ICYMI – The Mars helicopter’s first flight is set for early Monday, 3:31 AM EDT, with NASA TV, streaming, news, etc. starting at 6:00 and repeating. https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/

Me too, George. And probably more cancellations to come. See you next year, maybe. Roy

Not happening this year. Decision made 3/25/21 with announcement shown on the Cherry Springs SP page on Facebook. Roy

Not happening at all in 2021 and no dates approved yet for 2022. http://www.greenbankstarquest.org/ Roy

Nice! And I’ll bet you’re just waiting until the new SN in IC3322A brightens to get it too. Thanks - Roy

It really was not clear if the Delmarva Stargazers were still a club or not, so I emailed Don Surles, one of the founding members. Here’s his answer: “Sadly, we have folded....early in 2020 it became

Well, hopefully they’ll get it all back together. That would be one of our closest star parties, if it happens, so I certainly want them to succeed. But that message I copied laid out specifically how

I had almost forgotten about the belly dancers. Chuck, to say you’ll be missed would be a vast understatement. Thanks for everything over the years. Please stay in touch. Hope all the snow out there m

I hope that’s correct – don’t know. But the Groups.io page includes this message from last year (reading in part) -“Delmarva Stargazers is shutting down. Michael Lecuyer 3/04/20 The Delmarva Stargazes

Oh yeah, I remember Cajun Burgers at midnight! Crazy! The Mason Dixon SP is gone too, but YCSP is getting started to take its place. Roy

I guess I’ll have to explain. I hope Kent chimes in here to defend himself. And I will say on his behalf that he has greatly reformed in years since. And this is from memory so others may remember it

Yeah, that was a gem of a memory!

Unfortunately the last event on the list, the Delmarva star party, is gone. And unless there has been an unheralded resurrection, the Delmarva Stargazers club is gone too. That’s a shame – we had many

The vendor reports low stock and 17 orders today. Better hurry. Roy

Thanks for the review Ted. The moon was pretty bright here last night – was it up when you were doing these comparisons? Would you say the moon had any effect on the views with the various filters?

Too bad – Space Weather says there’s a nice sunspot grouping, for a change, that has doubled in size in 24 hours and is easily visible. Roy

Temporal vortex! Roy Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Antares rocket, ISS resupply mission. On NASA TV and Space.com. Roy

Art is fine until it masquerades as reality – many or most seeing astrophotos don’t know one from the other. How could they? False colors may be all they ever see. Looking through a telescope is so en

That’s what struck me about this image too. So often, especially on this object, the “red mist” covers everything, including the stars. This image however looks completely natural, like something I mi