A few good limb prominence this morning. Not particularly big but worth a look. Sunspot region still quite stirred up but getting ready to roll off the face in a few days. Surface detail and seeing is

Due to the early hour, Kent this may not apply to you. https://spaceweather.com/

NADA. Pretty hazy today as I suspect was the case last night at NWRP. The sky never really looked transparent last night and there was a lot of light glow from Chesapeake so it was not very dark. I th

Sun report today. Things still look stirred up but no flares as of this morning. The sunspot group is naked eye visible. I used a number 14 welders glass to directly look. The spot was obvious so it i

Detail on the sun today is excellent. Lots of filaments but I was not prepared to see what I just witnessed at 0925. As I was observing a bright burning yellow region appeared next to one of the large

Happy Earth Day! NASA has some activities for Earth Day 4/22/22. Who is going to Skywatch tomorrow, 4/23? The weather forecast looks good. So far, only 2 members have RSVP'd. Shawn will not be there.

Just a follow up. 0945 flare is now gone except for a little spot of less intense yellow and one small spot further out. The duration of the flare was about 20 minutes. Thing have returned to normal.

Not only did Mark and I see a solar flare with our H-alpha scopes (he saw it happening, I saw it a few minutes after) but there are also so wonderful sunspots in white light filters over binoculars or

https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/solar-flares.html

NASA | X-Class: A Guide to Solar Flares NASA | X-Class: A Guide to Solar Flares

I'm posting this here in case any club members are interested in taking advantage of this discount. Shawn Loescher Back Bay Amateur Astronomers, President backbayastro.org ( http://backbayastro.org/ )

Thanks to Sammie, who is a student at TCC, the BBAA now has a Discord server. If you don't know, Discord is basically a chat app that was created for gamers but is now use by many other organizations

Despite a mostly cloudy night seeing was excellent Wednesday, April 13, 2022. I was only able to see Procyon and the moon but managed to split Procyon. Like Sirius and The Pup, Procyon A and Procyon B

Jeff Goldstein is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://vccs.zoom.us/j/96840800899 Topic: BBAA Time: Apr 7, 2022 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Every month on the

The ISS passed overhead at 65-degrees up just before clouds rolled in. Note the little fuzzy just above the numeral "4" (my text) in the picture. Amazing my little Canon 60Da picked that up, especiall

Leigh Anne Lagoe will be there, and will need someone from the club to assist her. I had planned to be there, but a schedule conflict arose and I can't make it. Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Eastern Locatio

I'm trying to observe the sun today in H-alpha as well as white light before clouds move it. Look for sunspot # 2978 in white light.

The sun comes and goes with clouds rolling in. There are nice filaments and one rather large prominence. It's challenging to photography, especially with haze. Nothing knocks down resolution like a bi

Can someone from the club support a Cub Scout pack April 29 at Northwest River Park? They have requested an event, which is still pending and not scheduled until we can get a member to commit to it. N

There's a large prominence on the SE limb of the sun today, and numerous filaments all visible in H-alpha light. Also, numerous sunspots in white light.