Check out these files for the September sky charts and significant events in September.

• Navigating the mid September Night Sky
• Navegando por el cielo nocturno de Septiembre
• Mars in the Hyades
• Two New Observing Programs
• What’s Up Doc? Newsletters (PDF) Eastern Time Zone
• What’s Up Doc? Newsletters (PDF) Central Time Zone
• What’s Up Doc? Newsletters (PDF) Pacific Time Zone

It is once again time to search for Coordinators for some of our Observing Programs.  Although the list of open positions may grow, currently we are looking for members who are interested and willing to help as an Observing Program Coordinator.  We will begin the selection process in January 2023, but you may submit your name and for which Coordinator roles you are interested to Aaron Clevenson, Observing Program Director, at any time: aaron@clevenson.org.

These Observing Programs and Awards are in need of a new Coordinator:

• Bennet Observing Program
• Galileo’s TOES Certification
• Galileo’s TOES-II Certification
• Jupiter Observing Program
• Mentor Award
• NASA Observing Challenge Certification
• Solar Eclipse Special Observing Award – 2024 (planned, not yet approved)
• Solar Neighborhood Observing Program
• and potentially others…

The Job Description for an Observing Program Coordinator can be found at:  

https://www.astroleague.org//files/u220/AL%20White%20Paper%20-%20Coordinator%20Job%20Description.pdf

This year at the AL-Con in Albuquerque the Council approved two new Observing Programs.  One of them is the Solar Neighborhood Observing Program.

The Solar Neighborhood OP is intended to introduce observers to the stars located near our Sun.  For more information, check out the Solar Neighborhood OP web page.

https://www.astroleague.org/solar-neighborhood-observing-program

This year at the AL-Con in Albuquerque the Council approved two new Observing Programs.  One of them is the Bennett Observing Program.

The Bennett OP is a direct substitute for the Messier OP for those south of the equator.  For more information, check out the Bennett OP web page.

Bennett Observing Program

The Bennett OP may be used in place of Messier OP for the Master Observer Award.

Access through AL Facebook and explorescientific.com/live

Check out these files for the June sky charts and significant events in August.

• Navigating the August Night Sky (PDF)
• Navegando por el cielo nocturno de Agosto (PDF)
• Lyrae Doube Stars (PDF)
• Carpe Lunar Manual in Book Store (PDF)

• What’s Up Doc? Newsletter for August – Eastern Daylight Time (PDF)
• What’s Up Doc? Newsletter for August – Central Daylight Time (PDF)
• What’s Up Doc? Newsletter for August – Pacific Daylight Time (PDF)

By now you all should be actively collecting your galaxies as part of Galaxy Observing Challenge.  We are also announcing our next challenge:  The Astronomical League’s Observing Challenge for Globular Clusters.  It runs from July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022.  This is open to anyone, membership in the AL is not required.  For more information, go to the Challenge’s web page and scroll down:  

To commemorate the First Light and First Target of the James Webb Telescope, we are offering a new NASA Observing Challenge Special Award.  Your target is star HD 84406 (the telescopes First Light target).  The image or sketch should be done between June 20 and July 20 and must be submitted electronically by August 20.

For more information go to the website.