Late at night around 2330 Mars and the moon will have a close pass. No occultation here but should be a good view so close. Dec 7th

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Tonight is the monthly club meeting and the annual elections! Please make sure you participate either online or in-person if you are available. Club members will be voting on a new president and secre

After the program at the Chesapeake Planetarium Thursday night 85 people were treated to views of Saturn through the Celestron C-14 and the Moon through Mark O's 4" Tele Vue refractor. It's funny to s

Here's a quick shot I just took showing the Wilson effect around craters near the limb. I don't know if it'll show on this reduced file. Kent

If you want to see the Wilson effect clearly this morning is a good opportunity as several sunspots are rolling on or off the limb. There is a pair that is excellent for this effect rolling off. The W

Had an amazing night yesterday at the Chesapeake Public Library for Planets and Potables. George, Shawn, Sandy, and I (with my sister who I dragged out with me) set up our scopes. After some clearing

Jupiter was fairly boring so off to the moon tonight. Seeing is quite good. The most interesting feature tonight are the Gruithuisen Domes located in the Imbrium basin a bit west of Sinus Iridium. The

As is normal, Mars is proving to be a difficult planet. This year it seems it will not present a very big disc though it is riding high in the sky. I had to wait until 2300 to be able to attempt to do

I was doing a bit of reading the other day after observing the sun in the early morning hours. Frequently, using a Herschel Wedge, I am able to see granulation in the photosphere of the sun. While doi

This is the link to sign the petition to stop this project: https://chng.it/5RLYSJ2GJc They are hoping to get 500 signatures to reach the next goal. Another thing you can do is suggest that if the pro

I have been looking around me for a spot to observe the total lunar eclipse on the 8th and wanted to let everyone know about a location I have found. The Deep Creek Park in Chesapeake has a path entra

Oh you have to be kidding....................................is it Beaver Blood, Moon? or Beaver, Blood Moon?? or Beaver, Blood, Moon???

The weather improved as the week wore on setting up a classic if cool night for the eclipse. I had to fix my tire in the afternoon before heading to my observing location due to a nail through the tre

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.

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

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

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

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

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