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What's New with HAL?
The next HAL General Meeting (open to the public) will be held on Thursday, June 17th at 7PM.
Zoom information follows. Other details appear on the meetings page.
Topic: The Great North American Eclipse of 2024:
Part 1 - The Amateur Astronomer's Guide to Solar Eclipses
Presenter: Jim Johnson
Date: Thursday, June 17th
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM EDT
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88155754424?pwd=RUl5T3hNa21mUWZGR0FKR3YyN0pPUT09
Meeting ID: 881 5575 4424
Passcode: eclipse
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keaiFs82kX
Our second Virtual Public Star Party, April 17th was very successful!
We had over 20 participants that stayed just short of 3 hours. Phil thanks Chuck Cynamon, Brad Martin, Jim Johnson, and Gene Handler
for their preparations, presentations, and leading discussions. [Read more...]
Second Virtual Star Party - Zoom Recording [2:40; 716 MB]
Astro School - Polar Alignment
Report from Phil: "I would very much like to thank John Nagy for conducting Astro School [on April 8th]. We had 32 participants.
The questions and conversations went much deeper than I would have ever expected on the topic of polar alignment.
It was very interesting to learn of John's methodology on how he did trial and error, as well as measured the
relative differences going from no polar aligning to using different tools."
[Read more...]
Mars Report: Update on NASA's Perseverance & Curiosity Rovers
"With no road maps on Mars, I'm building my own as I go. There are lots of places I want to explore, and mapping while I drive will
help me see and do more. "
[Watch on Facebook...]
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
What's happening with the Mars 2020 mission and Perseverance?
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