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Poll for ---> AstroLeague - IMPORTANT - Bylaws changes and VOTE
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A new poll has been created: BBAA paying club members. Please read this post and the attachments and submit your vote here. Alternatively you can email the club president or text him. Thank you. https
A new poll has been created: BBAA paying club members. Please read this post and the attachments and submit your vote here. Alternatively you can email the club president or text him. Thank you. https://groups.io/g/BackBayAstro/message/55311 1. Yes - Accept all changes submitted 2. No - Reject all changes submitted Click Here To Vote Do not reply to this message to vote in the poll. You can vote in polls only through the group's website.
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Shawn Loescher
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Hype About 5 Planet Alignment?
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Much hype about this from the news media. Almost “bad astronomy” as the general public will expect more of a five planet conjunction. But it’s true, but it’s not a very close alignment. 1)Mercury and
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Much hype about this from the news media. Almost “bad astronomy” as the general public will expect more of a five planet conjunction. But it’s true, but it’s not a very close alignment. 1)Mercury and
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Jeff Goldstein
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aurora borealis from Reykjavík Iceland
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A few photos I was able to capture on Friday, 24 March 23 from the capital city. All of these were taken on my Google Pixel 7 Pro with a tripod.
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A few photos I was able to capture on Friday, 24 March 23 from the capital city. All of these were taken on my Google Pixel 7 Pro with a tripod.
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Jeffrey Thornton
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Boardwalk solar observing and scholarship fundraising
In case you're wondering, BBAA members will still be on the boardwalk today even though the forecast is predicting a high percentage of cloud cover. We will show the sun when possible but the primary
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In case you're wondering, BBAA members will still be on the boardwalk today even though the forecast is predicting a high percentage of cloud cover. We will show the sun when possible but the primary
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Shawn Loescher
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Saturday “Sun” Day
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Is solar observing still on for today? Looks too cloudy to support.
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Is solar observing still on for today? Looks too cloudy to support.
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Mel
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Near Earth Asteroid "Dizzy" Friday (YouTube)
SLOOH YouTube coverage of the near earth asteroid from Friday. Jeff G
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SLOOH YouTube coverage of the near earth asteroid from Friday. Jeff G
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Jeff Goldstein
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“Stunning Auroras” Thursday Night
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Anyone see anything last night? Rain here of course. Stunning auroras dazzle as far south as Virginia, North Carolina and Arizona washingtonpost.com
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Anyone see anything last night? Rain here of course. Stunning auroras dazzle as far south as Virginia, North Carolina and Arizona washingtonpost.com
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Roy Diffrient
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Night Hike--tonight
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Is this still planned for tonight? It is supposed to be cloudy. If on, do you need additional volunteers?
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Is this still planned for tonight? It is supposed to be cloudy. If on, do you need additional volunteers?
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Sandy
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SRSP
Another nice night at SRSP. Started off with a beautiful view of Venus and. Crescent moon. Bruno showed up with his 30 inch 2.8 dob. Stunning views of Thors helmet, M51 and the Eskimo nebula. cheers i
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Another nice night at SRSP. Started off with a beautiful view of Venus and. Crescent moon. Bruno showed up with his 30 inch 2.8 dob. Stunning views of Thors helmet, M51 and the Eskimo nebula. cheers i
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Ian Stewart
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3 Inch focuser for FCD 100 127 Explore Scientific
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The new focuser went on very easily and with excellent precision. Star tests tonight show perfect collimation. The stars are more pinpoint than ever. Did have to re balance the mount due to adding 6 l
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The new focuser went on very easily and with excellent precision. Star tests tonight show perfect collimation. The stars are more pinpoint than ever. Did have to re balance the mount due to adding 6 l
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jimcoble2000
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[VPAS] The East Coast Star Party is back!
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Like the old days. We even have Kent preserved under a glass to display On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 04:53:12 PM EDT, Paul <paultar@...> wrote: Exciting news, Shawn! Thank you both!!
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Like the old days. We even have Kent preserved under a glass to display On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 04:53:12 PM EDT, Paul <paultar@...> wrote: Exciting news, Shawn! Thank you both!!
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jimcoble2000
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The East Coast Star Party is BACK
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Find out all of the details here: http://backbayastro.org/. If you still have questions feel free to reach out to the club officers, Bruce Powers or myself. I think this is going to be a great time. I
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Find out all of the details here: http://backbayastro.org/. If you still have questions feel free to reach out to the club officers, Bruce Powers or myself. I think this is going to be a great time. I
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Shawn Loescher
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The sun today the sun today
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it surely is exciting looking at the sun in H Alpha light. A short two hours ago there was nothing in particular going on, and at noon there’s a tall, thin prominence.
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it surely is exciting looking at the sun in H Alpha light. A short two hours ago there was nothing in particular going on, and at noon there’s a tall, thin prominence.
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Kent Blackwell
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[VPAS] York River State Park this Saturday Night 18 March 23
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I would like to try out a new B.O.S. (Bird Observation Ststem) piece of equipment tonight but the forecast is dismal. I'll make an offi cial call at around 3.
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I would like to try out a new B.O.S. (Bird Observation Ststem) piece of equipment tonight but the forecast is dismal. I'll make an offi cial call at around 3.
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preciousmyprecious
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Sun today
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There is a "floater" about 8 on my DS 60mm Colorado, looks like a big cloud floating, and nice surface detain amongst the sun spot. DC always looking up.
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There is a "floater" about 8 on my DS 60mm Colorado, looks like a big cloud floating, and nice surface detain amongst the sun spot. DC always looking up.
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Dale Carey
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Solar Tornado
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That long skinny prominence we saw near the N pole for several days last week – turns out it was a solar tornado. It was many thousands of miles tall. It’s gone now, but you can read about it today on
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That long skinny prominence we saw near the N pole for several days last week – turns out it was a solar tornado. It was many thousands of miles tall. It’s gone now, but you can read about it today on
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Roy Diffrient
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A cold observing night
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Excellent Kent – glad you got out. Wow, Sub-arcsecond seeing and 785X in a 6” refractor! Roy
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Excellent Kent – glad you got out. Wow, Sub-arcsecond seeing and 785X in a 6” refractor! Roy
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Roy Diffrient
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Correction to post about Kent's photo
That is Collinder 70, not 71
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That is Collinder 70, not 71
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jimcoble2000
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Kappa Leonis goes down in defeat tonight.
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We will meet you at the Omni in the cage! Update: Kappa Leonis went down tonight in defeat!We both saw the secondary in Kent's 6 inch using a fifty year old eyepiece in very good seeing conditions. Th
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We will meet you at the Omni in the cage! Update: Kappa Leonis went down tonight in defeat!We both saw the secondary in Kent's 6 inch using a fifty year old eyepiece in very good seeing conditions. Th
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jimcoble2000
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Spring 2023 Staunton River Star Party
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The forecast is improving the Spring 2023 SRSP and I hope that trend will continue. I'll be heading up on Monday since the beginning of the week is looking pretty good. I hope to see some other BBAA m
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The forecast is improving the Spring 2023 SRSP and I hope that trend will continue. I'll be heading up on Monday since the beginning of the week is looking pretty good. I hope to see some other BBAA m
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Jonathan Scheetz
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