I was going through a stack of old CD’s and found one with copies of the BBAA newsletter from 2003. I thought it would be fun to share one from 20 years ago. You’ll see some very familiar names, and b

In the next few nights, the Moon will go by Venus, Mars, stars Castor and Pollux, and the Beehive cluster (M44). Here is a link to illustrate: 2 planets, 2 stars and a star cluster May 22-24, 2023 2 p

Although we got clouded out yesterday, some people in other places were able to see the waning crescent Moon occult Jupiter. Here is a link that shows some pictures before and after the occultation. B

YRSP will be open for astronomy this Saturday night. I'll show up an hour before sunset. However the forecast looks dismal. I will make a go/no go call here 3pm ish Saturday. Carpe Noctem Bill McLean

The sun is very active today, both in H-alpha light as well as white light filters. Here's a white light filter picture I took at 10:00 am. 900mm f/7.3 Canon 60Da DSLR ISO 100 1/1600-sec exposure

Anyone going north this coming fall into winter, or for that matter south this summer, and is interested in photographing the aurora, this video will serve you well. Simon d'Entremont goes into great

ZWO Seestar S50 All-in-One Smart Telescope - 😯 $399 😯 At that price the other smart telescopes companies have to be concerned. ZWO Info site: https://www.seestar.com ZWO Ordering site: https://astrono

Is anyone going to Cornland tonight?

Unfortunately, the Skywatch scheduled for tonight, Saturday, May 13, has been CANCELLED due to the adverse weather forecast, which is predicting total cloud cover throughout the afternoon and 70%chanc

Celestron is once again promoting solar binocular. They even have a pair of 20x50. Back in 2017 I bought a pair of 10x42, and even they're hard to handhold. Mine arrived in time for the 2017 total ecl

I’ve finally found a great use for my Celestron MicroGuide Eyepiece – measuring solar prominences. It has linear and angular scales, and the linear scale allows an approximate ratio calculation from t

Today continues with Canadian smoke high in the atmosphere. Seeing was excellent last night but transparency was only moderate to poor. 10th magnitude stars could be seen last night but extended objec

Don't know if it was in storage to long or what but here is my problem, Everything hooked up, turn it on, red light comes on, hand controller comes on and says LX200.... then, it goes dark. I can turn

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