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Sunday, June 18, 2023:
Summer Solstice Celebration!
Celebrate the longest day of the year at
Robinson Nature Center.
We’ll create solar prints, enjoy safe, solar viewing with the Howard
Astronomical League, delight in a popsicle break and take a stroll down
to our river to enjoy a few water-based activities that will help your
family ring in the summer!
RP4873.401. Sunday, June 18th, 2:00 to 4:00pm, $10 fee, 5 yrs+.
Note: Registration will open on March 1st for this program.
To register: www.howardcountymd.gov/rap or phone 410-313-0400.
Search RNC Activities.
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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. |
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HAL's Updated COVID-19 Policy for Events
- For HAL impromptu and member-only star parties, participants should wait for an invitation before approaching to look through others’ telescopes; respect each other’s desires for social distancing.
- We are following Howard County guidelines such as:
https://www.howardcountymd.gov/News021822
- Face coverings are encouraged inside the Alpha Ridge HALO building.
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Currently, the monthly board of directors' planning meeting, Astroschool, and the HAL public meeting are being held virtually using Zoom.
Check back frequently for updates. HAL looks forward to resuming in-person gatherings.
The parks have now re-opened.
HAL is now scheduling public events. HAL keyholders are also
free to call members-only impromptu observing sessions via the closed hal_impromptu email list for
Carrs Mill Park or Alpha Ridge Park.
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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)
HALO 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.
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