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HAL's September general meeting is coming up on Thursday, the 20th at 7PM on the lower, mezzanine level of the Robinson Nature Center. The guest speaker is John Stansberry, Solar System Lead, Space Telescope Sciences Institute, His talk is entitled: The Kuiper Belt: What it has Taught (and will Teach) Us.

Preceding this meeting from 6:30-7:00PM a new group is meeting called: "Basic Astronomy Discussions". Feel free to attend either meeting or both.

Robinson Nature Center holds its annual anniversary celebration this Sunday from noon-5PM. This event is open to the public.
HAL members will have solar telescopes on the Green Roof, weather permitting; i.e. unlikely! However, the event itself goes on regardless.

All kids K-6, Celestial Searchers meets on Monday, Sept. 24th at 7PM in the Glenwood Library on Rt. 97.

HAL's star party and outreach reports for past 2018 events can be found here: https://www.howardastro.org/news.php

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.

The Leona and David Illig Donation Plaque Mounted on the Telescope Pier 8/18/2018

HAL Makes David Assist with Plaque Installation as His "Just" Reward. Thanks Illig's!

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