Join us this Friday morning as Dr. Joel Goodman with the Howard Astronomical League (HAL) will tell us all about the new observatory at Alpha Ridge.
Howard Astronomical League is an amateur astronomy club located in Howard County, Maryland. They hold monthly meetings on the lower (mezzanine) level of the Robinson Nature Center in Columbia, MD, conduct public star parties at Alpha Ridge Park, and provide community outreach events at various locations – often in Howard Country Library parking lots. HAL invites everyone to be a part of astronomy in Central Maryland. Joel will discuss astronomy and space science resources in Howard County, JHU/APL New Horizons update and rocks from space and upcoming meteor showers.
The Howard Astronomical League will officially dedicate its new observatory this weekend in Marriottsville, and the public is invited to a ribbon-cutting and star-gazing party. The observatory—which the league is calling HALO (Howard Astronomical League Observatory)—houses two telescopes and a library under a 15-foot-diameter dome. A $10,000 state bond and private donations paid for construction of the observatory, which began in February, according to Howard County government.
Joel Goodman is a retired dentist. He is currently Celestial Searchers Director, Howard Astronomical League Observatory Director, STEMulatingMinds Logistics Chair and the NatureSphere/Planetarium Programmer at James and Anne Robinson Nature Center.
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