Wonderful news.  We have seven new Coordinators.   We appreciate all the work that the former Coordinators did, and welcome the new ones.  We are in the process of updating the website, so please give us a week for it all to settle down.  Thanks.

The new Coordinators are:

• Brad Young – Southern Sky Telescope OP (web page updated)
• Dean Herring, Dark Nebula OP
• Hans de Moor, Constellation Hunter OPs – Northern and Southern Skies
• Krista Lemoine, Outreach Award
• Peter McLean, Urban OP (web page updated)
  
• Ron Kane, Asterism OP
• Russell Pinizzotto, Herschel II OP (web page updated)

Sadly – This event has been postponed.

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 go there directly:  https://www.astroleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AL-Getting-Started-20260104.pdf

12/30/2025  The Astronomical League needs you!  The Observing Program Division is looking for a few people to join our team as Observing Program Coordinators.  If you have the time and the interest, we would love to talk with you.  There may be multiple positions open, but we know that we need a Herschel II Observing Program Coordinator and an Outreach Observing Award Coordinator.  Please send an email to Aaron Clevenson at aaron@clevenson.org as soon as you can.  We are starting the process in January.  Thanks.

The last month of the challenge is upon us.  For those who were quick to check, there was an error which has been corrected for the Northern Hemisphere list.  Please check it again.  Aaron

https://www.astroleague.org/nasa-observing-challenges-special-awards/

Coming up in December (December 19, 2025) is the closest approach for 3I/Atlas.  The Challenge is to observe it.  Check out the full instructions and rules for this challenge (#15) on web page:  https://www.astroleague.org/al-observing-challenge-special-observing-award/

Please join the AL for the next AL Live on December 5, 2025.  Topic will be Smart Telescopes in Citizen Science with Jericho Kuehl.  Details are on the attched flyer.

https://www.astroleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251217-Kuehl-Jericho.pdf

Like everything and everyone else on the internet, the AL is being targeted by fraudulent emails.  Please be very wary, do not click on any links, and if you ahve questions, please communicate with us searately for confiration.

Please see the attached flyer.

https://www.astroleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AL-Bad-email.pdf

See notice for information on how to get your copies.

https://www.astroleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2026-Handbook_Calendar-ad.pdf

Please see the attached memorium for Al Nagler.

https://www.astroleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Nagler.pdf