Members’ Celebration Meeting: December 5, 2025 – Annual Holiday Party (RSVP or Zoom)
Food and Astronomy for the Season
Past Public Meeting: November 13, 2025 – Camera Basics of Astrophotography
Featuring Wes Fewerda on the basics of cameras in Astrophotography.
Past HAL Public Meeting: October 9, 2025 – Looking Back at A Century of Innovation in Amateur Telescope Making — Is It Still Worth It?”
Featuring Guy Brandenburg speaking from experience on “Looking Back at A Century of Innovation in Amateur Telescope Making”
Past HAL Public Meeting: September 11, 2025 – Lunar Environment Monitoring Station (LEMS)
Mehdi Benna, Planetary Scientist with NASA at GSFC will be talking about the Lunar Environment Monitoring Station
Past HAL Public Meeting: August 21, 2025 – NASA Balloon Program Operations
Presenter: Andrew Hamilton Deputy Chief, NASA Balloon Program Office Andrew Hamilton Artifacts: Meeting PDF YouTube Video of Meeting The meeting took place on August 21, 2025 at 7 PM on Zoom and at the Robinson Nature Center . Andrew Hamilton is currently serving as the Deputy Chief for the NASA Balloon Program having previously […]
Past Meeting July 17, 2025 – Presentations: The Retina and Observing, Observing and Astronomical Drawing
We had two great speakers:
• Chris Todd on the retina
• Rich Orr on Astronomical Drawing
Past 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
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 PM on Zoom and at the Robinson Nature Center . Recognizing the telescope’s ongoing potential for producing valuable scientific data, the Institute […]
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 April 17, 2025 at 7 PM on Zoom and at the Robinson Nature Center STELLA combines inexpensive sensors with […]
Past Meeting: March 20th, 2025 – Shedding Light on the Dark Side of the Universe
Presenter: Dr. Rutuparna Das, Astrophysicist with the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Artifacts: Meeting PDF YouTube Video of Meeting Chat Log The meeting took place at 7 PM at the Robinson Nature Center and on Zoom. Topic: Shedding Light on the Dark Side of the Universe Brief description of […]