List: 21/11/05 Comet Leonard C/2021 A1 (Leonard) (Comet in Bootes) Observed: Dec 4, 2021 at 4:29:12 AM Comment: Saturday morning Comet Leonard was located only 37' south of 9 Bootis. Despite some haze

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Robert HItt, Mark Ost and I observed Comet Leonard this morning at 4:15 am. Unfortunately, the sky wa fairly thick from high clouds but it still looked quite good in my 16” f/6.2 Dobsonian. I didn’t s

After last night's meeting, I was able to borrow the clubs Coronado pst. I messed with it for a few hours this morning, neat little thing, but definitely has a learning curve. Anyways, this was the fi

Very disappointing conditions this morning, but here’s a report on comet Leonard: 12/2/2021 0330 - 0545 with scattered or broken clouds 20%-40% cover. Seeing fair, transparency variable. 41oF 70% humi

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After a somewhat lengthy story that I won't go into here, I was able to see Comet Leonard from a fairly bright urban location this morning. The comet is currently in the east above Arcturus. This is g

On December 3rd around 1 or 2 in the morning comet Leonard will be next to M-3. That could be a nice picture and/or observation.

Jeff Goldstein is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Held live at TCC Room JC-12 Topic: BBAA Time: Dec 2, 2021 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Every month on the First Thu, until Jan 5, 2

We have a request to participate with a daytime display for girls on Sunday, 12 December in the morning in Newport News. Any Takers? Here is the detailed event request: Our 5k celebration allows for o

I managed to set up my grab-and-go 80mm TMB all by my little ‘ole self last night. The TMB might be small but images are exquisite. Sad that Thomas M Back died so young. List: 21/11/29 TMB 80mm Theta

BBAA Members, make sure you put Saturday, December 11 on your calendar. The annual BBAA Anniversary Luncheon will be held from 12 noon to about 3 pm at Stripers Waterside Restaurant, in their lovely d

Due to a combination of circumstances, I am not going to be able to make it to Skywatch tonight. We have relatives visiting from Maryland for the weekend, and we just got home from Williamsburg and 8

27 November 2021, 1730-2000 EDT Northwest River Park ( 36.586115, -76.152646) Clear Skies, Seeing: VG, slight humidity, ~36F Orion Skywatcher XT10 Classic Dobsonian, Plossl’s: 25mm, 20mm, 17mm. Tele V

The Sunday Sun report is there is nothing to report. Kent

Not quite as orange as the other night. A bit more yellow white, it has changed position a fair amount tonight. It continues it's path through Taurus.

Just got a look at Ceres tonight. It is easy to locate in the constellation Taurus slightly above the apex star in the "V" of Taurus. It is just above Gamma Taurus. At magnitude 7.2 it is an easy tele

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I just ran the simulations and it would be fun to watch Ceres every night for the next 4 nights. It really is booking through Taurus. Each night will be different.

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