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Below is a list of regional events compiled by Don Knabb, MERAL Chair. These are events that occur during 2023 that are happening in the Mid-East Region of the Astronomical League. A few events are no

Finally a chance to use the large refractor on the comet. I started the night at dusk watching the comet come out of the twilight high in Auriga. Started early so as to get the best window between twi

Nice night last night. Had the 5 inch out, the binoculars and the newt to do some imaging. I'm not much of a comet imager but i did take a crack at it. Cheers Ian Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

There was a little going on yesterday in hydrogen- alpha light, but today (Tuesday) there’s a giant prominence. Sent from my iPhone 14

Did anyone see it last night? Or even better, a photo? Only about 1.5° apart and the tail even closer. Clouds here of course. Early tonight (Monday 2/6), 6:30 or so, before the moon gets up, the comet

One filament and a hot spot but other than that not much

Friday night was quite good excepting that the moon was quite bright. No matter. I had my favorite comet tools out. I Only used two for them due to cold and the bright moon. 20X80 ED binoculars: The m

Is anyone planning to look at the stars and possibly some comets tonight? Kind regards, Patrick

Please come to the BBAA meeting this Thursday, 2 February at 7:30 pm at Tidewater Community College's Virginia Beach Campus. We meet on the second floor of the Science Building (Building J), in Room J

I was looking at my sky charts for the upcoming week and noticed that both C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and C/2022 U2 (ATLAS) were only about 44 minutes apart on the 6th of February at 7:27pm EST. May try and get

Ok everyone, I'm breaking down and getting and shopping for a port. gen.. From 2200w to 2800 for my camper. Not worrying about a/c or microwave. My whole camper is 12v so just need to keep batteries c

I was in fairly dark skies in Poquoson Saturday night with my 20x80 binoculars, my 10x30 Cannon image stabilized binos and my Vixen nerd constellation nerd binoculars 2x but huge field. The comet has

Had a great evening last night out with my 5 inch refractor. The comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was easy to spot last night. Looked good with a wide angle eyepiece - couldn't see much of a tail from my locatio

The weather gods had the final say last night at the planetarium. What started out as clear skies deteriorated quickly to almost nothing but the moon last night. A lucky few got to see an approaching

OMG! -8 degrees is pretty cold, and by using my Grandma Helen’s rule “it’s cold when the stuff in your nose freezes” who moved to the valley in 1910 from Cripple Creek/Victor when she was about 6, I c

George Reynolds did a mighty fine job of the Astronomy 101 session at the Virginia Beach recreation center last Wednesday night. Unfortunately, we had a tremendous downpour most of the evening so star

Here is the Zoom Link for tonight's meeting if you with to attend remotely. Richard Roberts is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: BBAA Monthly Meeting Time: Dec 1, 2022 07:30 PM Eastern

Registration for the March Staunton River Star Party is now open. I completed my registration for the entire week. I hope to see some other BBAA members there! Jonathan