ASTRO ACCEL

COG Meeting
2026-02-26 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-02-12 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-22 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-08 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-11 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-13 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-23 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-09 14:00 - 15:00 (Atlantic/Reykjavik) | https://zoom.us/j/99766250077?pwd=[REDACTED]
ASTRO ACCEL Core Organizing Group meetings take place twice monthly on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Eastern Time.

Council Meeting B
2026-02-25 00:00 - 01:30, 2026-01-28 00:00 - 01:30, 2025-11-19 00:00 - 01:30 (Atlantic/Reykjavik) | https://zoom.us/j/91742777334?pwd=[REDACTED]
Two ASTRO ACCEL Council Meetings are scheduled each month. All Council members must attend one of the meetings (A or B) each month. They are scheduled at different times to make it more convenient for you to attend.
LINK to Meeting GoogleFolder – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/150m791E1mIz1maTkUrpmzyWcAxTv6jsZ?usp=drive_link
LINK to Zoom Meeting – https://zoom.us/j/91742777334?pwd=[REDACTED]
Time Zone Connverter – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10jCIqL2du00L2pkZNs83PZDC0CR_0RIX?usp=sharing

Council Meeting A
2026-02-24 12:00 - 13:30, 2026-01-27 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-11-18 12:00 - 13:30 (Atlantic/Reykjavik) | https://zoom.us/j/93050846719?pwd=[REDACTED]
Two ASTRO ACCEL Council Meetings are scheduled each month. All Council members must attend one of the meetings (A or B) each month. They are scheduled at different times to make it more convenient for you to attend.
LINK to Meeting GoogleFolder – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/150m791E1mIz1maTkUrpmzyWcAxTv6jsZ?usp=drive_link
LINK to Zoom Meeting – https://zoom.us/j/93050846719?pwd=[REDACTED]
Time Zone Connverter – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10jCIqL2du00L2pkZNs83PZDC0CR_0RIX?usp=sharing

Project Update and Strategy Meeting
2026-02-05 14:00 - 15:30 (Atlantic/Reykjavik) | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81907778204?pwd=[REDACTED]
We are trying a switch on format and doing a quick project update time and mostly using it as a member spotlight time- like an extended lightning talk.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81907778204?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 819 0777 8204
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Summit 3 Planning Subcommittee
2026-01-14 16:00 - 17:00 (Atlantic/Reykjavik)
Initial planning meeting for the Summit 3 planning subcommittee for ASTRO ACCEL

Project Update and Strategy Meeting
2026-01-08 14:00 - 15:30 (Atlantic/Reykjavik)

ASTRO ACCEL Project Update and Strategy Meeting
2025-12-05 02:00 - 03:30, 2025-11-14 02:00 - 03:30, 2025-10-02 21:00 - 22:30 (Atlantic/Reykjavik) | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81907778204?pwd=[REDACTED]
Monthly meeting for projects to update on progress, get support, and collaborate across projects.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81907778204?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 819 0777 8204
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Summit Debrief
2025-11-12 16:00 - 17:00 (Atlantic/Reykjavik) | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85798662676
This is for the Summit Planning Committee to come together to debrief the 2025 Summit in Iceland

ASTRO ACCEL Network/Collaboration Tool Demo
2025-11-07 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88065606188?from=addon
Preparing for the virtual demo:

Please feel free to check out their website at https://www.eastofmoon.com/

There is a Demo Platform in the theme of the Apollo missions. You can go here https://apollo.missions.dev/ and create an account, and poke around a bit to see what you think prior to the demo.

Connecting to the virtual demo:
Tim Spuck is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88065606188?from=addon
Meeting ID: 880 6560 6188
One tap mobile
+13092053325,,88065606188# US
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ASTRO ACCEL Summit 2
2025-10-26 - 2025-10-28
The ASTRO ACCEL Summit 2 is planned for October 26-28, 2025 in Reykjavik, Iceland. This event is open to all ECRs, Associates, Council and COG members.

Summit II Planning Meeting
2025-10-21 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-07 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-09-30 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85798662676?pwd=[REDACTED]
This meeting is for the subcommittee planning Summit II.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85798662676?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 857 9866 2676
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Agenda HERE

Sense of Place Speaker Series "The Human Connection to Earth, Water and Sky
2025-10-16 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York)
Register at https://mailchi.mp/indigenouseducation/sumiraphatak?e=88b1cc8d24.

ASTROBLAST Star Party
2025-10-14 - 2025-10-19
ASTROBLAST takes place annually in dark sky country at the Oil Region Astronomy Learning Center in NW Pennsylvania. The event is open to all who look up in wonder at the night sky.

Dark Sky Observing – The 12-acre field, dark sky, plenty of room to set up campers, tents, and your equipment for observing
Internationally Recognized Speakers – Learn about the latest astronomical discoveries, observing equipment and much more
Astrophotography Workshops – Learn to capture and process images/photographs of the night sky like a pro
Astronomy Flea Market – Bring equipment/resources you no longer use and leave with some extra cash in your pocket
Sharathons – Share astro tips and tricks and learn from others

REGISTER TODAY at www.oras.org | Pre-registration Ends Oct. 3rd

CHSTM astronomy working group meeting
2025-10-07 10:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York)
First meeting of the history of astronomy working group of the Consortium for History of Science Technology and Medicine. If you wish to join this session, you must create an account at https://www.chstm.org/group/history-astronomy and become a member. Please direct question to Stephen Case at scase@olivet.edu .

Narratives on the Marginalization of Astrology

For our first discussion, we will be looking at two articles on the marginalization of astrology. When, how, and why did astrology go from being considered a viable knowledge system to a pseudo-science? Recent work has revisited this question, providing an overview of different factors for astrology’s marginalization and showing how explanations have moved from an emphasis on intellectual factors to social/institutional influences and back again. This will be the first meeting of our working group, so please come prepared to briefly introduce yourself and what brings you to the group!
Sources to discuss:
Michelle Aroney, “Reassessing the Marginalization of Astrology in the Early Modern World,” The Historical Journal (2023), 66, 1152–1176 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X23000328
H. Darrel Rutkin, “How to Accurately Account for Astrology’s Marginalization in the History of Science and Culture: The Central Importance of an Interpretive Framework,” Early Science and Medicine (2018), 23, 217–243 https://doi.org/10.1163/15733823-00233P02
Further reading:
Rienk Vermij and Hiro Hirai, “The Marginalization of Astrology: Introduction” Early Science and Medicine (2017), 22, 405–409 [intro to special issue] https://doi.org/10.1163/15733823-02256P01
Peter Wright, “Astrology and Science in Seventeenth-Century England,” Social Studies of Science (1995), 5/4, 399–422 https://www.jstor.org/stable/284805
Lynn Thorndike, “The True Place of Astrology in the History of Science,” Isis (1955), 46/3, 273–278 https://www.jstor.org/stable/226346
