My Journey Into Amateur Astronomy
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TITLE PHOTOGRAPH: NGC 1850, THE DOUBLE CLUSTER; CREDIT: NASA, ESA, AND MARTINO ROMANIELLO (EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY, GERMANY)<br />
4 President’s Notes<br />
Texas Star Party; Mid-States Regional Meeting<br />
5 International Dark-Sky Association<br />
6 Reflector Mail<br />
8 Looking For Young Astronomers<br />
9 League Officer Nominations/2014 Youth Awards<br />
10 <strong>My</strong> <strong>Journey</strong> into <strong>Amateur</strong> <strong>Astronomy</strong><br />
Author dedicates his journey to outreach in astronomy<br />
11 2013 Walter Scott Houston Award<br />
12 Tinker, Scalar, Kibur, Sky<br />
Galaxy formation, jigsaw style<br />
14 2013 Mabel Sterns Newsletter Editor Awards<br />
15 2013 Leslie C. Peltier Award<br />
16 2013 Horkheimer Youth Service Awards<br />
18 Planting Cosmic Seeds<br />
19 StarTalk Radio<br />
Podcasts hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson<br />
20 Observing Awards<br />
22 Coming Events<br />
Our cover: This image of M46 and planetary nebula NGC 2438 was taken with Bob<br />
Runyan’s adapted LX200 cradle-mounted EON120 refractor/ST8i CCD camera.<br />
Autoguiding by his piggybacked ED80/Orion SSAG. Acquired with MaximDL/CCD and<br />
processed with MaximDL/CCD and Photoshop. Taken from Bob’s AstroAsylum dome<br />
observatory located in his backyard in Shelton, Nebraska. Bob is a longtime member<br />
of the PVAO (Platte Valley Astronomical Observers; www.pvao.us) and the<br />
Astronomical League. His personal website is rcfotos.selfip.net/Runyan.<br />
To our contributors: The copy and photo deadline for the December 2013 issue is<br />
October 15. Please send your stories and photos to our magazine editor, Ron Kramer<br />
(editor@astroleague.org), by then.<br />
The Astronomical League invites your comments regarding the magazine. How<br />
can we improve it and make it a more valuable resource for you, our members?<br />
Please respond to the editor’s email address above.<br />
The Astronomical League Magazine<br />
Vol. 65, No. 4 • ISSN: 0034-2963 • September 2013<br />
A FEDERATION OF ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETIES<br />
A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION<br />
To promote the science of astronomy<br />
• By fostering astronomical education,<br />
• By providing incentives for astronomical,<br />
observation and research, and<br />
• By assisting communication among amateur<br />
astronomical societies.<br />
Astronomical League National Office:<br />
9201 Ward Parkway, Suite 100, Kansas City, MO 64114<br />
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