July 2025
This issue covers moon phases through early September and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower on August 11–12, with up to 100 meteors per hour during a bright waning gibbous moon. Also featured is ‘The Great Rift,’ exploring the Milky Way’s dark dust lanes, cultural sky lore, and a hands-on activity showing our solar system’s place in the galaxy.
June 2025
This issue features the Vera Rubin Telescope in Chile, with its record-breaking 3.2-gigapixel camera and potential to transform ground-based astronomy. Also included are moon phases through early August, a road detour update for Heaven Hill, and NASA’s guide to summer viewing in Scorpius, from Antares to the Cat’s Paw Nebula.
May 2025
In this issue of the Astrofiles, we discuss recent challenges to stargazing, ask members to submit photos, reviews, or other astronomy-related experiences for the newsletter, and discuss Saturn’s recent ring-plane crossing. Also included is a short NASA discussion and an announcment for an upcoming astronomy live stream scheduled for June 6.
Below are the archives of every newsletter published by the Auburn Astronomical Society, listed by year, then by month. Click on any highlighted month to read its respective newsletter.