Message from the President

T Coronae Borealis, commonly known as the Blaze Star, is a recurrent nova that has captured the attention of astronomers for centuries due to its periodic

What’s Up in the Sky – September 2024

AAA Observers’ September Guide September’s Evening Planets: Bright Venus will be up in Virgo the Maiden until around 9 PM. Mercury will be in Virgo the

Events on the Horizon – September 2024

Be sure to RSVP to the Members-Only Star-BQ on September 29! Details here: https://aaa.org/event/2024-starbq/ Observing August 30 – September 1: Dark Sky Observing at North-South Lake:

St. Albans Under the Stars

So far, for the past three years, I’ve been out for one day with the good folk of Southeastern Queens with the Group known as

I Must Go Down to the Seas Again…

When the poet, John Masefield, wrote this in 1902, the world had no idea that the seas in question might not be on earth. We

Great Galactic Survey of 2024!

Calling All AAA Club Members! Are you ready to shoot for the stars? Well, we have a mission for you that’s more exciting than discovering

Actio Nova – August 2024

Cosmic Optometry In 1917 Einstein published his Theory of General Relativity I states that a mass, the size of our sun, measurably warps space and

What’s Up in the Sky – August 2024

AAA Observers’ August Guide August’s Evening Planets: Bright Venus will be up until around 9 PM moving between Leo the Lion and Virgo the Maiden through August.