August 2025
This issue of the Astrofiles Newsletter highlights late-summer observing conditions, recent poor visibility of the Perseid meteor shower, and exciting developments in solar astronomy. It introduces the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii and ESA’s Solar Orbiter, both providing groundbreaking views of the Sun, and notes the discovery of comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), an unusually fast-moving interstellar visitor expected to pass closest to Earth in December 2025
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.
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.