NASA Skywatchers and VPAS along with Fort Monroe are hosting an Astronomy Observation event May 19th at the north end of the runway across from the Paradise Club, weather dependent. Planned setup time

There are some nice sunspots visible today. Note the Wilson effect near the limb. Takahashi TSA 120 f/7.3 Canon 60Da Prime Focus ISO 100 1/1000-sec exposure Baader white light filter

Seeing was quite good this morning and excellent detail on the sunspot groups could be seen. Ha has good surface detail with filaments. A couple of the sunspot groups look a bit angry but no major fla

Turning your house into a pin ball machine. Holy meteor Batman. Possible meteorite crashed through New Jersey homeowner's roof Possible meteorite crashed through New Jersey homeowner's roof

Hazy so hard to tell any detail but the sunspot group is still there. No sign of flare activity through the haze. Flares possible throughout the day as activity is high. Seeing ? Transparency 4

Its a 20” scope and above the clouds… Hey, can I borrow a balloon? Roy Cheap balloon-borne telescopes aim to rival space observatories science.org Balloon-Borne SuperBIT Telescope Releases 1st Researc

I like Spaceweather.com for most of my solar monitoring but for flares you need more current information to verify your sightings. I recommend: https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity.html

A large and complex set of sunspots are on the face of the sun today.

We could use a couple more volunteers to help out Friday night from 7:30 to 9 pm at the Emily Spong Center in Portsmouth for both an indoor display and telescopes outside. It's called "Explore the Pla

Take a look in H-alpha if you can. One of the tallest loops I’ve seen.

For those who can't attend in person, please use the link below to attend remotely. Richard Roberts is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: BBAA Monthly Meeting Time: May 4, 2023 07:30 PM

THIS IS A REMINDER OF the BBAA Meeting TONIGHT! It's the First Thursday of the month, 4 May 2023. We will meet at 7:30 pm at TCC Va. Beach, room JC12 of the Science Building (2nd floor). Ben Loyola is

Anyone else interested in checking this event out. I think if the weather looks promising that I will go to the boardwalk and park behind the stage and setup to see this. Five occultations and two sha

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Preparing for lots of visitors I suppose.. https://www.nga.mil/news/NGA_Leads_Development_of_Navigational_Reference_Sy.html

nice video compilation, Gigantic Solar Tornado Released into Space in a Time Lapse Captured from Earth. Gigantic Solar Tornado Released into Space in a Time Lapse Captured from... Gigantic Solar Torna

There's been talk about viewing Omega Centauri. Some of you recall seeing it from Coinjock. Here's a challenge. Has anyone ever seen the 8th magnitude Centaurus galaxy NGC 4945? It lies near, but even

Don't miss this month's BBAA meeting! Our own Ben Loyola will be telling us about his observatory and what he does with it. Be there at TCC, Virginia Beach Campus, Science Bldg, Room Jc12 at 7:30 pm t

Some discussion of Omega Centauri has been made recently. As you know, it hugs the southern horizon from our latitude. I found a log made May 18, 2017 ECSP that reads: "Fantastic in Ian Stewart's 18"

I'm calling todays Sun " Eifel Tower" not only are there 8 nice prominences, a large spot but the biggest prominences looks just like the Eifel Tower, check it now Dale