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What's New with HAL?
Get ready for our second Virtual Public Star Party - Saturday, April 17th - 8:00PM to 11:00PM! Live views from members' telescopes.
100% interactivity between guests and operators, all from the comfort of your own home.
Event: Virtual Public Star Party
Date: Saturday, April 17th, 2021
Time: 8:00PM EDT - 11:00PM EDT
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87836178688?pwd=VGtCZGRuN3R4ODlieTYvdkt4eDBIQT09
Passcode: planets
Many thanks to our April 15th General Meeting guest speaker, Sue Ann Heatherly (Green Bank Observatory),
whose topic was How is radio astronomy different from optical astronomy?
Our members and guests enjoyed her outstanding presentation.
More information is available on the meetings page.
Report - Astro School - Polar Alignment
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...]
Our first Virtual Public Star Party of 2021 was a big success! Thanks to all who participated.
And we have our second Virtual Public Star Party coming up April 17th.
April DATE UNKNOWN:
"Based on data from the Ingenuity Mars helicopter that arrived late Friday night, NASA has chosen to reschedule the
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s first experimental flight to no earlier than April 14..." This date has passed; looking for NASA's update.
[Read More...]
6 Things to Know About NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
What's happening with the Mars 2020 mission and Perseverance?
NOTE: The parks have now partially re-opened. However, HAL is still not scheduling live members-only or public events. HAL keyholders are free to call members-only impromptu observing sessions via the closed hal_impromptu email list for Carrs Mill Park or Alpha Ridge Park.
There are no restroom facilities available at either location at this time.
Election Update:
As required by HAL bylaws, a new board of directors is elected each year at the HAL general meeting in January.
See the complete list of 2021 HAL Officers and Positions.
Due to COVID-19, the monthly Planning (board of directors) meeting, Astroschool, the HAL public meeting, and various observing events will be held "virtually" using Zoom.
Check back frequently for updates. HAL looks forward to getting back to normal as soon as prudent. We look forward to seeing everyone and again showing members of the public the wonders of the night sky. |
