The Astronomical League is pleased to bring you a free introductory text book in astronomy.  It covers Planetary Astronomy as well as Stellar and Galactic Astronomy.  It is designed to be used in High School Astronomy classes and Astronomy classes at Community Colleges.

It may be distributed widely, may be printed, and you can request a price check of a printed copy at cost from the author, Aaron Clevenson, at aaron@clevenson.org.

It is available on the Astronomical League website on the Night Sky Tools page:  https://test.astroleague.org/navigating-the-night-sky-guides/

The October Sky Tools are now available on he Astronomical League website:

https://test.astroleague.org/navigating-the-night-sky-guides

Congratulations to the Okie-Tex Star Party on their 40th anniversary.
To see more:
https://test.astroleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Okie-Tex-SP.pdf

The AL Council approved the pins for the 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipse Challenges.

The downloadable certificate (“I saw the annular solar eclipse”) is now available on line:

https://test.astroleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Solar-Eclipse-Certificates-full-set-2023-v2.pdf

For more information on the Challenges:

https://test.astroleague.org/solar-eclipse-observing-challenges/