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Far Out Journal Club: Featuring Author Dava Sobel 7/15/2025

Far Out Journal Club: Featuring Author Dava Sobel

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

The Sky At Night – June 2025

Upcoming Night Sky Maps & Events

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

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

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

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