I need a volunteer to do the presentation at Garden Stars on March 28, 2023. I cannot be there, as I will be in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. If you have any questions, just ask. George George Reynolds "So

The January BBAA meeting will be held at Plaza Middle School. For those that wish to remote the BBAA Meeting on Thursday, here’s a message from Chuck Dibbs at Plaza Middle School. As the VBCPS will no

Good article on light pollution that was sent to me by a Canadian friend (a newbie amateur astronomer). https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/starless-sky Worth passing around to your non-astronomy,

GO LOOK OMG There are 4/5 prominences 2 are what I call "floaters". All kinds of surface activity. Check it out if you can. 1 prominence looks like a mountain on the side. DC

Some great open clusters in Auriga. I got in some time on M38 last night. Love the pi symbol. Cheers Ian M38

But what a good night. We started the night off by finding comet C2020 ZTF in Cepheus from Kent's front yard using his 16 inch. Kent violated the rule of not using two scopes at once as the 25 was set

Mars is getting smaller every day now. Currently it is just a tad larger than it will be at the next opposition. It is now 15 arc seconds. Around January 17th look for Mars to reverse it's path in the

12 degrees out. 0430 in the morning. Got up and went down to the living room at a friends house to put on clothing that was laid out the night before. Tried not to wake the house or screw up Santa sho

A fine night last night once the wind died down. I got some time on NGC1893. I love the tadpoles in this one. Cheers Ian NGC1893

4 inch not 54 inch in update correction. I can't function it seems.

There are several nice sunspot groups when viewed in white light. Christmas Day yielded a large, wide prominence in H-alpha light. Unfortunately, there is little left of it today, December 26.

Make that a 4 inch scope not a three inch as stated for observing the comet. The Genesis is a super comet scope with a wide field and huge contrast. Only 54 inches but it's the contrast gets you over

I'm sidelined indefinitely from active observing so I've been online when I can. I stumbled across Alan Willison. His story sounds a lot like BuckeyeStargazer (Joel Short - an amateur that started 3-D

Happy Holidays everyone. Skies look good for the next few days - i just hope it warms up a bit. Cheers Ian

Thank you to you all! I'm sure BBAA club members have done their part to help make the Astronomical League's Outreach Program a success. Happy holidays and I look forward to participating in many more

Get in your observing now as Mars will start to exit the hotel soon. Currently;y it is at 16 arc seconds across but will rapidly shrink to 11 arc seconds by the end of January and then 8.5 by the end

Looks good.....................................................

Christmas comet alert. How bad do you want it category. I plan on getting up Christmas morning, even though it is predicted to be 15 degrees to see a comet under....er over.... the tree. Comet C/2022

Now you're talking!

Happy Solstice everyone! Carpe Noctem Bill McLean