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.)

JulAugSep2025

Gallery

By Chris Predom

These images of the Moon were taken on June 3 with a Coulter 8-inch f/4.5 dob. The eyepiece was a 4-mm 82-degree Astrotech UWA. All images were straight through the eyepiece with an iPhone.  The last image used the iPhone’s zoom. Tycho is in the center right of the image. You can just make out some of the light and dark areas on crater’s right wall, and its lit center peak. In the scope visually there were quite a few light and dark areas that were very nice to observe.

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By Jim Mazur

The Moon was less than 29 hours old when I took this shot on April 28 with a Canon T6i camera and a 200-mm lens. For me, this is was a personal record for the youngest Moon I have seen. Any Moon younger than 24 hours is supposedly very hard to see, but this one, just a few hours older, was easy once the sky got dark enough.

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