Aug 24, 2011

Our President – Dave Eicher – explains the mission and the vision behind the Astronomy Foundation Please check it out:

Aug 19, 2011

Welcome to a new phase of astronomy outreach. I’m pleased to let you know that a new slate of officers has been elected for our group, and that several changes have taken place. The first is that our first president, Vic Maris, completed the change of our organization’s name to simply Astronomy Foundation. The group does more than astronomy outreach, and we...

Jun 9, 2011

In April of this year AOF video production crew visited 2011 NEAF – one of the largest Telescope Shows in the world.    We met a great deal of interesting people and made some new friends.  For those of you who missed it, here is the video that gives you a glimpse of what it is like to attend an Astronomy Expo.  We hope to see you all back in New York...

Our good friend, Scott Kardel of Palomar Observatory had put together this short but sweet demonstration on the importance of shielding lights at night. Please check it out:

Jan 24, 2011

Welcome to an exciting new year of astronomy! Thank you for showing interest in the activities of the Astronomy Outreach Foundation. This new group got its organizational start in 2010 and looks forward to setting activities into high gear in the coming year. For the first time ever, astronomy has an industry group to promote the hobby and spread enthusiasm...

Dec 20, 2010

Download original Sky & Telescope Magazine article (PDF) An astronomy club’s outreach program gets telescopes into peoples’ hands. “The strongest thing that’s given us to see with’s a telescope. Someone in every town seems to me owes it to the town to keep one.” The words of Robert Frost in The Star Splitter inspired the New Hampshire...