“Observing Programs of the Astronomical League”
By: Aaron Clevenson
Astronomical League Observing Program Director and Secretary
The Astronomical League has promoted Observing Programs since 1967. Aaron Clevenson, an AL Observing Program Director, will give a presentation of where the Observing Program Division has been, where it is today, and where it is going in the future.
Currently there are over 70 Observing Programs offered, covering everything from novice to Expert, Naked-Eye Observing to Telescopes, every imaginable type of astronomical object, and some specialty categories for the adventurous.
At the conclusion of the talk we hope you will decide to tackle one or more of the Observing Programs, you should have the information you need to determine which Observing Programs are for you, and how to approach them.
Speaker: Aaron Clevenson is very active in the Astronomical League (AL) and is the current Secretary. He is also an Observing Program Director (since 2006), the assistant webmaster, and the editor of the current AL Observing Manuals. He is the recipient of the League’s C. R. Wright Award (2014) and the Astronomical League Award (2022). He was the author of many of the AL’s Observing Programs including: Constellation Hunter, Galileo, AL Observing Challenges, NASA Observing Challenges, and the Master Observer Progression.
Clevenson has earned many of the AL’s Observing Programs and is one of the AL’s Master Observer Triple-Crown awardees. He is a retired astronomy professor from Lone Star College – Montgomery, TX, having taught introductory astronomy for 18 years. He is the author of the monthly What’s Up Doc? Newsletter and an electronic introductory textbook, Astronomy for Mere Mortals, both of which are available at no cost on the AL website.
Clevenson is a member of the North Houston Astronomy Club (TX) and is the Director of the Insperity Observatory in Humble ISD.
This meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. To attend, you must register for the meeting. You can do so using the link below. You will receive an email with the details of the meeting and a link that will allow you to join in.
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Join us Friday, July 11th, 2025, at 7:00 pm CT.
See you then!