August 12-15 is the Astronomical League’s national convention (ALCON) in Cincinnati. This is an incredible experience. Check out the flyer to find out why you should attend.   ALCON 2026 – Why Attend

In this Issue…
• MSRAL Convention, June 26-28
• ALCon 2026, August 12-15
• Astronomical League Live, June 26, 2026

You can download the issue HERE

Please join us for this month’s AL Live!

It will be featuring Pranvera Hyseni and till discuss “Chaasing Asteroid Shadows: The Science of Stellar Occultations.”

To view the announcement and see the connectino details, click here:  https://www.astroleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AL-LIVE-20260501-scaled.jpg

(4/6/2026)  The Astronomical League’s Observing Program Division is pleased to announce the addition of a new Obesrving Program to our list of offerings:  the Swift Observing Program.  For more information and the requirements, pleasse review the Swift Observing Program web page:  https://www.astroleague.org/swift-observing-program/

In this Issue…
• NCRL Eastern Iowa Cosmic Conference, May 15-17
• MSRAL Convention, June 26-28
• ALCon 2026, August 12-15

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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 us in June 2026 to relive the excitement.  This is your chance to see who you think is the real M102.

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).

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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

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, Urban OP
  
• Ron Kane, Asterism OP
• Russell Pinizzotto, Herschel II OP 

Sadly – This event has been postponed.