Kent and I were speaking today and we got on the subject of eyepieces. The conversation ran to Orion offerings when Kent raised the question " When was the last time you got an Orion catalog"? Remembe

By "fast" I don't mean as in f/3. I mean fast as in a quick-to-setup telescope. I can't tell you how many views and/or pictures I would have missed trying to set up a big and elaborate system. My litt

I was delighted to have about 15 minutes of partially clear skies last night to see tiny Mars appear so close to the moon. I thought for sure there was little hope of seeing it. I rushed out of the ho

I was just scanning the photographs of the conjunction on several web sites such as spaceweather. This is interesting in itself as I was a bit stoked last night and stayed up until 0130 in the morning

We did it! After a hopeless day of solid rain and clouds around 2230 I looked out and the clouds were thinning. I immediately called Kent (collect) and told him the moon was visible. It was riding too

Be warned. Kent has posted some very nice pictures of the moon. As many of us have noticed you can see mountain tops illuminated just inside of the terminator. They show as bright "dots" against a bla

I went outside to see the Moon and Mars in close proximity (I knew I wouldn't see the occultation), and what did I see? Clouds! The sky was totally overcast. George George Reynolds "Solar System Ambas

BBAA members! Don't forget the annual BBAA Anniversary Luncheon THIS SATURDAY, Dec 10 at Stripers Restaurant at Waterside in Norfolk. It's scheduled from noon to 2 pm, but you can arrive as early as 1

The sky was thick with haze last night. Just for fun I set up my little 4" scope. The transparency was awful but seeing was incredible, as is often the case with either haze or fog. The crater Aristar

I just watched (and am watching) on NASA TV as the Orion spacecraft executed its final "burn" to leave lunar orbit and return to Earth. The camera on the end of the solar array is giving spectacular v

I originally bought the 10” Celestron StarSense scope in late October and after using it a few days I went ahead and ordered a 114mm Celestron StarSense reflector telescope, which I harvested the Star

Boy did the temperatures drop like a rock as the sun set. By 7 I had to have gloves on as the temp was 35! Jupiter was having a shadow transit of Europa. The shadow was trailing by almost an entire wi

Venus should be a beautiful sight in the western sky at Christmas. Now that it is 10° east of the sun I set up my TMB100 and looked at it. It’s the first time this year I’ve seen Venus. It’s nearly “f

Yikes that was cold. I feel bent folded stapled and mutilated but we had fun tonight. Some brave souls stayed out longer than others. By the end of the evening my feet and hands were frozen and there

Don't forget to tell your friends and neighbors to come to TCC for the session on what to look for in a first telescope. I will be doing the presentation via ZOOM, with Shawn distributing handout mate

Despite a cloud layer that persisted into the late night Kent and I were able to get in some observations that clouds don't hurt too much. We went through a series of double stars I had previously men

Thanks, guys, for all the observing reports. I have been vicariously enjoying them. My wife and I have been sick since Thanksgiving, and so I have done no observing. I laid on the couch all day Saturd

As usual the weather forecast was a study in contradiction. Maybe the weather agencies just say the opposite from each other in order to play the odds at 50/50. After an uninspiring soggy night Friday

We're gonna try it again tomorrow night at York River. The best forecast is on CSC. We'll see. I'll make a go/ no go call by 3pm Saturday and I'll get there an hour before sunset. If you have a scope

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