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The Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri is the public outreach activity of the Alliance for Astronomy, Inc., a Missouri non-profit corporation.  The mission of Alliance is

to promote public awareness, appreciation and education in astronomy and related sciences.

See the Alliance web site for more information.

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The Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri (ASEM) is an Astronomy club designed to put fun and passion into astronomy. We are based in St. Charles County, Missouri and draw heavily from the St. Louis Metro Area.  Our members range in age from 8 to 85 (we are very family friendly) and we all "love" Astronomy.   We love to "share the view" thru our public outreach and education programs, our meetings, our special interest groups, our events, our relationships with other area clubs and nationals organizations, and sometimes just with each other while under the stars. While you are at this site, we trust you will get a feeling for our fun with, and passion about, Astronomy.


If you are interested in attending any of our events:
  • Beginner Meeting--7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month
  • General Meeting--pot luck diner 6 p.m. & General Meeting 7 p.m. the second Saturday of the month
  • DigitalSIG--7 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month (astro photography)
  • DIY-ATMSIG--7 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of the month
  • Weekly Public Viewing at Broemmelsiek Park with our telescopes--7-10 p.m. every Friday weather permitting (viewing starts at dark)
See the "Latest News Flash" at the top of the next column for further details about these meetings and events.  The public is always welcome at our events.

 

Recent Announcements ‎

  • Grant Martin Earns Astronomical League Awards at the May 2013 Meeting ASEM's Astronomical League Award Coordinator Jim Twellman presents Grant Martin a certificate and pin signifying completion of the Solar System Program.  Grant also received an award and ...
    Posted May 12, 2013, 7:02 AM by Steve Boerner
  • ASEM's May 2013 Newsletter  You can find a copy of ASEM's May 2013 Newsletter by downloading the Adobe Acrobat document shown below. 
    Posted May 3, 2013, 11:27 AM by Steve Boerner
  • ASEM's April 2013 Newsletter You can find a copy of ASEM's April 2013 Newsletter by downloading the Adobe Acrobat document shown below. 
    Posted Apr 2, 2013, 8:42 AM by Steve Boerner
  • Dan Crowson Earns Astronomical League Awards at the March 2013 Meeting   ASEM's Astronomical League Award Coordinator Jim Twellman presents Dan Crowson a certificate and pin signifying completion of the Local Galaxy Group and Neighborhood Program.Dan completed the ...
    Posted Mar 10, 2013, 5:45 AM by Steve Boerner
  • Four ASEM members received Astronomical League Observing Awards at the January 2013 General Meeting. Four  ASEM members received Astronomical League Observing Awards at the January 2013 General Meeting from Executive Director Stacey Thater (right).Certificates and pins were presented for the Astronomical League's ...
    Posted Jan 13, 2013, 8:20 AM by Steve Boerner
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ASEM Star Parties


(See the folder at the bottom of the page for older slide shows.)


Attendance At ASEM Events
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Latest New Flash

Our next weekly free FNOH Public Viewing session is scheduled on Friday night (5/24/2013) at Broemmelsiek Park in St. Charles County.  It should be dark enough for viewing by 9 PM and the session lasts for two hours.  See below for directions to the park.  A public viewing session is scheduled for every Friday night when skies are clear.   Please observe these requests while you are at the public viewing.   See the Online Weather Sources used to make the weather related call. 

Our next DigitalSIG meeting will be Tuesday, May. 21 at 7:00 p.m. in the Weldon Spring Center.  The topic of the night will be plate solving.  Plate solving is a technique that measures precisely where the telescope is pointing by taking a image and then using various pattern matching techniques, matches the stars in the image to a given star catalog.   We'll examine solving with MaximDL, Astro Tortilla, and Elbrus.  If you have an interest in astrophotography, bring your questions and we'll get you answers.  Directions to the Center are below.  As always the public is welcome and you don't need to be an ASEM member to attend. 

Typical ASEM Meeting Scenes

(See the folder at the bottom of the page for older slide shows.)

Important Links

Meeting Information

Beginner's Meeting, First Thursday of every month, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Weldon Spring Interpretive Center.  Open format meeting taking questions from beginners, help with telescopes.  For more information, see Beginners Corner.

Want to request a Star Party (or have another request)? Click here 

Help our Program Committee, make suggestions/requests for program material here.

Map to Weldon Spring Interpretive Center - site of indoor meetings

Map and information about the Broemmelsiek Park observing site - a premier viewing area.

Subscribe to ASEM's monthly newletter

Every once in a while ASEM is featured in a broadcast or print story.  See ASEM in the News.

Important Astronomy Resources


Links to other important organizations.

St. Louis Astronomical Society
River Bend Astronomy Club
Mid-States Region of the Astronomical League
Astronomical League

We have a FaceBook page for St. Louis Astronomy
Please visit it and become a fan.

Users of the astronomy area at Broemmelsiek Park may also be interested in the St. Charles County FaceBook page.

Clicking on an event in the calendar brings up more information.

ASEM Calendar


 
Every wonder what astronomers look at up there in the sky through a telescope?  Watch our slide show then visit our member's pages by taking the link in the left sidebar.

Contributed ASEM DigitalSIG Images

Danville Clear Sky Chart
Broemmelsiek Park Clear Sky Chart