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

Carpe Noctem Bill McLean ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: dknabb01@... <dknabb01@...> To: Don 01 account <dknabb01@...> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 08:16:16 PM EST Subject: FW: March sky

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

Like Kent, I did not realize the alignment of the crescent moon, Venus and Jupiter last night until I turned around to the west at twilight. It was spectacular. Lovely crescent moon low down like a cu

Guys, the whole front driveway and old parking area in front of Baker Hall where we have Garden Stars at Norfolk Botanical Garden is torn up with construction; however, I have obtained permission to t

Not too much going on sun wise in Either Ha or white light. A few small groups with variable seeing this morning. No granulation. One small deteched prom from the sun's surface. A few filaments. Some

I never post here since I don't see cool things like you all. But I like reading the posts. You might enjoy reading what ChatGPT told me yesterday about the RRRT. Just another reminder that ChatGPT is

Thought it would be a go last night but the clouds had a better idea. Started fine but I got only 3 images before it went south. Stu

A lovely evening again. Took a crack at one of my favorite open clusters for this time of year. Cheers Ian M44 Beehive Cluster

You know the saying "not invented here"? This certainly applies to the Archenold Observatory and refractor in what was East Berlin. It has an amazing and somewhat tragic history. Little known in the w

Is anyone going to Chippokes tonight? I don’t want to freeze by myself. 😃

To the best of my knowledge this Saturday night 18 Feb. YRSP will be open for us and the general public for astronomical observation. I plan to get there at least half an hour before sunset. All are w

I wanted to share a short video of how to import events from the Night Sky Network into whatever calendar you use. I can't speak about IOS devices but its likely very similar. This method will import

Here is a link to download a one sheet PDF with all of the dates for our events this year: http://backbayastro.org/documents/misc/BBAA_2023_Dates.pdf

quick pic DC

Do we have any artist in the group that would be interested in coming up with a t-shirt design for the upcoming eclipse(s)? Since the BBAA is a non-profit staffed by volunteers this would have to be u