HOWARD

ASTRONOMICAL

LEAGUE


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HAL's August general meeting will be held on Thursday, August 16th at 7PM on the Mezzanine level of the Robinson Nature Center in Columbia. Dr. Tiara Diamond of NASA will give a talk entitled: Determining Initial Conditions for Type Ia Supernovae. This meeting is free & open to the Public.

HAL's September planning meeting has been rescheduled to Tuesday, the 4th at 7PM since the normal meeting date falls on Labor Day. As usual the meeting is held in the 2nd Floor dining area of Wegman's in Columbia.

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.

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