About ten volunteers from BBAA set up telescopes on the Virginia Beach boardwalk in front of the 24th street stage area Wednesday night, July 1, 2009. Although...
Kent,  I viewed the pix on another computer (see below), but when I sent you a reply, it was again rejected. (I feel like such a failure!) ;-) G3 George...
Finally the seeing has improved to the usual summer standard. On the 30th Kent and I spent the evening looking at tight doubles as the seeing was very steady. ...
This calculator includes several unusual inputs such as SQM readings. Works pretty well -- YMMV. http://www.cruxis.com/scope/limitingmagnitude.htm Roy...
Maybe some good news. I received a call this AM from Saia Motor Freight Line concerning a delivery of a pallet containing a hundred pieces. Hmmmm. A hundred...
Hey gang, Chuck Dibbs is out of town and won't be back till the night of the event. I am the contact for the city and will keep everyone advised of any...
Amateur astronomers are eager to watch for the impacts of LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite)Â on October 9, 2009. Â Here is an excerpt of...
I loaded another sign up for Tuesday the 7th in the database - please sign up - this is one of the big events this year please sign up - we need lots of people...
I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE AD IN ASTRONOMY MAGAZINE FOR ASTRO-TECH EYEPIECES. I WAS CONSIDERING THE TITAN 32MM OR 26MM PARADIGM DUAL ED EYEPIECES. ARE THEY A...
Last night, Georgie, Bruce, George 3 and I conducted the 21st recorded IYA outreach event this year. (We were at Camp Pendleton where we did a presentation to...
Mark, Stan, and I had a great night last night. Seeing was poor at first but it improved, bugs were mild, and not a drop of dew, even on the orion tube. I...
I was wondering about Reflectors that are better in quality than Meade or Celestron and similar makers. I was looking for a scope in the 8" to 12" range on a...
With apologies to Eric Clapton, the observing got pretty good after midnight as seeing steadied out. Early on in the evening it was only a 7 for 10 but the...
Hello BBAA! Remember: BBAA is having the BBAA FAMILY PICNIC on July 11, 2009 from 11am-3pm at the large shelter at Northwest River Park. BBAA will provide...
I found M57 tonight from Norfolk ... TGIFridays so I could observe late Thursday. Not one skeeter bite. It was very dim and had to tap and avert to notice it;...
I planned on observing at pettigrew tonight, now the forecast went from saying "clear" to "partly cloudy", same thing tomorrow. 2 hours is too far to drive...
Hey, photobugs of BBAC: Jupiter and Neptune are closing to within ½ degree between now and 4th of July. Has anyone tried a picture, or does Jupiter “wash...
Please see the page below for an accidentally done mosaic IC4603 and IC4604...One done in Gates Co., NC and the other at spring ECSP about a month later. It...
I stopped in at pettigrew this weekend while i was at the racetrack. I was discussing with the ranger about a suitable place to set up in summer time, since...
Following are messages from Brian Day and Brooke Hsu at NASA regarding LRO/LCROSS, FYI…  From Brian:  Greetings from Forida! As you have heard by now,...
Check out this video of Japan's Selene satellite on it's descent to the Moon's surface before crashing (which it does just as it reaches the dark side). Great...
Kent, I just sent you two messages, one was a reply to the picture you sent me of GN Library today, and both messages came back with a failure notice, "content...
I just got an email from a ranger at the park. I plan to support their event this weekend if it will be clear, is anyone else interested? Or are all of you...
Charles Allewelt will be going observing at Pettigrew State Park (Creswell, North Carolina) on Saturday, February 5 and remaining until the following Tuesday...
