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AL Astronomy Outreach Master Level Award

Many of us in the Atlanta Astronomy Club have found a real calling in sharing our love of science and astronomy with the public. And at dozens of events through the year, we do what we can to enrich the lives of people through our love of this activity. A little over a year ago, I received the first and second level award for astronomy outreach from the Astronomical League, the Outreach and Stellar Outreach Astronomical League Award

The previous award was an accumulation of 60 hours logged in 2009. Most of these hours were from my observatory sessions at Fernbank Science Center. There were several outreach events with the Atlanta Astronomy Club as well. Well now, after an additional two years of volunteering at the Fernbank Observatory, I have accumulated an additional 250 hours of logged time. This qualifies me for the Astronomical League’s Master Level Outreach Award.

The announcement was in the June 2012 edition of Reflector magazine, published by the Astronomical League. In receiving this, I join a group of dozens of astronomy enthusiasts that have reached this level of achievement in bringing astronomy to the public. The essay that accompanied my submission is found here, “Astronomy Outreach Techniques”