If you are a Master Observer, we want you!  The AL has a Master Observer Network set up to answer questions from members and the general public.  It is also a means for the League to talk with you as a group. If you are already on the list – Awesome!  If not, please join us.  

Please send an email to Aaron Clevenson, an AL Observing Program Director, at aaron@clevenson.org.  Please include your name and your MO number.  We are trying to have the list updated by 8/15/2015.  Thanks.  Aaron

This is a reminder that the third NASA Observing Challenge is “On!” (an AL Special Observing Award)
The website:  https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/challenges.cfm
The requirements:
        Image Pluto and submit it to the NASA Flicker site.
        Have an outreach event regarding the New Horizons encounter with Pluto.
        Submit the form to NASA.
The reward:
        A NASA/AL certificate.

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ALCon 2015 is a great opportunity to see the amateur astronomical community in action. Why not visit Las Cruces in July for an incredible firsthand experience? But first, why not visit this website to learn more about what Las Cruces and ALCon offer the amateur astronomer?

http://www.morning-twilight.com/ALCON%202015promo.mp4

If you would like to be added to automatically receive the monthly What’s Up Doc?, please send an email to Aaron Clevenson at aaron@clevenson.org

This is a monthly newsletter created by Aaron Clevenson, one of the National Observing Program Directors and the Insperity Observatory in Humble, TX.  It is a listing of many objects that will be visible in the evening sky each month based on the Astronomical League’s Observing Programs.  It is primarily oriented towards the introductory level programs.

The next issue will be sent on April 30.

The deadline for submitting nominations for the three Horkheimer Youth Service Awards – Horkheimer/Smith, Horkheimer/Parker, and Horkheimer/D’Auria – has been extended to April 30, 2015.

If you know an Astronomical League member, 18 years or younger, who has brought amateur astronomy to your club or to the public through outreach, presentations, writing, or observing, please consider nominating that person for the three Horkheimer Service Awards.

If you are a club officer, nominate them. If you don’t, no one else will! Complete information about Horkheimer Youth Service awards can be found at https://www.astroleague.org//al/awards/horkhmr/horkhmrs.html