The sky was slow to clear all day. The forecast was for clearing skies mid-day but that didn’t happen. When I checked the sky around 9:00 pm it was clear so I rolled out my refractor for a “quickie”.

I have sent in my registration fee for the Staunton River Star Party Spring 2022 In the email they requested a head count for groups but I don't know if anyone in BBAA is keeping track or not. But, if

FYI Stu ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Staunton River Star Party <stauntonriverstarparty@...> Date: Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 9:03 AM Subject: Spring Staunton River Star Party 2022 To: Greetin

Stu doesn't post much but he has some great images. Oh and thanks for the heads up on SRSP. Cheers Ian https://www.wd4sel.com/latest-image-s-taken

Another clear, cold and crisp evening for viewing. Spent most of my time on the moon. Day 5 of the waxing crescent. The terminator was in a good position to view Nectaris and the emerging Tranquility.

BBAA February Meeting ZOOM Recording Topic: BBAA Start Time: Feb 3, 2022 07:16 PM 1st copy Passcode: BBAA_F03 2nd click on link to view the recording: https://vccs.zoom.us/rec/share/WwDHKB_xsTkHGEGuKM

This one is really big right now. It may be the largest I've seen. Certainly top rank Go out and see it if possible.

Ted, Mark and I were discussing how much magnification you can use when viewing NGC 2392, The Eskimo Nebula. It's in a great position now, high in the sky. Next outing try looking at it with your high

A chilly evening but clear and steady. I lost all my luminance data last night due to a focus shift. Still got a little color data but without as many stars. I love this cluster. Cheers Ian M44 Beehiv

I was browsing through my Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary ((c) 1984) [!] and happened upon the word (proper name) "Cynthia", with the definitions (which refer to other words) 1. Artemis and

Lots going on up there. https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-momentum-management Roy

It was such a good day I went over to Kent's to break out my 5 inch and the Herschel Wedge, mentioned in a previous post. Seeing was pretty good though not perfect considering it was 1130 and the sun

I usually reserve my refractor for observing double stars but last night I thought it would be fun to concentrate on star clusters and nebulae. Well, most of the open clusters were so faint they’re ha

As a compliment to my previous Hydrogen Alpha report I set up the white light binocular solar "observatory" a bit ago. The sun certainly is now out of the doldrums of the past few years. Quite a few s

Excellent skies allowed very detailed examination of the sun this morning. There is a large prominence that stands out with several small proms around the limb. Surface detail is very good with a seri

I know many of you have been looking forward to attending nearby astronomy events and MERAL Char, Don Knabb, has just forwarded me all of the updates he has so far. He is planning on sending and updat

Darn! I forgot to sign on to Saturday's session of the Kalamazoo Astronomical Society's Intro to Astronomy series of webinars. I can go back and watch the video, but I won't get the certificate (boo h

HD 84406 – that’s the first star Webb will point to for alignment. And we can see it too – it’s surprisingly bright, mag 6.9. It’s a yellow-orange star in Ursa Major. It’s easily visible this time of

Beautiful view of Venus and the crescent moon this morning around 6:30am. A little too bright for me to pick up mars.

“I little thought when I bought an old telescope, for the sum of 10 francs from an antique shop in Tours in 1913 that I was embarking on the slippery slope of collecting.” - Robert Stewart Whipple