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HOWARD
ASTRONOMICAL
LEAGUE
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Zoom info will be posted in early October.
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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 COVID-19 Policy for Events - Updated May 2023
- In Howard County, COVID-19 community level is Low. We are following Howard County guidelines:
https://www.howardcountymd.gov/health/covid-19
https://www.howardcountymd.gov/News021822
- Face coverings are optional inside the Alpha Ridge HALO building. People may choose to mask at any time.
- If you are experiencing any flu-like symptoms or have tested positive for COVID, please be
considerate of others and refrain from attending HAL 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.
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Currently, the monthly board of directors' Planning Meeting and the HAL public General Meeting are being held virtually using Zoom.
Check back frequently for updates. HAL looks forward to resuming in-person gatherings.
The parks have 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.
HAL is proud to have official affiliations with: |
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