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Impromptu Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 7/23/2026

M16 David Stein

There was a great turnout of HAL members for last night’s impromptu star party.  Thirteen of us gathered to enjoy the pleasant weather and above-average sky conditions.  A diverse collection of telescopes with apertures ranging from 24mm to 350mm were deployed for both imaging and visual observing. Bianca imaged the Eagle Nebula (M16) with the […]

Impromptu Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 7/13/2026

NGC 1502, Pribut CC

It was another nearly-perfect night of observing at Alpha Ridge Park Monday night.  There were no clouds visible at sunset, although there was some high-altitude wildfire smoke that put some structure into the sky.  The temperature was actually a little cool, dipping into the low 60s by 2:30am, with no dew and calm winds. Transparency […]

Impromptu Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 6/24/2026

NGC 1502, Pribut CC

Six HAL members attended last night’s moonlight impromptu star party at Alpha Ridge Park.  The weather was fine, seeing and transparency were about average and the skies were clear except for a thin haze of high clouds. Federico and a companion were imaging with an equatorially-mounted Seestar S30, but they left before I made my […]

Impromptu Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 6/15/2026

Abell 2151 (Hercules) 15 June 2026 Alpha Ridge Park (c) Wayne Baggett

It was a nearly-perfect night of observing at Alpha Ridge Park Monday night.  The clouds dissipated completely before sunset and the sky remained clear all night.  The temperature was actually a little cool, dipping into the upper 50s by 1:00am, with no dew and some occasional light wind.  Transparency was good and seeing was about […]