January 2019

Your Astronomical League is giving away up to eleven Library Telescopes!

January 24, 20190 commentsUncategorized

Through the vision of the Horkheimer Charitable Fund, the Astronomical League is again offering a free Library Telescope to a lucky Astronomical League club in each of the ten AL regions and to a Member-at-Large.

This wonderful program consists of an Orion 4.5 inch StarBlast Dobsonian or a Zhumell Z114 (or equivalent) and a Celestron 8-24 mm zoom eyepiece (or equivalent), and a name plate commemorating the late Jack Horkheimer. The value of this opportunity is approximately $300; the potential of the program is enormous.

Submit your completed entry form so that the Astronomical League national office receives it by June 30, 2019. If mailed, the entry must be postmarked no later than June 30, 2019. The winning entry for each region will be announced at ALCon 2019 held July 25-29. Full details of this wonderful program can be found at https://test.astroleague.org/library-telescope-program

The Library Telescope Program is a great club project, one that brings members together while benefiting their community. Indeed, it is the perfect outreach program!

 

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Passing of Jerry Sherlin

January 7, 20190 commentsUncategorized

Credit: The following article is from the Denver Astronomical Society online newsletter.

A memorial service for Jerry Sherlin will be held Saturday, January 12 at 11 am;
Southeast Church of Christ, 14601 E. Yale Avenue, Aurora, CO 80014

Obituary

He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1959, retiring in 1981.  In the Air Force, he attended the weather forecasting school and spent most of his career in space weather predictions.  He served at the Air Force’s Geophysics Labs (Hanscom Field, MA) for three years, followed by four years at the Air Force Global Weather Central’s Space Environmental department, where real-time reports from solar observatories around the world were received and the data used to forecast the effects of solar activity (e.g. solar flares and CMEs) on NASA-USAF near-Earth space missions and HF radio propagation.

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Master Observer Network

January 3, 20190 commentsUncategorized

If you are a Master Observer, the question is:  Are you a member?  The Master Observer Network is an electronic network of Astronomical League Master Observers that is available to answer questions by members and non-members as well.  We would like all of the Master Observers to be a part of the network.  Master Observers choose which queries they want to respond to.  When a member of the network, your email address is secure and not available to anyone unless you respond to a query.  To join the network, please send your email address and Master Observer number to Aaron Clevenson, the Observing Program Director, at aaron@clevenson.org

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