Solar viewing using special SOLAR telescopes (NEVER point a conventional telescope anywhere near the sun!) FRIDAY October 23 by one of the pergolas (wooden structures) in Central Green from around 11:30 to around 1:00 pm. Come out and see a few sunspots along with some spicules and prominences if we are lucky! Bring a hat. We should have the Coronado PST and the Lunt H-Alpha set up. Please watch this page for updates – we need mostly clear to clear skies for observation.
The APL Astronomy Club’s Friends & Family Star Party will be held on Friday, September 18th, at 7pm until 9pm or so, depending on how things are going, how many enthusiastic people are present, etc.
Star gazing (and telescope viewing) is always dependent and contingent upon the weather. Please check back to this post as the date draws nigh to verify whether or not the star party has been cancelled due to inclement weather (rain and clouds being the biggest impactors). We will be putting weather updates here as they are necessary, though at this point the conditions for Friday evening look favorable for us (finally!). There will be no rain date.
APLers and their friends and families are all invited to attend. Club members will have several telescopes out for your viewing pleasure, but feel free to bring your own optics if you have them – the more
, the merrier!
PLEASE: NO FLASHLIGHTS! (red light or red celophane covered flashlights would be perfectly fine, though) Also, turn the screen brightness *down* on personal electronics.
Where: On the lawn by the Big Dish, outside the security fence, on the west side of the main campus. See map to right.
Clothing: dress as if the temperatures will be 10 degrees colder than what the weather prognosticators are calling for! (standing around looking through telescopes is not the most heat-generating activity you can do at night) Hats and hoods are most helpful in keeping warm.
Sunset: 7:11 pm EDT
End civil twilight: 7:38 pm EDT
Moonset: ~10:16 pm EDT
Moon phase: 5 days old(~30% illuminated)
Solar viewing today by one of the Gazebos in Central Green (Tuesday, Sep 15, 2015) from around noon to around one pm. Come out and see a few sunspots along with some spicules and prominences if we are lucky! Bring a hat. We should have the Coronado PST and the Lunt H-Alpha set up.
The APL Astronomy Club’s Friends & Family Star Party will be held on Thursday, October 30th, at 7pm until 9pm or so, depending on how things are going, how many enthusiastic people are present, etc.
Star gazing (and telescope viewing) is always dependent and contingent upon the weather. Please check back to this post as the date draws nigh to verify whether or not the star party has been cancelled due to inclimate weather (rain and clouds being the biggest impactors). We will be putting weather updates here as they are necessary, though at this point the conditions for Thursday evening look favorable for us (finally!). There will be no rain date.
APLers and their friends and families are all invited to attend. Club members will have several telescopes out for your viewing pleasure, but feel free to bring your own optics if you have them – the more, the merrier!
PLEASE: NO FLASHLIGHTS! (red light or red celophane covered flashlights would be perfectly fine, though) Also, turn the screen brightness *down* on personal electronics.
Where: On the lawn by the Big Dish, outside the security fence, on the west side of the main campus. See map to right.
Clothing: dress as if the temperatures will be 10 degrees colder than what the weather prognosticators are calling for! (standing around looking through telescopes is not the most heat-generating activity you can do at night) Hats and hoods are most helpful in keeping warm.
Sunset: 6:09 pm EDT
End civil twilight: 7:30 pm EDT
Moonset: ~12:22am EDT Oct 31
Moon phase: First Quarter (~50% illuminated)
The APL Astronomy Club’s Friends & Family Star Party will be held on Friday, May 2nd, at 7:00pm until 10:00 pm or so, depending on how things are going, how enthused the telescope volunteers are for staying late, etc. is canceled due to clouds. We will try again in the Fall.
Star gazing (and telescope viewing) is always dependent and contingent upon the weather. Please check back to this post as the date draws nigh to verify whether or not the star party has been cancelled due to inclimate weather (rain and clouds being the biggest impactors). We will be putting weather updates here as they are necessary. If we are clouded/rained out, we will regroup in the Fall.
APLers and their friends and families are all invited to attend. Club members will have several telescopes out for your viewing pleasure, but feel free to bring your own optics if you have them – the more, the merrier! And even though there is plenty of light pollution around, PLEASE: NO FLASHLIGHTS!
Where: On the lawn by the Big Dish, outside the security fence, on the west side of the main campus. See map to right.
Clothing: dress as if the temperatures will be 10 degrees colder than what the weather prognosticators are calling for! (standing around looking through telescopes is not the most heat-generating activity you can do at night)
Sunset: 8:01 pm EDT
End civil twilight: 8:30 pm EDT
Moonset: 11:21 pm EDT
Moon phase: Waxing Crescent (12% illuminated)
What: APL Astronomy Club monthly meeting
Where: Gibson Library room L-2
When: Wednesday, March 19, noon to 1:00 pm
Club business: Spring star party, solar observing party, dark sky party, observing reports
Other club events coming soon:
April 4: Friends and Family Spring Star Party
April 16: Club Meeting
April 22: Solar Observing at Building 200
April 24: Possible club trip to Stargaze at Tuckahoe State Park
What: APL Astronomy Club monthly meeting
Where: Gibson Library room L-2
When: Wednesday, February 19, noon to 1:00 pm
Club business: Spring star party, solar observing party, dark sky party
Speaker: Ron Farris – Solar Observing
Other club events coming soon:
March 19: Club meeting
April 4: Friends and Family Spring Star Party
April 22: Solar Observing at Building 200
April 24: Possible club trip to Stargaze at Tuckahoe State Park
Astro Club February 2014 Meeting
Solar Observing – by Ron Farris
2014feb_occultations – by Dave Dunham
What: APL Astronomy Club monthly meeting
Where: Gibson Library room L-2
When: Wednesday, January 15, noon to 1:00 pm
Club business: Budget request, equipment check-out procedure, Spring Star Party
Speaker: TBD
Other club events coming soon:
February 19: Club meeting
What: APL Astronomy Club monthly meeting
Where: Gibson Library room L-2
When: Wednesday, December 18, noon to 1:00 pm
Club business: Discuss status of our budget request.
Speaker: Ron Vervack will speak about Comet ISON observations.
Other club events coming soon:
January 15: Club meeting
What: APL Astronomy Club monthly meeting
Where: Gibson Library room L-2
When: Wednesday, November 20, noon to 1:00 pm
Club business: Discuss status of our budget request. Discuss implementation of new equipment check-out procedure.
Speaker: Dave Vasholz will give a talk entitled “Motion analysis of a pair of iPhone images.”
Other club events coming soon:
November 8: Friends and Family Star Party at APL (October 11 date cancelled due to inclement weather)
December 18: Club meeting – Speaker: Ron Vervack on Comet ISON
JHU/APL Astronomy Club 