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The Sky At Night – May 2025

Upcoming Night Sky Maps & Events

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Dale Ghent
Dale Ghent
May 2025 Image of The Month, “M3”
Captured from remote observatory in New Mexico using a 14" Planewave reflector with Sloan g', r' & i' filters and a QHY camera.
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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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Public Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 5/03/2025
Second Public Star Party of 2025. Enthusiastic group gathered in spite of the clouds!
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Impromptu Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 4/27/2025

The weather was very nice for last night’s impromptu star party at Alpha Ridge Park. The wind was calm and temperatures were cool, welcome additions to the clear skies. The

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(c) Jose Urias
Impromptu Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 4/23/2025

Good evening HAL, I hosted an impromptu Star party on Wednesday since the weather report showed we would have clear skies. I arrived at Alpha Ridge Park at 7:30 pm

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Mike Taylor
Past Meeting: April 17th, 2025 – STELLA (Science and Technology Education for Land / Life Assessment):  A low-cost open-source remote sensing instruments for education and research

Presenter: Mike Taylor, Outreach Scientist, SSAI, NASA Goddard on the Landsat Communications and Public Engagement team Artifacts: Meeting PDF YouTube Video of Meeting Chat Log The meeting took place on

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