Could someone who attended the Sea Scout Academy event on May 28th please go into the NSN calendar and submit a report on the event. Sat 5/28/228:00 PM - 10:00 PM ETSea Scout Academy George Reynolds "

Anyone planning to attend Garden Stars at Norfolk Botanical Garden Tuesday night at 8:30 pm? YOu can set up a telescope on the patio behind the main NBG building. George George Reynolds "Solar System

2022 YRSP astro dates for 2022 25 Jun or 2 Jul 30 Jul- this one I cannot attend and Bob and/or Troy will host 27 Aug 24 Sep 22 Oct or 29 Oct 19 Nov or 26 Nov 24 Dec Carpe Noctem Bill McLean

I will not be able to attend the event this coming Saturday. If anyone wants to use the clubs solar PST telescope for this event, please let me know. I have it in my possession and will be willing to

Due to the recent thread on filters I thought it was time to check my filters against the spectroscope again. It has been some years since Ted, Kent, and I did this testing. Filters may have changed a

The old filters blocked around this sodium D line as in the attachment. This is not too effective now with modern light. Just to let you see.

I have lost track of many of my filters and EPs. What EP/filter combination would you recommend to view the Veil with an 8inch Dob f5.9? Carpe Noctem Bill McLean

What does 50% cloud cover mean? 50% clear? Mushy 100% This is a tough one to call. I'm going with NOAA, WU, Clear Sky Clock, and I am going to say NO GO. It is predicted to be below average for astron

Well I got in a couple of hours of observing tonight. Not as cloudy as last night but still some passing high clouds. It was tolerable at 82 degrees in humid conditions but there was a breeze so that

It is big

90 degrees and 90% humidity. Scope is already set up so I will get there right before dark to keep the exposure down. Pretty sad when it is too cold to observe in winter, nothing to see in the spring,

BBAA president Shawn Loescher sent out a form to sign up for which planetarium you plan to attend for the July 12 event at 10:30 am. Please do not forget to also RSVP in the BBAA NSN calendar for one

Back in the day there was a specific BBAA address and a specific VPAS address. Then we got Yahoo'd! and this group.io thing started. I can email BBAA but the VPAS@groups.io always gets kicked back. I'

We received a question on the Facebook page about the process of achieving International Dark Sky area status for an area. Are any of you familiar with the requirements and willing to provide guidance

Courtesy of John Goss, here are the July Astronomical League observing guides. Also included is an ALCON flyer. Feel free to share.

The NightSky site shows that the Fall Staunton River Star Party is on for 10/24/2022 to 10/30/2022 (https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=123364) The above page has the link http://cha

We are invited to YRSP for observing 2 July as a culminating activity and observing for the park's Starlight Canoe trip. I will make a go/no go call (due to weather) by 330 on the 2nd All are welcome.

Whatta night. The sky was Best I Have Ever Seen! Paul, Bob, Troy and I had a lovely viewing session. I actually looked through my scope having a great time with the Nexus 2! Troy had what looked like

Had an excellent, if a drenched night, last evening. Kent you were right, we watched the fog roll across our site last night around 2300. As Charles used to say "I wish it would rain so things would d

We are invited to YRSP for observing 25 June- the Saturday before the new moon and 2 July as a culminating activity and observing for the park's Starlight Canoe trip. I will make a go/no go call (due