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.

The sun is quite active today with a very large loop prominence. There are two large and active sunspots with a very large active region extending from one of the spots. Filaments are also on the face

My apologies to all for not posting this earlier. My email was down and I couldn't get to the files… then I had forgotten about it until Shawn called, today. ☹ Topic: BBAA Start Time: Mar 3, 2022 07:1

Here's one for all the heliophysicists (and helioseismologists) in our group. We had an X-class solar flare today! For those not familiar with the classes, there are four: B (mild); C (strong); M, (se

Anyone else going to this in July? Astronomical League Convention | Hosted by The Albuquerque Astronomical Society Astronomical League Convention | Hosted by The Albuquerque Astronomical ... Carpe Noc

Procyon & HR 2950 lie next door to each other. Both are double stars. Let's start with the 6th magnitude star HR 2950. I was ~barely~ able to split the pair last night with my 6" f/7.3 refractor. With

Since I no longer have a dark sky available, I've been doing the best I can observing from my light-polluted backyard in Virginia Beach, VA. Limiting magnitude is about 3.5 vs 6.2 but sometimes you ju

The coordinator at First Landing State Park has suggested we set up at 8:15 (instead of 7 or 7:30), since they have a night hike scheduled to come back to the parking lot at 8:30 pm. DRESS WARMLY! The

FYI Shawn Loescher Back Bay Amateur Astronomers, President backbayastro.org ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada <no-reply@...> To: president@... Date: Mar

The forecast isn't favorable for looking at the Sun tomorrow so this event has been cancelled. We will try again next month.

On April 2, from 7 to about 9 pm EDT, the Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast will start working on their astronomy badges, with a kickoff event at ODU's Pretlow Planetarium. They will see a sky show, a

What was your first printed star atlas? Mine was a 1964 edition of Norton's Star Atlas, followed by the beautiful Atlas Coeil (Atlas of the Heavens) by Antonin Becvar. The Sky Atlas 2000 that came alo

I'm afraid I won't be able to attend this Saturday. I'm having laser surgery on my left eye Friday, 3/18, and I don't want to strain it so soon thereafter. George George Reynolds "Solar System Ambassa

Last night's moon was SO bright and beautiful. 1114mm (1.6x crop factor, 1670mm equivalent focal length) 1/250-seconc exposure ISO 100

Was wondering if I could turn my telescope into a solar spectroscope yesterday. I have a stellar spectroscope/diffraction grating that works on bright stars but what about the sun? First warning: This

You know we take the Sun for granted. It has always been there and for all practical purposes (our purposes) will be. But think for a moment about this. How odd a ball of basically hydrogen, a bit of

I've been trying to photograph the moon each night since new but clouds have hampered the project. I had a very quick peek of the moon last night (March 8) through the clouds. Here's a 7-day old moon

Been asked about collimating dobs, everything I know is thanks to Kent, Ted and John (Raymond), (past pres. of the Richmond Astronomical Societry) Richmond v/r Chuck Jagow Member – Dark Skies of The W

I've been tracking the early phases of the Moon this month. I only had 1/2-hour or so clear skies on March 6 and only about 5 minutes last night, March 7. Both pictures taken at prime focus, 150mm f/7