These Observing Programs have new Coordinators: Solar System , Arp Peculiar Galaxies – Northern Skies, Arp Peculiar Galaxes – Southern Skies, Galaxy Groups and Clusters, and Local Galaxy Group and Neighborhood.  Please join me in welcoming the new coordinators, and thanking all those who volunteered to help.

Read on for details…

A special thank you to everyone who threw their name into the ring to help as Observing Program Coordinators.  This happens about once a year, and thankfully we had more people offer to help the Astronomical League than open positions.

The new Coordinators are:

• Solar System Observing Program – Chuck Allen
• Arp Peculiar Galaxies (Northern and Southern) Observing Programs – Marie Lott
• Galaxy Groups and Clusters Observing Program – Russ Pinizzotto
• Local Galaxy Group and Neighborhood Observing Program – Mark Simonson

Welcome to the team.

We hope many of you will volunteer to be coordinators the next time we have a need.

March 7

Tri-Star 2020

Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, North Carolina

Greensboro (NC) Astronomy Club and the Cline Observatory

https://www.gtcc.edu/community-engagement/cline-observatory/special-lectures-and-events/tristar.php

March 28

2020 All Arizona Messier Marathon                

Salome Emergency Airfield

La Paz County, Arizona

https://www.saguaroastro.org/

April 2-3

Northeast Astro-Imaging Conference

Rockland Astronomy Club, Suffern, New York

http://www.rocklandastronomy.com/neaic.html

April 4-5

Northeast Astronomy Forum and Solar Star Party

Rockland Astronomy Club, Suffern, New York

http://www.rocklandastronomy.com/neaf.html

April 23-26

Southern Star Astronomy Convention

Charlotte Amateur Astronomers Club, Little Switzerland, North Carolina

http://www.charlotteastronomers.org/southernstar/

April 23-26

South Jersey Astronomy Club Spring Star Party

Belleplain, New Jersey

http://sjac.us/starparty.html

April 23

Pickett Astronomy Day

Pickett-Pogue Dark Sky Park

Jamestown, Tennessee                                                        

URL to be updated

April 23-26

North Carolina Statewide Star Party

40+ public skywatching sessions from the North Carolina mountains to the coast

http://www.ncsciencefestival.org/special-opportunities/starparty/

April 24-26

Michiana Star Party 12

Dr. T. K. Lawless Park, Michigan

http://www.michiana-astro.org/

May 1-2

NCRAL 2020

Port Washington, Wisconsin

https://ncsf.info/ncral-vision-2020/

May 2

Astronomy Day

Nationwide.

https://test.astroleague.org//astronomyday/spring

May 17-24

Texas Star Party

Fort Davis, Texas

www.texasstarparty.org