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AL Observing Program Division Announcement – Messier Marathon 2025

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.

NCRAL 2025 Conference

NCRAL 2025 Conference – April 25 & 26, 2025

Minneapolis Marriott Southwest, Minnetonka, MN

Registration: https://ncral2025.org/register/

Speakers:

  • John Rummel: Can the Milky Way Cast a Shadow?
  • Lawrence Rudnick: Game Changers in the Radio Sky
  • Mike Benson: Astrophotography, My Journey
  • Clem Pryke: Studying the Universe from the Bottom of the World
  • Evan Skillman: Using the Large Binocular Telescope to Measure the Primordial Helium Abundance
  • Greg Bragg: State of the Astronomy Industry
  • Bob King: NASA’s Planned NEO Surveyor Hunts Killer Asteroids

To view the flyer, click here.

AL Live! – January 25, 2025

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

Observing Program Division Reannouncement – Hubble 35th Year Anniversary Observing Challenge

Reminder – do your  January obserations ASAP…  2025 is the Hubble Telescope’s 35th Anniversary.  To celebrate this awesome 35 years, NASA and the Astronomical League is bring you a year-long Special Observing Award.  There are monthly silver level certificates, and there is a gold level certificate and pin at the end as well.  Note:  The gold level requires more monthly observations than the individual silver levels…  For more information check out the NASA Observing Challenges web page:  https://www.astroleague.org/nasa-observing-challenges-special-awards/

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