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This Just In....
HAL's monthly meeting will be held on Thursday, May 17th at 7:30PM at the Robinson Nature Center. While President Bob is off playing, VP Wayne Baggett will lead the meeting. You'd better start studying to be ready for Wayne's impossible stumper question of the month! David Stein has some new improvedstumper prizes this month so come prepared to win. There will be a Public Star Party at Alpha Ridge Park from dusk until 11PM (or later) on Saturday, May 19th. David Stein hosts. Come out and view: Galaxies (M51, M81+82,Virgo, NGC4565), Mars, Saturn, and more.... The Celestial Searchers (K-8) final meeting of the school year will be held next Monday, May 21st from 7-8PM in the Art Room at Bushy Park Elementary. You will be discussing Venus and the upcoming Transit of Venus across the face of the Sun occurring on Tuesday, June 5th. Come and learn how to safely observe this event which will not occur again until 2117. You are invited to join HAL in observing this event. See below. Come to HAL's public Venus Transit Star Party starting at 5:30PM on June 5th. This will be at Alpha Ridge Park. HAL members will be providing a variety of special solar telescopes for safe public viewing. Since the next Venus Transit is in 105 years, this can truly be called a Once-in-a-Lifetime opportunity. By definition this event ends at sunset even though the transit event will not be completed by that time here in Central Maryland. Weather permitting, HAL will continue with a regular public star party afterwards. See this special Venus Transit web page for additional info. Check out the new HAL Forum. It is a place where anyone can follow discussions of various astronomy or HAL related topics - there's even a Classified Ad section. However, only registered HAL members can post. This new service is intended to off-load specific discussions from the Yahoogroup. |
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Welcome to the website of the Howard Astronomical League, Central Maryland's premier astronomy club! HAL is an amateur astronomy club located in Howard County, Maryland. We hold monthly meetings, conduct public star parties and provide community educational talks. We invite everyone to be a part of astronomy in Central Maryland. You will find information about our meeting dates on our Meetings page. Information on membership is located on the Join HAL page. |
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| Join Us also for our Star Parties and Outreach events. In addition, we provide an e-mail group for communication of timely club News, to alert subscribers of impromptu gatherings at one of our observing sites, and for astronomical discussions. Information to help you plan your observing sessions is available either on the Calendar page, or the Astrolinks page -- where you can check for moonrise times, Iridium flares, International Space Station sightings, Jupiter's Great Red Spot transit and a lot more. And don't forget to check the Weather before you venture out -- but if its cloudy, come play in our Kid's Korner section instead! HAL's Observatory is in the final planning stages. The goal is to start construction this year (2012). The site has been selected in Alpha Ridge park. It will house HAL's Watson Telescope. Full details about the Observatory and the Watson Telescope are documented on this website. These pages are great resources to help keep abreast of this exciting project. Cluster Map - See Where Our Site Visitors are Located HAL is proud to have membership in: |
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