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Infoline: (845) 255-4719

Benefits of Membership

Magazine Subscriptions

Sky and Telescope is the more flexible of the deals.  Their regular rate is $42.95 per year but the club rate is $32.95.  Unfortunately, you have to renew each year (no multi-year club subscriptions).  The good news is that you can sign up or renew at any time.  Just submit a check made out to “Sky Publishing Corporation” along with your contact information or renewal notice to the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer.  They will send in the requests in every month or so.  In addition, Sky Publishing occasionally offers discounts from their shop on skyandtelescope.com to club subscribers. 

Astronomy allows us to send in our subscriptions only once per year.  We collect the checks and contact info or renewals in November and send them in before the end of the month so new subscriptions can begin in January.  If you are a current subscriber they will add the new subscription on to your existing one.  The club rate is $29.00/ year.  Make the check out to “Kalmbach Publishing Co.”  The two year rate is $55.00.
Take advantage of these great offers.  Bring checks for either or both deals to an MHAA meeting and give to the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer.
Remember; do not make the checks out to the Treasurer!  Make them out to the publishers and we will send them in.

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Become a Member

To become a member fill out the Membership Application and mail it to the address indicated of the form.

Association dues are $25.00 and will be collected in January of each year. Members joining or renewing on or before June 30th are asked to pay the full amount. If joining on or after July 1st, your dues will be $12.50 for the second half of the year.

Lending Library

The club has a wide variety of things members can borrow, including, but not limited to:

  • Slide Shows on various Topics
  • Videos about Space Exploartion, Hubble, Apollo, The Planets, Eclipses, etc.
  • A 40-part (sic!) video lecture series about Astronomy, by Dr. Alex Filipenko, from UC Berkely. Starts out simple and progresses.
  • An Audio Tape of "A Brief History of Time", by Steven Hawking.
  • Lots of books on all kinds of Astronomy related subjects.
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The Club Telescope

If you'd like to borrow the f/4.5 13" Dobosnian Telescope you must be a member of the Association. Also, be aware that this scope is fairly heavy, and comes in 2 pieces.
To borrow the scope club. Contact The MHAA President or call the Infoline.

The Scope was constructed by Gordon Waite. When Gordon died, his estate was kind enough to give the scope to us. Recently, the scope was upgraded. It now has a re-ground mirror, a smaller flat mirror, and is a little lighter. Since the overhaul, the scope has been performing much better than before! Thanks to everyone who donated money and time towards its refurbishment!

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