Has anyone begun planning where they are going for the April 2024 Solar Eclipse? Robert

May you have a prominence birthday with a spotless week.

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A very pleasant evening last night. Jupiter and Venus were loverly. Spent some time on the moon. The eastern edge of Mare Imbrium was gorgeous. The terminator ran from Plato down the Apennines to Erat

A bit of follow up to my post and Kent's picture. I mentioned we observed asteroid Pallas, third largest asteroid in the solar system. f If you would like something out of the ordinary and available t

For those who wish to attend remotely: Topic: BBAA Monthly Meeting Time: Mar 2, 2023 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Every month on the First Thu, 3 occurrence(s) Mar 2, 2023 07:30 PM Apr 6, 202

Well after a promising start when it looked like the clouds were clearing, they really got going around 7 and I thought we were through but then in an hour or so things got fairly good. Seeing was fai

Enjoying a nice view of Jupiter in the same 35x field of view in the telescope in broad daylight. Sent from my iPhone 14

This Scottish Dark Sky Town Decided To Go Even Darker This Scottish Dark Sky Town Decided To Go Even Darker Moffat's annual experiment in switching off artificial lighting has had unexpected results.

It was a chilly, but pretty day Sunday. Unfortunately, the forecast was for clouds to roll in by 9:00 pm, an surely enough thin clouds did roll in. However, the sky was clear enough early on to view a

Poor night for observing but the best observation was a flight of white snow geese migrating back north after dark. The V shaped formation of pure white birds flying in the dark was worth the while.

Here is a picture sent by one of the surviving members of the family that started the observatory and built the scope. Long held behind the Iron curtain few know of this place where Einstein held his

Wow, another good day for prominences, two giant, tall, plume-like prominences resembling a water fountain.

Well another triumph for the weather men. What was supposed to be a clear night looked a lot cloudy to me. Things started out very poor during the day but sort of cleared around 4 in the afternoon. We

I am writing the code for the club's new solar eclipse page on our website. It would be helpful and I would prefer to use images and video from our own members. If you have any from previous eclipses

Get your HA out, OMG surface detail all the way across, 6/7 prominences and one has about 6 all gathered together , sh.. happeningCheck this outDC

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I think the Pacific islander definition is nicer than Collinder 70! Kao-Makali‘i, Na Kao ("The Darts of Makali‘i"): The three stars in the middle of Ka Hei-hei o na Keiki. In Tonga, the three stars ar

6 Hebe was on the menu last night after trying to do it under marginal conditions last Saturday. I was just thinking hmm. I think I have a sample of an H Chondrite meteorite in my collection, sure eno

We had a chance to observe last night under quite dry conditions. It seemed it was never a dark night last night but we had a pleasant time anyways. We started by having a back yard Mardi Gras. Beads