Outreach Downloads from the Astronomical League
The Astronomical League offers posters for clubs to download, then have printed for display at their public events such as Astronomy Day. They range in size from 20 x 30 inch sheets to materials that can be mounted on tri-fold project display boards. Some are available in 8.5 x 11 inch format. These documents can be printed at a local print shop at a rate of about $0.75 per square foot for black and white copies. Please visit https://test.astroleague.org//outreach
A few of the titles offered:
You Are Here — Illustrates our location in the Milky Way galaxy.
Navigating the Spring (or Fall) Night Sky — Gives the novice a tour of the sky.
How is Your Stargazing Knowledge? — Tests the public’s knowledge of the night sky in a friendly, interactive way.
Our Unnatural Night — Confronts the problem of light pollution.
What Telescope is Best for Me? — Guides the newcomer towards a suitable telescope.
How to Find Celestial Objects — Shows the methods amateur astronomers use to locate faint objects with ease.
The Need for Telescopes — Using the moon for comparison, the relative sizes of the planets are shown.
The ABCs of Stargazing — Explains the concepts of angular distance, brightness, and the altitude-azimuth coordinate system.
Is That a Planet or a Star? — Answers the question of how to tell a planet from a star.
If you would like to develop a set of downloadable materials in the style of those already available at Outreach Downloads, please contact Astronomical League President John Goss, president@astroleague.org.
Having been “bitten by the bug” as a young boy in the 1950s, Jim began his amateur astronomy “career” as a member of a “Junior Moon-Watch Team,” eagerly awaiting the launch of the first artificial Earth satellites during the International Geophysical Year toward the end of that decade. But, unlike the young man in Walt Whitman’s famous poem, he never tired of the “Learn’d Astronomer” and quickly grew tired of simply gazing up at the beauty of the stars. He wanted to “Do something to contribute.”
