I rolled out the 16" f/6 last night in the very light polluted skies of Virginia Beach. Have any of you seen the illusive planetary nebula NGC 4361 in Corvus? It's an easy target with large telescopes

Great event Bob. Thank you for hosting.

In 2016 the BBAA club officers held a very successful workshop where they assisted club members in building their own solar filters and/or dew heaters. Over the last few months we have heard quite a f

Kent, I know I swore to NOT get too involved so I could concentrate on building our observatory and getting some cool deep sky images. But damned if it didn’t happen anyway. They made me a board membe

There are some nice surface details on the sun this morning (May 17, 2022). Here's a quick B&W and color picture I took early morning when the seeing was good.

Seeing here is excellent with very good solar surface detail. The two large sunspot groups are very active with extensive hot regions surround the groups.

as of 0745 local there is a solar flare of the M class in progress. Some limb prominence. Lots of sunspots for the white light view.

Although not my best eclipse exposure I like this one best because it shows the double star HR 5756 just before being occulted. The primary is 6.3 magnitude, and the secondary is 8.9. Of course, with

Observers are reporting a dark eclipse last night. Lets see what it comes in at. https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/Danjon.html

Doubtless there will be others who took pictures last night so I will just give a quick synopsis. Despite a cloudy day and counter to predictions the sky cleared for most of the eclipse demonstrating

Let's hope we have at least ~some~ clearing Sunday night. I posted this on BBAA Facebook page but in case you're not on Facebook here it is. It's always worked for me. Remember use the "300" rule if y

Tomorrow night's scheduled Garden Stars has been cancelled due to a bad weather forecast. Norfolk Botanical Garden has cancelled the Garden Stars event scheduled for Thursday night, May 12 on account

Tonight's Boardwalk Astronomy is cancelled. Hope to see you next month instead.

Hi all, Just finished a great read that I’m sure some of you have already read. In case you haven’t, The Sun Kings details the start of modern solar observation and discoveries from the mid-1800’s to

If you get a chance the sun is good this morning.................and it is good to see the sun.

Here is the number you need to join the meeting tonight: 839 487 0739

Is anyone going to the STEM Night tonight at St. Patrick Catholic School in Norfolk? So far, we have a few "No's" but no "Yes's" in the RSVP for the event. I have a conflict for tonight, so I probably

From the Webb blog … Alignment of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. After full review, the observatory has been confirmed to be capable of capturing crisp, well-focused images with ea

FYI – For those with a low eastern horizon and an alarm clock set to pre-dawn (say 5:30), Venus will be very near Jupiter tomorrow morning 4/30/22. Naked eye they may look like one bright UFO. Roy Dif

I know I've been under a rock for a while (not by choice, mind you), but I never heard of the Mercury sodium tail. Has anyone else? "Keep looking up!" Dino. -----Original Message----- From: SpaceWeath