Public Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 5/03/2025
Second Public Star Party of 2025. Enthusiastic group gathered in spite of the clouds!
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 transparency was about average — mySky Quality meter reported sky brightness as low as 19.8 mag/square arcsec — and the seeing was about average at […]
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 and 12 other members showed up. Unfortunately the skies were a little cloudy during the first few hours but the weather was nice and most […]
Public Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 4/05/2025
First Public Star Party of 2025. Over 200 attended on this fine night!
Members-Only Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 3/29/2025
(Dark parking lot, but not the best sky) Because of the clouds, most of us didn’t bring any equipment, but we enjoyed a tour through the observatory and a history lesson about HAL’s equipment by David.We also talked about astrophotography gear, some plans for future star parties, and the best topic of the night was […]
Impromptu Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 3/12/2025
(Clear but not the best seeing) Hello, Everyone! March 18’s Member’s Impromptu Starparty was a success with six members attending beneath a cloud-free sky. Unfortunately, the predicted “Above Average” transparency and “Average” seeing opted not to attend the event. The general consensus has transparency as “Below Average” and seeing as “Poor.” Temperature ranged from the […]
Impromptu Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 3/12/2025
(Lunar Eclipse) Last night we had a total of 5 HAL members including myself.I got at Alpha ridge park at 8:30 pm to start getting ready, and the rest of the attendees arrived at 11 pm. We enjoyed a beautiful night with some light clouds every now and then but nothing that affected our imaging […]
Public Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 3/08/2025
First Public Star Party of 2025. Over 200 attended on this fine night!
Impromptu Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 3/02/2025
We had a successful impromptu star party Sunday night, March 2, in the cold but mostly clear weather. There were some high clouds around at sunset, but they had moved out by about 7:45pm and it stayed clear until it wasn’t. Temperatures were below freezing all night, starting at 31degF as I started observing and […]
Impromptu Star Party (Alpha Ridge) 2/28/2025
(The One with Mercury) Six HAL members (including me) and around a dozen members of the public enjoyed clear skies and nice weather at the impromptu star party at Alpha Ridge Park last night. I didn’t arrive until 6:15 and was suprised to find many people there with small telescopes and cameras set up to […]