The Shooting Star

Newsletter for The Astronomical Society of New Haven, INC.

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2026 ASNH OFFICERS

President Greg Barker
prez@asnh.org
(203) 887-0774

Vice President David Johnson
vprez@asnh.org
(203) 214-5569

Secretary Donna Pursley
secretary@asnh.org
(203) 214-2229

Treasurer Cheryl Barker
treasurer@asnh.org
(203) 675-1829

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The Astronomical Society of New Haven, Inc.

Is a non-profit, scientific and educational organization which fosters new and continuing interest in amateur astronomy. The general membership meetings are open to the public and attendance is encouraged.

Please feel free to call or email club officers for more information about the club. You can also contact the club at:

welcoming@asnh.org
1-866-808-ASNH (2764).

ANNUAL DUES

Family Electronic Newsletter$23.00
Student Electronic Newsletter$10.00
Senior Electronic Newsletter$10.00

OBSERVING CHAIRPERSONS

Branford Greg Barker                     branfordobschair@asnh.org
Milford Greg Barker                       milfordobschair@asnh.org

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Publicity Donna PursleyPublicity@asnh.org
Librarian Dave Johnsonlibrary@asnh.org
membership@asnh.org
newsletter@asnh.org
Membership Chair Cheryl Barkerwebmaster@asnh.org
Newsletter Jim Mazurgallery@asnh.org
Webmaster Greg Barker
Image Gallery Leo Taylor

SPECIAL INTEREST

Telescope Making Group Leaderscopes@asnh.org
Telescope Caretakerscopes@asnh.org
Board Of TrusteesTrustees@asnh.org

MEMBERS AT LARGE

Andy Buynak
Ray Kaville
Al Washburn

DUES & MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION:

Membership is open to anyone with an interest in Astronomy. If you know of anyone who would like to become a member, please have them complete an online application form at www.asnh.org/membership or print it out and mail payment to:
Treasurer, The Astronomical Society of New Haven
47 Chestnut Lane
Milford, CT 06461
Please include:
– Name
– Address
– Phone Number
– Special interest you might have in Astronomy (i.e., love to observe, want to learn, want to learn how to use my scope, etc.)

JulAugSep2023

Gallery

Sunspots. Ron Wasielewski of New Britain, CT is not an astrophotographer, but he did a great job capturing these sunspots on the setting Sun. The pictures were taken on consecutive days, May 21 and 22, 2023. They were taken with a Canon PowerShot SX540HS at full 50x zoom. No filters or other enhancements were made to the pictures. Notice the long line of spots in the Sun’s northern hemisphere.

Aurora. Some ASNH members were able to spot the auroral activity that was observed in many parts of the world on April 23 (see Michael Amato’s report on page 4). In Killingworth, Jim Mazur captured some red in the northern sky with a Canon T6i camera in an 8-second exposure at f/4, ISO 12800. The color is much more intense in this image than could be seen with the naked eye. The bright star at the upper left is Polaris.

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