HOWARD

ASTRONOMICAL

LEAGUE


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Congratulation to HAL's newly elected Board of Directors: Phil Whitebloom, President; Victor Sanchez, 1st Vice President; Joanne Shapiro, 2nd Vice President; Joel Goodman, Treasurer; Cheryl Kerr, Secretary; and David Stein, Event Coordinator.

HAL Members: keep an eye out for hal_impromptu emails about cold, crisp impromptu observing events over the winter months. If you are interested in attending one, be sure you are opted in to the impromotu email list by clicking the appropriate box in your HAL log in under "Update My Membership Record".

Welcome
to the Howard Astronomical League. HAL is an astronomy club located in Howard County, Maryland. We hold monthly meetings on the lower (mezzanine) level of the Robinson Nature Center in Columbia, MD, conduct public star parties at Alpha Ridge Park utilizing the "HALO" observatory, and provide community outreach events at various Howard County locations - often in public library parking lots. We invite everyone to be a part of amateur astronomy with us. You will find information about our meeting dates on the Our Meetings page. Information on membership is located on the HAL Membership page.

Join Us
for our Star Parties and Outreach events. We also provide an e-mail group for communication of timely club News and for astronomical discussions.

Information
to help plan your observing sessions is available on the calendar page or the astrolinks page -- where you can check for moonrise times, Iridium flares, International Space Station sightings, Jupiter's Great Red Spot transit and a lot more. And don't forget to check the weather before you venture out.

HAL's Observatory at Alpha Ridge Park (HALO)
is open monthly (excepting Jan & Feb). It houses HAL's 6 inch "Illig" Refracting telescope. Check these web pages for full details about the observatory. For a schedule of events at the observatory, check the HAL star parties page or the HAL calendar.

HAL is proud to have official affiliations with:

	Robinson Nature Center		Celestial Searchers Astronomy for Howard County Kids (K-8)
	Howard County Recreation & Parks Alpha Ridge Park		Astronomical League
	Howard County Conservancy		International Dark Sky Association