The Astronomical Society of East Texas - ASET

05/25/2026

Happy Memorial Monday and Member Monday to our ASET members and followers. We hope you are having a wonderful holiday with your families.

🔭 Today's Member Monday photo is from member, Mike Nelson.
- C27 (Crescent Nebula)
- Equipment: Dwarf 3
- Dual Band Filter
- Exposure Times: 5 sec exposures, 340 images stacked (4 hr 15 min)

"Processed with Dwarflab’s Stellar Studio w/ Star Reduction and Simple Spikes for fun. This is a perfect target for the Dwarf 3. Done in Bortle 4 south of Dover, DE." - Mike Nelson

05/15/2026

Due to majority cloud cover this evening the Star Party at Tyler State Park has been cancelled. We hate cancelling as much as you hate it. So, we hope to try again on the 30th at Purtis Creek, or next month on the 19th at Tyler State Park.

05/11/2026

Member Monday with a capture of the “Leo Triplet” galaxies by Barbara Robinette. 🦁 🌟

Seestar 30 Pro
Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628)
(1 min exposure x2 hours)

05/09/2026

Happy to be able to come out to Purtis Creek State Park - Texas Parks and Wildlife and help with a Star Party!

Mark your calendars for May 30th and join us for our first ever Star Party with the Astronomical Society of East Texas! Explore the cosmos on this spaceship we call Earth with telescopes and enjoy star stories with a ranger! 💫🪐✨

For more info: https://tpwd.texas.gov/calendar/purtis-creek/2026-programs/May_2026/copy6_of_stargazing-101

05/05/2026

Here are our events for this month! We will be having TWO chances for a Star Party this month at both Tyler State Park and Purtis Creek State Park. We are so excited to have so much going on. 🌟

05/02/2026

Check out the May issue of "Polaris"! 🌙✨

Article for last month's Astronomy Day event and May's Target of the Month are waiting for you.

May Polaris 2026 : simplebooklet.com

04/27/2026

Member Monday with a photo from Mike Nelson. Capturing the Great Orion Nebula (M42) done with a Dwarf mini.

Original Date: 3/29/2026

5 second exposures over 23 minutes and 35 seconds.

04/21/2026

ASET Members can join us online, Tonight, for our Special Interest Group led Mike Nelson! You don’t have to have a Smart Telescope to join, in fact, over the next 3 months the topics will be useful for everyone. This month we will be discussing different applications on mobile devices to help - this month the focus is Weather Apps. (next 2 months will be Planning Apps followed by Basic photo editing Apps).

Emails will be sent to members with the meeting link, day of. If you are a member and are have not gotten a link or having trouble with connecting please contact an officer via email located on our contact page. https://www.asetexas.org/contact

Photo Credit: Mike Nelson

04/17/2026

Due to majority cloud cover tonight and high winds we will be cancelling our Star Party with Tyler State Park. We still hope you have a wonderful evening and please catch us next time.

We will have 2 Star Party opportunities in May so be on the look out for that. Thank you!

04/14/2026

This Tuesday ASET 2026 Members can join in on the Astrophotography SIG meeting, lead by Jim Chase. This group is for those wanting to get tips about taking, processing, and editing your astrophotos. Join the group to be able to talk through issues or get ideas from others.

An email link to the Online meeting will be sent to active members via email. If you are a 2026 member and need help getting a link please let me or Jim Chase know. If you would like to become a member please contact Jim Chase. Emails for both of us can be found on our website asetexas.org.

Photo Credit: Jim Chase

04/01/2026

Come check out what’s happening this month at ASET. 🌟

** Update: SIG GROUP DATES UPDATED**