Welcome to NEKAAL (Northeast Kansas Amateur Astronomers’ League Inc.)

Welcome to NEKAAL, to find out more about NEKAAL see who we are or schedule to attend one of our general meetings or open houses.

News

  • ROAD TRIP!!
    Mark Your calendar for May 4th, 2013. All NEKAAL members are invited to meet at the parking lot at 10th & Gage (west of Walgreen’s). We will carpool/caravan north to Holton and then west a few miles to Banner Creek Reservoir. The Banner Creek Science Center is located on the west side of the park. [...]
  • KU SEDS visits Farpoint
    Dr. Twarog from Kansas University brought out a group of SEDS members. They stayed til 3:00 AM after arriving the about 9:00 PM the night before (2nd of February). SEDS stands for Students for the Exploration and Development of Space. - Gary
  • Another Apollo (this time a PHA) found at Sandlot Observatory
    I swept up 2013 AS27 while performing NEOCP follow-up. The object I was looking up was listed as UABF97F on the NEOCP. Off the NE side of the images was a fast moving 18th magnitude unknown. I immediately turned in the object as lb4020 (my temporarily assigned designation) to the MPC. Within minutes it was [...]
  • Comet ISON
    Here’s an image from this morning (10-15-12) of Comet ISON at just over 6 A.U.s distant. It registered 17.4 R. magnitude. (18 min blue and green and 16 min red.) This is the comet that MIGHT reach naked-eye brightness about this time next year. While it has the potential to be a spectacular comet (on [...]

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