I got myself a vintage telescope (my first telescope) from a yard sale for 10 dollars! The battery part is a bit rusty. Hopefully it works.

The annular solar eclipse is getting near! Less than 5 months away! You can learn all about the eclipse, making solar filters, and how to safely take pictures at the Solar Filter Workshops at OSU, sta

Hi all astronomers, Time for the a virtual star party! The weather looks great and there is a supernova to image! The star party begins at 9:00 and will go as late as anyone wants. You can sign up for

Hello Fellow Astronomers, While it may be sunny right now it won't be later at prime viewing time. The forecast calls for cloudy skies later today. In light of that we are CANCELING tonight's STAR PAR

Hello fellow astronomers, Heart of the Valley Astronomers will be hosting an "in person" star party on Saturday May 20 (see also www.hvaastronomy.com ) at Adair County Park. At this point we have two

Please note that this month's EAS meeting will be held via Zoom. You can find the link to join below. Make sure you're there to hear Mel Bartels give a great talk on Astrobiology and Interstellar Wayf

Thanks Sunny, it was fun ! Did you and Justin have a favorite object for the night? -Lauren Wingert Sneak Peek Glass LLC 541 908-1251 On Monday, May 15, 2023 at 05:34:07 PM PDT, Sunny Bak <sunny.bak@.

https://www.space.com/sun-auroras-strong-geomagnetic-storm-watch-may-2023 The sunspot noted in the May meeting in the "What's up presentation," (AR3296) has produced some energetic emissions (see link

So many memories. Our tiny little Society of Physics students broom closet hangout that was big enough for three of us and two desks. Dr. Fontana being very impressed with our crude coffee can cyclotr

Hi all astronomers, Time for the first virtual star party of the year. We will look at galaxies, clusters and maybe some nebula and a comet or two. The star party begins at 9:00 and will go as late as

Tim, I have held back my passionate criticism. I must say your intelligence has always seemed artificial to me! You seem so robotic! Your laugh is so canned! You do not seem to get tired…but you tend

Hello fellow amateur Astronomers, Heart of the Valley Astronomers May 2023 (May 9 at 7pm) monthly meeting is almost upon us. This is not one to miss. We'll have a few announcements and updates, anothe

Hey fellow Astronomers, We've got a guest speaker lined up for out May monthly meeting. Dr. Bernard Bopp will be talking about Pluto (See details below). Pluto was a planet and was demoted to "dwarf P

Hello fellow amateur astronomers, Just wanted to make sure that everyone knew that the Astronomy Day event at the Corvallis-Benton County Library has been canceled. So, there will be no solar viewing

Hello fellow amateur astronomers, Spring 2023 Astronomy day (April 29th) is fast approaching. There are astronomy activities going all over the world. However we can zero in on our local activity here

Hello fellow Amateur Astronomers, Ted has already sent out a meeting notice with the Zoom link. I thought I'd clue you in to our meeting agenda. We're doing something a bit different this month. Oh, w

Heart of the Valley Astronomers April 2023 monthly meeting Mike Kristosik is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84963159898?pwd=YXBUQmdsK0ZWVTFGTytrT

Hello fellow Astronomers, I received a call from Mark Yonkers who wanted to clue me in to the Aurora Borealis. Mark was out observing recently with Lauren and they saw something spectacular in the nor

It's almost time for the monthly EAS meeting, so clear your calendars! Speaking of calendars, if you ever get stressed out when we don't announce the meetings very far in advance (that would be my bad

Hello fellow Astronomers, We had a clear night on Saturday March 11! Did you catch any faint fuzzies? Orion is getting lower but still well placed to check out M42 with Taurus and the Pleiades nearby.