter of the

  Astronomical League.

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• Astronomical League Book Service.
  • Book Review Thumbnails: Biographies
    • Under an English Heaven:

      The Life of George Alcock by Kay Williams.

  • Book Review Thumbnails: Instumentation
    • Hubble: A New Window

      to the Universe by Daniel Fischer and Hilmar Duerbeck.

    • The Perfect Machine

      – Building The Palomar Telescope by Ronald Florence.

  • Book Review Thumbnails: Mythology
    • Soap Operas of the Sky

      by Jeannie Kuich.

  • Book Review Thumbnails: Observing Guides
    • Atlas of Compact Groups

      of Galaxies by Paul Hickson.

    • The Cambridge Deep-Sky

      Album by Jack Newton and Philip Teece.

    • Chasing the Shadow: An

      Observer’s Guide to Solar Eclipses by Joel Harris and Richard

      Talcott.

    • Collected Works on Double

      Stars, Third Edition compiled by Paul R. Castle.

    • Deep Sky Companions: The

      Messier Objects by Steven James O’Meara.

    • Everybody’s Comet: A Layman’s

      Guide to Comet Hale-Bopp by Alan Hale.

    • The Herald-Bobroff AstroAtlas

      by David Harold and Peter Beroff.

    • Millenium Star Atlas

      by Roger W. Sinnott and Michael A.C. Perryman.

    • Messier Objects: A Beginner’s

      Guide by Kathy Machin and Sue Wheatley.

    • Night Navigator by

      Samuel Lee.

    • Observe Eclipses, Second

      Edition by Michael D. Reynolds and Richard A. Sweetsir.

    • OBSERVE The Herschel II

      Objects: A Guide to 400 Deep-Sky Objects by Carol Cole and Candace

      Pratt.

    • Observer’s Guide to the

      Herschel 400 by S. J. Martens.

    • Observing for the Fun

      of It by Melanie Melton.

    • Sky Atlas 2000, 2nd Edition,

      Deluxe Version by Wil Tirion and Roger W. Sinnott.

    • Sky Phenomena – A Guide

      to Naked-eye Observation of the Stars by Norman Davidson.

    • Turn Left at Orion by

      Guy Consolmagno and Dan M. Davis.

  • Book Review Thumbnails: Science of Astronomy
    • Binary Stars: A Pictorial

      Atlas by D. Terrell, J. D. Mukherjee and R.E. Wilson.

    • Dark Matter, Missing

      Planets & New Comets by Tom Van Flandern.

    • Jupiter Chronicle: The

      Crash of 1994 by Phillip W. Budine.

    • Meteors by Neil

      Bone.

    • The New Solar System,

      Fourth Edition edited by J. Kelley Beatty, Carolyn Collins Pertersen,

      and Andrew Chaikin.

  • Book Review Thumbnails: Space Flight
    • Lost Moon: The Perilous

      Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffery Kluger.

    • The Millennial Project

      – Colonizing the Galaxy by Marshall T. Savage.

  • Book Review Thumbnails: Youth/Educational
    • Astronomy Adventures:

      Ranger Rick’s NatureScope Series

    • An Earthling’s Guide to

      Deep Space by Carolyn Sumners and Kerry Handron.

    • One Small Square: The

      Night Sky by Donald M. Silver.

• Astronomical League Observing Clubs.
  • Astronomical League Arp Peculiar

    Galaxy Club.

    • Astronomical League Arp Peculiar

      Galaxy Club Appendix A.

    • Astronomical League Arp Peculiar

      Galaxy Club Appendix B.

    • Astronomical League Arp Peculiar

      Galaxy Club Appendix C.

    • Halton C. Arp.
    • Astronomical League Arp

      Peculiar Galaxy Club Awardees.

  • Astronomical League Binocular

    Messier Certificate.

    • Astronomical League Binocular

      Messier Certificate – Appendix A.

    • Astronomical League Binocular

      Messier Certificate – Appendix B.

    • Astronomical League Binocular

      Messier Certificate – Appendix C.

    • Astronomical League Binocular

      Messier Certificate Awardees.

  • Astronomical League Caldwell

    Certificate.

    • Astronomical League Caldwell

      Certificate – The Caldwell Catalogue.

    • Astronomical League Caldwell

      Certificate Awardees.

  • Astronomical League Deep Sky

    Binocular Club Certificate.

    • Astronomical League Deep

      Sky Binocular Object List.

    • Astronomical League Deep

      Sky Binocular Awardees.

  • Astronomical League Double

    Star Club.

    • Astronomical League Double

      Star Certificate – Observing List.

    • Astronomical League Double

      Star Certificate – Observing Log.

    • Astronomical League Double

      Star Certificate Awardees.

  • Astronomical League Herschel

    400 Club Certificate.

    • Herschel 400 Club – More

      Information and Rules.

    • Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel.
    • The Herschel Society.
    • The Herschel 400 by Constellation.
    • The Herschel 400 by N.G.C.

      Number.

    • The Herschel 400 by Tirion

      Star Chart Number.

    • The Herschel 400 Club

      Awardees.

  • Astronomical

    League Herschel II Club.

  • Astronomical League Lunar Club

    Certificate.

    • Astronomical League Lunar Club

      Certificate – The List.

    • Astronomical League Lunar Club

      Certificate – Sketches of Naked Eye Objects.

    • Astronomical League Lunar

      Club Certificate Awardees.

  • Astronomical League Messier Club

    Certificate.

    • Astronomical League: The

      Messier List.

    • Astronomical League Messier Club Certificate Awardees:
      • Certificates 1-100.
      • Certificates 101-200.
      • Certificates 201-300.
      • Certificates 301-400.
      • Certificates 401-500.
      • Certificates 501-600.
      • Certificates 601-700.
      • Certificates 701-800.
      • Certificates 801-900.
      • Certificates 901-1000.
      • Certificates 1001-1100.
      • Certificates 1101-1200.
      • Certificates 1201-1300.
      • Certificates 1301-1400.
      • Certificates 1401-1500.
      • Certificates 1501-1600.
      • Certificates 1601-1700.
      • Certificates 1701-1800.
      • Certificates 1701-1864.
  • Astronomical League Meteor Club.
    • What Are Meteors and Why

      Do They Glow?

    • Meteor Observing Techniques.
    • Meteor Observing Form and

      Instructions.

    • Astronomical League Meteor

      Club Awardees

    • The American

      Meteor Society’s List of Major Meteor Showers.

  • Astronomical League Planetary

    Observers Club Certificate.

    • Planetary Observers Club

      – Projects for the Sun and Moon.

    • Planetary Observers Club

      – Projects for the Inner Solar System.

    • Planetary Observers Club

      – Projects for the Outer Solar System.

    • Planetary Observers Club

      – Glossary and Reference.

    • Planetary Observers Club

      Awardees.

  • Astronomical League Southern

    Skies Binocular Club Certificate.

    • Southern Skies Binocular

      Club Certificate – Object List.

    • Southern Skies Binocular

      Club Certificate Awardees.

  • Astronomical League Sunspotters

    Club Certificate.

    • Sunspotters Club Certificate

      Awardees.

    • Sunspotters Club Sunspot

      Drawing Form.

    • Sunspotters Club Solar

      Disk Drawing Form.

  • Astronomical League Urban Observing

    Club.

    • Urban Club List – Deep Sky

      Objects.

    • Urban Club List – Double and

      Variable Stars.

    • Urban Club List – Tips for

      Observing in Light Polluted Areas.

    • Astronomical League Urban

      Observing Club Awardees.

• Astro Notes — Astronomical Vignettes.
  • AstroNote 1 — Polar Alignment in the

    Field.

  • AstroNote 2 — Astronomical League

    Services.

  • AstroNote 3 — Observing Data Sheet.
  • AstroNote 4 — Astronomical League

    History and Organization.

  • AstroNote 5 — Astronomical League

    Membership and Benefits.

  • AstroNote 6 — Club Constitution or

    Bylaws.

  • AstroNote 7 — Astronomical Pronunciation

    Guide – I.

  • AstroNote 8 — Winter Star Watching

    Project – Pleiades.

  • AstroNote 9 — Tax Exempt Status.
  • AstroNote 10 — What Time Is It?
  • AstroNote 11 — Celestial Coordinate

    Systems.

  • AstroNote 12 — Observing Programs

    of the Astronomical League I — Deep Sky.

  • AstroNote 13 — Using Setting Circles.
  • AstroNote 14 — Astronomical Pronunciation

    Guide – II.

  • AstroNote 15 — Accurate Polar Alignment.
  • AstroNote 16 — Astrophotography I

    – Star Trails.

  • AstroNote 17 — Astrophotography II

    – Projection Systems.

  • AstroNote 18 — Basic Astronomical

    Data.

  • AstroNote 19 — So, You Want to Buy

    a Telescope?

  • AstroNote 20 — Index and Order Form.
  • AstroNote 21 — Organizing an Astronomy

    Club.

  • AstroNote 22 — Preparing and Presenting

    a Paper.

  • AstroNote 23 — Reporting a Discovery.
  • AstroNote 24 — Professional Astronomer.
  • AstroNote 25 — Observing Programs

    of the Astronomical League II — Solar System.

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