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Dava Sobel
Far Out Journal Club: Featuring Author Dava Sobel 7/15/2025
Far Out Journal Club: Featuring Author Dava Sobel
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Alpha Observatory
Alpha Observatory
HAL Monthly Meeting: June 19, 2025 -ALPHA Observatory, Near-Earth Asteroid Detection and Automation
Presenter: Marcel Mabson, Professor Of Practice, Astronautical and Space Engineering, will speak on Near Earth Asteroid Detection on June 19 at 7 PM at the Robinson Nature Center & Zoom
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The Sky At Night – June 2025

Upcoming Night Sky Maps & Events

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HAL StarParty
HAL StarParty
Impromptu Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 5/26/2025

Jose and I had a nice time observing at Alpha Ridge last night. The sky looked promising at sunset, but thin, high clouds rolled in soon after. It was still

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Impromptu Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 5/19/2025

Seven HAL members enjoyed a very pleasant evening of observing at Alpha Ridge Park on the night of May 19/20. Temperature was about 70 degrees at sunset and it was

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Dale Ghent
Dale Ghent
May 2025 Image of The Month, “M3”
Captured from Pie Town, New Mexico using 14" PlaneWave CDK14 reflector and QHY600 Camera. 41 hours total integration time: 419 x 120s on Sloan g' 412 x 120s on Sloan
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Mt. Wilson
Mount Wilson
Past Meeting: May 15th, 2025 – Science on Mount Wilson’s 100″ Hooker telescope – Restarting research on a historic instrument

Presenter: Dale Ghent, Member of STELAR, NINA contributor and plugin author Artifacts: Meeting PDF YouTube Video of Meeting Chat Log The meeting took place on May 15, 2025 at 7

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June 14 SkyWatching
Public Star Watch at Howard County Conservancy 6/14/2025
Public Star Watch at Howard County Conservancy
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23aug6:00 pm11:00 pmMembers-Only Star PartyAlpha Ridge Park

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