Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society

12/24/2025

Holiday greetings from LVAAS! Art by Jim Blandford

09/01/2025

The 2026 LVAAS Youth Sponsorship Program Application is NOW OPEN!

Application Deadline is January 16, 2026

https://forms.gle/mqBuSfEhu8Wn36R4A

04/27/2025

Here are the details of our 2026 LVAAS Youth Sponsorship Program. All of us here at LVAAS are excited to offer this opportunity and appreciate our collaboration with Astronomy in the Community. We look forward to seeing the next generation of projects and watching this program flourish!

04/02/2025

NEAF is this weekend! Checkout our dear friends doing the solar things!

03/08/2025

We’re thrilled to introduce this program! One of LVAAS’s core goals is to encourage and promote interest in the study of astronomy and allied subjects, and this initiative truly embodies that mission. A huge thank you to Astronomy in the Community for your partnership—we’re excited to see all the great things that will come from this collaboration!

10/12/2024

Come out and see us and our friends from Astronomy in the Community and the Bucks-Mont Astronomical Association at the Lehigh Valley Space Fest. The event runs today and tomorrow from 10a to 4p.

We will show you some great views of the sun!

Lehigh Valley Space Fest is a FREE, fun event for the whole family! Our Mission is to "bring space down to Earth” and inspiring future generations through an out-of-this-world, annual event packed with educational and awe-inspiring topics related to NASA missions, space exploration, astronomy and

08/20/2024

In 1924, a radio receiver built for the battlefields of World War I tested the idea that humans were not alone in the solar system, heralding a century of searches for extraterrestrial life.

08/18/2024

The JUICE spacecraft will flyby the moon and earth over the next two days. It’s the first ever double gravity assist as well as the first ever moon/earth flyby! May seem like a small thing, but these are exciting times!

More details at the link below:

https://earthsky.org/space/esas-juice-mission-explore-jupiters-icy-moons-ganymede

08/17/2024

In case you’ve ever wondered… A comet probably didn’t wipe out the dinosaurs. New evidence strengthens the idea that it was an asteroid from beyond the orbit Jupiter. Read the fascinating details in the article below.

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Rock samples hold clues to origin of impactor that sparked a mass extinction 66 million years ago.

07/23/2024

On this day in 1995, the Hale-Bopp Comet (C/1995 O1) was discovered by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp! This remarkable comet captivated the world with its brilliance and visibility, becoming one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century. Its discovery continues to inspire both amateur and professional astronomers alike.

If you didn’t see it the last time around, you’ll have to wait, uh, nevermind… it won’t be back in the inner solar system until ~4385!

Comet Hale–Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) is a comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades.

07/21/2024

Sunspots today …