Are you or any of your friends considering buying a telescope for Christmas? You can avoid the "Trash Scope Trap" by coming to TONIGHT'S BBAA meeting at TCC VB at 7:30 pm. George Reynolds (that's me)

After a somewhat lengthy story that I won't go into here, I was able to see Comet Leonard from a fairly bright urban location this morning. The comet is currently in the east above Arcturus. This is g

On December 3rd around 1 or 2 in the morning comet Leonard will be next to M-3. That could be a nice picture and/or observation.

Jeff Goldstein is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Held live at TCC Room JC-12 Topic: BBAA Time: Dec 2, 2021 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Every month on the First Thu, until Jan 5, 2

We have a request to participate with a daytime display for girls on Sunday, 12 December in the morning in Newport News. Any Takers? Here is the detailed event request: Our 5k celebration allows for o

I managed to set up my grab-and-go 80mm TMB all by my little ‘ole self last night. The TMB might be small but images are exquisite. Sad that Thomas M Back died so young. List: 21/11/29 TMB 80mm Theta

BBAA Members, make sure you put Saturday, December 11 on your calendar. The annual BBAA Anniversary Luncheon will be held from 12 noon to about 3 pm at Stripers Waterside Restaurant, in their lovely d

Due to a combination of circumstances, I am not going to be able to make it to Skywatch tonight. We have relatives visiting from Maryland for the weekend, and we just got home from Williamsburg and 8

27 November 2021, 1730-2000 EDT Northwest River Park ( 36.586115, -76.152646) Clear Skies, Seeing: VG, slight humidity, ~36F Orion Skywatcher XT10 Classic Dobsonian, Plossl’s: 25mm, 20mm, 17mm. Tele V

The Sunday Sun report is there is nothing to report. Kent

Not quite as orange as the other night. A bit more yellow white, it has changed position a fair amount tonight. It continues it's path through Taurus.

Just got a look at Ceres tonight. It is easy to locate in the constellation Taurus slightly above the apex star in the "V" of Taurus. It is just above Gamma Taurus. At magnitude 7.2 it is an easy tele

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I just ran the simulations and it would be fun to watch Ceres every night for the next 4 nights. It really is booking through Taurus. Each night will be different.

The attached popped up on my neighborhood mailing list and seemed appropriate to everyone I know. But it occurred to me that most or all of the members of this list may be more fortunate because we ca

The sun is getting more and more active after nearly 5+ years of inactivity. There are numerous prominences and a few interesting filaments visible in H-alpha light. Kent

Checking for interest in the club to participate in the Plant The Moon Challenge https://plantthemoon.com/challenge/ I am reaching out to check if we could qualify for a grant to cover the registratio

We had around 10 guests show up to look through George Reynolds and the clubs’ telescopes. George had his trusty 80mm short tube Refractor Telescope fitted with a sun funnel and I had the 40mm Coronad

I wanted to remind our club members that if you are planning on submitting for the NASA Observing Challenges Special Awards Submission award for participating in IOMN 2021 that today is the deadline f

Can someone who attended the Moon Night event last week at Carrollton Library please post an event report? George George Reynolds "Solar System Ambassador" for South Hampton Roads, VirginiaBack Bay Am