March 2022 Meeting Astronomy League

As many members know, I had a controller die last star party. While reloading my spare controller, I found I had to rebuild the Carbon Star tour I had written a decade ago because my backup got corrupted. That tour was built in part on the Astronomy League Carbon Star observing list. As I was looking for that list, I took a look at the other observing programs and realized that we, as a club, could easily work those lists into our fun sessions after the public leaves the star field. This presentation is the result.

I would also like to urge members to consider going to ALCON 2022 in Albuquerque this June. It features Harrison Schmidt, the Apollo 17 astronaut, and a tour of VLA by astronomers for astronomers.

Tom

Program Links:

• Astronomical League – www.astroleague.org
• Observation Clubs:
  www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/AlphabeticObservingClubs.html
• Discounts: www.astroleague.org/celestial-savings
• Astro Notes: www.astroleague.org/al/astrnote/astnotes.html
• Outreach downloads: www.astroleague.org/outreach
• AL Store: store.astroleague.org
• ALCON 2022: alcon2022.org
  • Embassy Suites Hotel – Reservations
  • Institute of Meteorics – http://meteorite.unm.edu/ – tour reservations
  • Harrison Schmitt Dinner – reservations
  • Very Large Array – http://www.vla.nrao.edu/ – Tour Reservations
  • Other offsite tours – reservations
• Logbooks:
  • www.rasc.ca/sites/default/files/obsform.pdf
  • www.astronomy.com/-/media/Files/PDF/ObservingForm.pdf
• Seeing & transparency guide:
  www.astroleague.org/content/seeing-and-transparency-guide