Last night there was an interesting observation on Jupiter last night 1730 to 1900. Callisto grazed the limb of the planet while orbiting and better yet it grazed the Jovian north pole. Now all the mo

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You may already know this, but after being offline for TWO YEARS or more, the U. S. Naval Observatory's website is back up and running! Every year about this time I would go to the USNO's Astronomical

Reservation Permit Leonids Meteor Shower Permit for Heritage Park (Windsor, VA) shown below this message. I’ve scheduled our Club Members Only Meteor Shower on November 18 through 19th (10:30 PM throu

I will not be gathering orders for the 2023 RASC Handbook this year -- unless there is an urgent and heavy demand for it in the next few weeks. The 2023 RASC Observers Handbook is available for pre-or

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Hello all. We're meeting at YRSP for observing this Saturday 19 Nov. I'll show up before sunset. The forecast looks ok. I'll make a go/no go call here, Saturday 330ish We are also scheduled at YRSP ne

Carpe Noctem Bill McLean

We need a good turnout of BBAA members to support this event in Carrollton in January. At least 5 members are needed, and more would be better. As much as I would like to be there, I will be at Garden

Isle of Wight County Parks and Recreation Disclaimer If attending the Meteor Shower at Windsor Park, here’s a disclaimer to sign BBAA VP From: Isle of Wight County Parks and Recreation <noreply@...> S

Last minute request we just received tonight. The Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum (the old Coast Guard station at the Boardwalk Astronomy site) is requesting our members to attend their event this

As I mentioned at the meeting here is the link to the photos that ODU took during Mars Fest. They hired a professional so the photos are really high quality. Enjoy! https://drive.google.com/drive/fold

Anyone planning on going to the James River Star Party this Friday Nov 18? George George Reynolds "Solar System Ambassador" for South Hampton Roads, Virginia Back Bay Amateur Astronomers (BBAA) http:/

We had a beautiful day at Elizabeth River Park in Chesapeake. I should have taken my TMB 100 & Herschel Wedge but Bob and I didn't want to stay long. It was nice seeing everyone, including Shawl with

Nice to get out imaging again. Here's an Ha view of NGC1491 a small rather dim nebula in Perseus. I took the stars out to try and make the nebula stand out a bit more. Cheers Ian NGC1491

Hey everyone. Wanted to share a little outreach I did at my son's school, Chesapeake Montessori.The 60 or so Pre-K and Kindergarteners have been learning about the solar system all month and I was exc

Fellow Astro-nuts, please tell all your friends and neighbors who might be interested in buying a telescope to come to the Dexcember BBAA meeting. I will be presenting a "buyer's guide" to buying your

I thought that was not a polar cap on Mars that we had been seeing, but a cloud over the cap. It looked too blue and that's why the 82A filter worked so well. https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upl

I hope all of you saw the lunar eclipse Tuesday morning. It was very clear last night but the moon was, well, BRIGHT. Instead of setting up elaborate telescopes I opted for the TMB 100/800 refractor o

Sorry for all the typos in the last message but I am catching up from being out for two days. Getting worse when it comes to e-mail. Need to be more careful.