Astronomers of Humboldt
Upcoming Events
The Astronomers of Humboldt are now scheduling observation meetings for Club members and guests on the weekend nearest the new moon. And, in addition, we are holding Zoom meetings for members on most weekends nearest the full moon.
Next events:
- Friday March 20. Spring Equinox. At 7:46 am the Earth's North Pole once again begins to tilt toward the Sun, marking the beginning of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Friday March 20 or Saturday March 21. Messier
Marathon, Primary Weekend.
We will hold the marathon on either
Friday night or Saturday night, depending on the weather forecast.
We will post an update here a few days before the scheduled event.
The location is Kneeland Airport.
Before you go, check the
weather forecast, the
Kneeland Clear Sky Chart,
the GOES West satellite imagery
(single frame or
timelapse), the
air quality index,
and the Barry Ridge Webcam.
Dress warmly and arrive in time to set up before dark.
Sunset will be at 7:28 pm.
Some useful resources for the marathon are: The Messier Marathon, [at http://messier.seds.org/xtra/marathon/marathon.html] which contains a history of Messier Marathons as well as some tables, tips, and links to other resources; David Paul Green's The Ultimate Messier Object Log (TUMOL) (archived by AOH) [at https://www.astrohum.org/tumol.pdf]; and Thomas Knobloch's Interactive Messier List [at https://www.star-shine.ch/astro/messiercharts/messierTelrad.htm]. The latter two links contain Telrad charts for all the Messier Objects.
- Wednesday March 25. NSN Webinar. AOH members can get more information at the members-only webinar page.
- Saturday April 4. AOH Zoom Meeting. Login information will be sent to all dues-paying members.
- Saturday April 18. Observing at Kneeland. We will hold our regular April observing session at Kneeland Airport. Dress warmly and arrive in time to set up before dark. Sunset will be at 7:59 pm.
- Saturday April 25. Humboldt Math Festival.
We will have a demonstration table set up at the Festival
which will be held at Redwood Acres from 12 to 4 pm.
- Saturday May 2. AOH Zoom Meeting? Login information will be sent to all dues-paying members.
- Saturday May l6. Observing at Kneeland. We will hold our regular May observing session at Kneeland Airport. Dress warmly and arrive in time to set up before dark. Sunset will be at 8:28 pm.
- Saturday May 30. AOH Zoom Meeting? Login information will be sent to all dues-paying members.
Dues-paying members can get a downloadable and printable calendar of current astronomical events, historical events, and AOH activities here.
Here are links to some west coast star parties: California Dark Sky Festival [at https://www.easternsierraobservatory.com/california-dark-sky-festival], Golden State Star Party [at https://www.goldenstatestarparty.org/], Joshua Tree Night Sky Festival [at https://www.skysthelimit29.org/night-sky-festival.html], Nightfall Star Party [at https://nightfallstarparty.com/], Oregon Star Party [at https://www.oregonstarparty.org/], Yosemite Glacier Point Starry Night Skies [at https://www.travelyosemite.com/things-to-do/naturalist-walks-programs/#collapse-26967.
