Wow, there's a huge prominence and a long filament in H-alpha light. Sorry, but only two measly little sunspots for you white-light scope observers.

You've all seen me at ECSP never staying still. My neighbor says, "You make me nervous just watching you, S-L-O-W down!"

It was cold, but personally I love it. Besides 40+ degrees isn’t all that bad. It was fun “doing doubles” again. I’ll spare you my logs but here are the objects I viewed: List: 21/04/22 Takahashi TSA

H-alpha light: Mark O speaks the truth about the sun finally showing some nice detail. There is a large prominence on the southern limb as well as several filaments on the surface. Look fast on this W

I think the language is actually Klingon. --- jimcoble2000@... wrote: From: Mark Ost <jimcoble2000@...> To: BBAA-Group <backbayastro@groups.io>, VPAS <vpas@groups.io>, kentblackwell <kent@

The sun came out briefly on this rather blustery day. There are a few fairly nice prominences on the southeastern limb in H-alpha light. Unfortunately there are no sunspots in white light. The sun has

Jonathan, location, location, location. Reviewing my notes I once saw NGC 3268 in 2004 with my 4.25" Edmund Astroscan (remember those?) from Coinjock NC skies, yet I could not see it from Virginia Bea

Ian, do you use Photoshop Cs? Talk about a learning curve.

Ditto. Mars might be close in 2022 but poor little Mars is so tiny now. Everyone looked at him in October but now we totally ignore him.

If you're one of the older folks in the club how could you possibly forget March 7, 1970 the day of the center path of totality of the sun traversed through the middle of our town? I viewed it from Ru

Using the 25" with a 16mm Nagler Type 1. I think that eyepiece is welded to the focuser. Every scope works best with different eyepieces, in the case of the 25" it's that ancient 16mm.

It looks like we're in for some clear skies the next week. Last night was no exception. Despite my severe light pollution (18.5 SQM-L) there are still a lot of objects to see. Here's what I observed l

I think it's a fun interview, at least what I've seen so far. I'm going to put on you my 65" Samsung/Apple TV to get the full impact. Congratulations on the interview. Kent

Vixen Optics has a new eyepiece; a 100mm focal length. Wow, no kidding! That would be 35x in my 25" f/5, or 12x in my Orion 10" f/4., both yielding a 20mm exit pupil. Anyone out there have pupils that

I rode my bicycle to a nearby area with a clear horizon. I knew exactly where to look because I’ve seen other rockets from that location. The sky was mostly clear except a few white puffy clouds in th

There’s a huge prominence on the southeastern limb.

There isn’t much to report. Two small prominences on the SE limb in H-alpha light. Zero sunspots in white light. The sun has been so boring at least 2 or 3 years.

Robert Hitt and I were signed up on an eclipse cruise but cancelled and our deposit was refunded. It’s just not worth the risk with the pandemic. Maybe I can buy that 6” Takahashi now. LOL.

Yes, use my list by all means. The 1” pairs are real fun. 29 degrees last night is sounding like a heat wave compared to what you’re used to!

Brrr! At 29 degrees and windy last night it was COLD, especially with fresh snow on the ground from earlier that day. But also clear. Since the moon was full I opted to set up the grab-and-go refracto