After heavy rains, Dee and I encountered some flooding in Virginia Beach. We were on 20th Street heading toward the Ocean Front late one night and suddenly found the road flooded. It was more than a p

Congratulations Mr. President! I forget who said promotions come fast in volunteer organizations. Good luck with it. Roy

FYI – For those with a low eastern horizon and an alarm clock set to pre-dawn (say 5:30), Venus will be very near Jupiter tomorrow morning 4/30/22. Naked eye they may look like one bright UFO. Roy Dif

Cool, Mark! Great little project. What do you think of it for outreach? Too dim, too esoteric? Roy

ISS resupply via an Antares rocket scheduled this Saturday Feb. 19 12:40 noon. Also to be a “NASA Social Event” on Facebook, etc. and broadcast on NASA TV. https://www.nasa.gov/connect/social/index.ht

Pretty darned good for an iPhone. Look at all the baby craters! Roy

WOW! WoooHooo! Stu, I lost track of you, and I shouldn’t have – Ian is right, great images!! Roy

Lots going on up there. https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-momentum-management Roy

Thanks Ian. Maybe someday I’ll understand how it can orbit an empty point in space. Roy

HD 84406 – that’s the first star Webb will point to for alignment. And we can see it too – it’s surprisingly bright, mag 6.9. It’s a yellow-orange star in Ursa Major. It’s easily visible this time of

I haven’t looked at all alternatives, and the short answer, as usual, is “it depends”. Depends in part on what you want the system to do, what scope it’s to be on, who is to install it, and several ot

If I were buying one I would certainly be thinking about it – do I stick with a system that’s on its way out, or do I go for a brand new system that’s unknown? Or choose some other system entirely? Gl

Really good news for present owners of ServoCat systems. But what do you do if you have a ServoCat equipped scope on order? Roy

I’ve received a mailing list notice that Gary Myers, head of StellarCat, is retiring, and so production of ServoCat GOTO systems will be ending soon. But Wildcard Innovations, the Australian company t

Thankfully not here. Roy

I’ll probably be observing snowflakes. Roy

Asteroid 1994 PC1 is about to zip past us: https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/see-a-large-stony-asteroid-race-across-the-sky/ Roy

Mark said “Fast cars..............fast scopes.” …. Fast women??? “Oh no, not so fast Rapid Roy!” says Dee, “Just drink your Geritol and act your age.” $#%¥ Roy

Gee, thanks Chuck. Roy

No hope for my 28” f/3.63 even with a FeatherTouch focuser: 0.001”. Roy