Arrived at our favorite dark sky site about 9:30 last night to surprisingly clear skies. Set up the tent and then set up the scope and noticed the clouds coming quickly. Aligned the scope and finder o

Due to rain, tonight's Skywatch is CANCELLED.

Mars has been superb tonight. I have been able in very steady seeing to use my 2.4HR Vixen to good effect with my 4 inch Televue. For the first time in 30 years of observing I was able to see a crater

I was able to set up for an hour tonight on the balcony observatory around 1030. The evening had started as a complete wash out with solid overcast from the dumb storm down in Texas. But I noticed Mar

I should point out that seeing Gale is not at all like seeing a crater on the moon. Martian craters are far too small and far away to see detail and structure like lunar craters. The trick is to recog

Hi George, Of Course, seeing varies considerably from spot to spot, and that’s true just about anywhere. There is a string of emails on our club’s e-group just today complaining about the seeing last

Took a break from planets last night and squeezed in a shot of NGC752 before the moon came up. Cheers Ian NGC752

Once again Mars looked incredible in my 5" APO refractor on this night before its closest approach, 22 arc-seconds in angular size, or about half way between the size of Saturn's disc and Jupiter's. I

Does anyone have a manual for an old Meade Autostar 130mm Newtonian reflector? The telescope was donated to the club today, and I do not have an operator manual or instruction manual for it. If you ha

BBAA MEETING THURSDAY, 10/1 at 7:30pmvia ZOOM. https://vccs.zoom.us/j/96840800899TED FORTE, President Emeritus of BBAA, will be presenting from his home and observatory in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Ted w

I am looking to buy your 8 inch dob you no longer use. It would be be best to text me at 757 647 7853 Carpe Noctem Bill McLean

Was a member of the BBA for many years but have not been around for over 10 years now. Have a neck disc problem and can't handle my outfit anymore(sob).I don't know if this kind of post is allowed so

Hello Folks, Hope you are all well. Finally was able to observe Mars. Been so rainy and cloudy and smoky lately. Observed with my Skywatcher 8" f/6 collapsible newtonian dob. Quite impressive. I was a

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Due to the forecast of 100% cloud cover, tonight's Garden Stars is cancelled. We will try to give NBG some alternative future dates. George George Reynolds "Solar System Ambassador" for South Hampton

There appeared to be some limb haze on the eastern limb of Mars. This I conformed with others photos online.

Here's a very nice pair of open clusters from last night in Cassiopeia. NGC457 is another one of my favorites - also called the ET cluster or The Owl cluster. Cheers Ian https://ianstewart.zenfolio.co

I had a most incredible view of Mars last night at 1:00 am. It's really getting large in angular size. The southern polar cap was bright white but tiny. Equally incredible was a view of NGC 7009, the

FYI – Many of you will remember Richard Berry – he is the author of several astronomy and telescope making books, many magazine articles, inventor of the “Cookbook Cameras” for astrophotography, and f

This is weird! I can get into ANY website on the Internet, EXCEPT the BBAA website! When I try to get into http://backbayastro.org, either on my laptop, my Chromebook, or my smartphone, I can't get in