Mike Simmons, President, Astronomers Without ...
January 17th, 2012 | ALCon Speakers | No Comment
Mike Simmons
Mike Simmons has been an amateur astronomer for more than 35 years and loves sharing the sky with others. Mike joined the Los Angeles Astronomical Society in the early ...
ALCon 2012
January 16th, 2012 | ALCon News | No Comment
Celebrating 150 Years of Organized Astronomy: 1862–2012
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
• Mike Simmons, President, Astronomers Without Borders
• Dr. Donald Parker, ALPO, Planetary Astrophotographer
• Dr. Dave Crawford, Co-founder IDA (remote presentation)
• Wally Pacholka, TWAN, ...
ALCon 2012 Forum
January 16th, 2012 | Fun Stuff | No Comment
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Preserving Dark Skies
January 12th, 2012 | Dark Skies | 1 Comment
Light Pollution: What is it?
Light pollution is any adverse effect of artificial light, including sky glow, glare, light trespass, decreased visibility at night, energy waste, and more.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYCQZJt26zQ
http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/darkskies/
Starry Meadows, Gardner CO, June 13 – 1...
January 12th, 2012 | ALCon News | No Comment
June 13th - 16th 2012 26th Annual Rocky Mountain Star Stare (RMSS) sponsored by the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society in beautiful Gardner, Colorado.
This premier event has: astounding, clear, dark skies ...
Introduction to Amateur Astronomy, 300 Librar...
January 12th, 2012 | ALCon News | No Comment
The Kalamazoo Astronomical Society is happy to present a five-part lecture series that will help you become a star-hopping skymaster!
Part 1 - "Our Place Among the Infinities"
For a long time, ...
Failed space probe to fall to Earth in days, ...
January 12th, 2012 | Astro News | No Comment
A Russian probe that was supposed to reach one of Mars' moons but failed to escape Earth orbit is expected to fall to Earth between Saturday and Monday, Russia's space ...
“El Gordo” Galaxy – DEMO PO...
January 12th, 2012 | Astro News | No Comment
El Gordo — which means "the fat one" in Spanish — is officially known as ACT-CL J0102-4915 and "is located more than 7 billion light-years from Earth, at a time ...
Texas Milkyway
January 12th, 2012 | Astro Videos | No Comment
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE5MNtfIPgs