A friend just sent a picture of a high altitude weather balloon and it looks like what Kent and I saw through the binoculars last night so I guess the satellite idea may not be right. Still no aliens

Thanks Mark! That was my fall back guess, but I didn’t think you could get visuals of the geosynchronous satellites due to altitude and angle of incidence of the suns rays. Pretty cool to know

Or was the two ISS passes Friday night? I am burned out....................

That was an amazing observation last night (I assume you are speaking of that). I have never seen anything liike it in 50 years+ of observing. I thought for a moment it was Venus but could not figure

And now it’s gone. Strange. No movement. Perfectly round. Closest major star I could locate was Alphard. My wife saw it too, so I’m not completely cuckoo for cocoa-puffs.

Anyone know what the bright white object is almost due south?

Jeff, We currently meet on Zoom (1st Thursday’s of the month). Normally we meet at Tidewater Community College (JC12 Science Building). I’m trying to get this confirmed so we can meet in

Jeff, At our last Back Bay Amateur Astronomy Club I made a motion to grant you an Honorary membership to our Astronomy Club. You have done so much to promote Astronomy to our club and the

I started the Binocular Messier program in February of 2017. By November of 2017, I had completed 47 of the 50 required observations. That was the time I started getting obsessed with variables and I

Glad you found it! now it seems you need another "tool box" for astro gear. Jeff Jeffrey Thornton Secretary, Back Bay Amateur Astronomers

Praise the Lord, I found the little box with my two Pentax lenses and my dew heater and heater straps! I had told some of you that it was missing since I last used it at the January Skywatch, and I

Topic: BBAA Start Time : May 6, 2021 06:54 PM Meeting Recording: https://vccs.zoom.us/rec/share/_n5sccvp54s0ZPRaBXl9SjT5t-0UYO5Ohp0T8y_ATkolwIrjMeb_ztnqh1Wf86mS.9egHwTKgx5CdPBOz Access

May 6th BBAA meeting will be on Zoom. Here is the link, thanks to Jeff Goldstein: Join Zoom Meeting https://vccs.zoom.us/j/96840800899

R.I.P, Michael Collins, 10/31/1930 - 04/28/2021. A real space pioneer and a gentleman. He will be missed. George George Reynolds VP, Back Bay Amateur Astronomers

Jeff Goldstein is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Also, I’m trying to get TCC Science Building JC-12 for June meeting. Topic: BBAA Time: May 6, 2021 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and

Scott, I’m all set for the ZOOM virtual meeting. No word about meeting at TCC, just yet. However, I think we may be able to meet in June at the TCC Science building JC-12 as before. I’ll

I have been trying to sell my Celestron outfit. Good advice here. Thanks all. I have reduced my prices significantly. Take a look all.

Another thing about Cloudy Nights is that it is run by Astronomics, and once signed up they give members a discount on Astronomics purchases. Later, Tony

Hey Tony, I concur. Clear Dark Skies, Bird

I have sold things on Cloudy Nights with no problems. Good community, and no additional fees. Just PayPal fees. Later, Tony