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

About 5 to six days after new moon a linear feature appears in Mare Tranquilitatus with just the right sun angle. Many are familiar with the straight wall, an easily seen normal fault but fewer are fa

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ES is having a Northeast Astronomy Forum sale now. NEAF was last weekend, but the sale continues until, I was told by ES, May 12. There are some significant discounts in that sale, such as the ED127 F

Dang, we are in peak max, spent the last hour sitting on my obs chair just starring at the sun. A "wall" on the surface, if it was on the side of the sun it would be a large prominence, there are 5 go

The April SkyWatch reminded me of the “old days”, a great sky, fun people and terrific weather, with very low humidity. There was a boatload of youngsters early on, but the sank with the setting sun.

International Astronomy Day is scheduled for THIS SATURDAY, April 29. The BBAA will be setting up telescopes at the Portsmouth Public Library from 12 noon to 3 pm to show sunspots and solar prominence

Friday night 4/21 we had a wonderfully clear night at Dowdy Park in Nag's Head, NC as part of the North Carolina Statewide Star Party. Five BBAA members were there with their telescopes, and more than

Looking good in H-alpha with some big prominences and filaments. Best I’ve seen in awhile. One prom looks like a dancing girl – to me anyway. See what you think. Roy

HI Mel. Mark here. I have a friend who may be interested in a mount like yours. I think it has two drives for tracking? He is in a place where Polaris is hard to find. Roy asks. Thanks Mel.

Observing Saturday April 22 does not look too promising weather wise. I'll make the go/ no go call by 3 (1500) Saturday.

We had a good night at Dowdy Park in Nags Head, NC last night. It wasn't exactly a "star party" we amateur astronomers are used to, but the party atmosphere and the friendly crowds made it a fun time.

I'm planning on going. The forecast for transparency/seeing is starting to look a little iffy according to Astropheric.com. If the forecast holds it won't be bad by 10pm.

Looks like a good night for it. I'll be down in North Carolina with Gabriel, Jeff G., George, and Jeff T. for the statewide star party. Have fun.

Is anyone planning to observe from Cornland tonight?

Just noticed the by-line on the “Astro Letter” to Astronomy Magazine titled “Missing Mission” on page 6 of the May Astronomy: George Reynolds, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Congrats George! Ted BBAA south

Last night I recorded what I thought was a good observation of Minkowski 1-7. It was where it was supposed to be, using an Ultrablock filter it behaved like I expect a planetary nebula to behave and a

One evening last summer I set up my scope out on the patio for some later observing. I went inside to wait for it to get dark and unbeknownst to me a small rain cloud opened up while I was inside. Whe

Yes, Planet Mercury, please beware! Your sodium tail could be your undoing: https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=15&month=04&year=2023 If I remember correctly, one of the arguments that bon

Spring is the worst time for deep sky observing in light polluted skies because of so many faint galaxies. Therefore I rolled out the 25" and did the best I could. One non-galaxy object stood out beau