Night Sky Tools for April
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/
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/
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/
No changes to any of the rules or requirements – just name changes. The Imaging – Bennett Observing Program is now the Bennett – Imaging Observing Program. The Imaging – Caldwell Observing Program is now the Caldwell – Imaging Observing Program. The Imaging – Messier Observing Program is now the Messier – Imaging Observing Program.
This is it! This is the time of year! Your opportunity to see all 110 Messier Objects in a single night. How many can you see? You can download an observing form here: https://www.astroleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Messier-Marathon-Log-2025.pdf. The AL also has a downloadable certificate that you can use for yourself or others. It can be downloaded here: https://www.astroleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AL-Messier-Marathon-Certificate-Allen.pdf.
The list of targets for March have been released by NASA. For information about this Observing Challenge and the list, go to the AL web page: https://www.astroleague.org/nasa-observing-challenges-special-awards/
NCRAL 2025 Conference – April 25 & 26, 2025
Minneapolis Marriott Southwest, Minnetonka, MN
Registration: https://ncral2025.org/register/
Speakers:
To view the flyer, click here.
The monthly sky tools are available for February: https://www.astroleague.org/navigating-the-night-sky-guides/
We also want to announce the addition of a What’s Up Doc? Newsletter for the Mountain Time Zone (Boise Idaho).
To automatically receive these newsletters in your email inbox each month, send a request to aaron@clevenson.org
Watch the next AL LIVE! Friday January 25, 7 pm EST
Laurie Ansorge discusses amateur astronomy in the computer age. The times they are a changin’!
Also Chuck Allen gives updates on the Astronomical League Awards Programs and Don Knabb shares what is coming up in the night sky. Finally, John Goss talks more about volunteerism and the AL’s need for volunteers.
Hosted by Terry Mann.
Watch the Live Stream or Recorded: Explorescientific.com/live or www.facebook.com/Astronomical.League
To see the brochure: https://www.astroleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AL-LIVE-20240125-Ansorge.pdf
The Astronomical League is excited to announce that we have four new Coordinators that have been appointed by Chuck Allen, the AL President.