We had around 10 guests show up to look through George Reynolds and the clubs’ telescopes. George had his trusty 80mm short tube Refractor Telescope fitted with a sun funnel and I had the 40mm Coronad

I wanted to remind our club members that if you are planning on submitting for the NASA Observing Challenges Special Awards Submission award for participating in IOMN 2021 that today is the deadline f

Can someone who attended the Moon Night event last week at Carrollton Library please post an event report? George George Reynolds "Solar System Ambassador" for South Hampton Roads, VirginiaBack Bay Am

This was my favorite lunar eclipse. Not the least due to the physical hardship of seeing it after running the telescope at the Chesapeake Planetarium and getting home at 10. Against all weather odds I

Yep as all have said a beautiful eclpise. Here's a couple from this morning ... Cheers Ian Lunar Eclipse Lunar Eclipse and Pleiades

The almost totally eclipsed moon was totally beautiful this morning. In my 15X70 bino’s, the diamond ring in ashen light effect was a wonderful memory. What I did not remember from my Sky Safari simul

Is anyone going to Chippokes tonight (or early Friday morning) to try and see the lunar eclipse? The forecast has improved slightly, though it is still calling for clouds. But who believes the forecas

*** UPDATE *** At the request of the Moon Night event organizers we have moved the date of the event forward one day. The forecast on Wednesday, Nov 17th, is predicted to be much better than Thursdays

Greetings MERAL officers, presidents and ALCors, Please share this information with your club members: This Monday evening, November 15th at 7:00 is an on-line event Astronomical League Live. This is

As clouds gathered there was an unexpected opening offering a chance at the first quarter moon. I was only able to get in about a half hour but some work was accomplished. The moon offers so much to s

George...or anyone who went to the subject SP, how was it? I was loaded and planned to go a year or 2 ago and the night before, a tornado went thru that area and took out all power to the state park T

Here are all the links that we have recorded since BBAA Meetings have been on ZOOM: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Topic: BBAA Start Time: N

We are planning an event to see the 98% lunar eclipse early Friday morning (late Thursday night) 18-19 November at Chippokes Plantation State Park. The event is on the BBAA calendar in the Night Sky N

I wanted to forward the Thank You note that we received for our participation with IOMN at the Barry Art Museum. Thank you for helping make the 3 day event a success. Dear Museum of the Moon Partners,

A beautiful evening for a little outdoor astrophotography. Here a few hours on the Soul Nebula or IC1848 part of the heart and soul complex. Cheers Ian Soul Nebula

I have been working on several programs through the Astronomical League and realized that I do not have a working log-in to the site. Is this something I need to apply and pay for, or is it included w

Topic: BBAA Start Time: Nov 4, 2021 07:19 PM Save the passcode 1st. Then click on the link and paste the passcode to view the meeting. Access Passcode: NOV_BBAA1 Meeting Recording: https://vccs.zoom.u

The car is all loaded for my trip to the James River State Park Star Party! (Wow, that's a mouthful! I'll call it the JRSPSP.) I was able to fit everything into our Volvo V70 station wagon with the ba

Please note that there will be NO scheduled Nightwatch date in December (check the Chippoles Special Use Permit for 2021). There is something else going on there that month, so we will not have our mo

I am almost ALL PACKED for next weekend's James River State Park Star Party (JRSPSP)! That's amazing! It's unusual for me to pack this early for a camping trip. I'm usually running around at the last