Astronomy/Stargazers Planetarium Open House. Get an update on the Cassini Mission to Saturn. See some of the most recent NASA images from the close up flyby...
Hey George, I can show "Ringworld" from the Saturn Observation Campaign. I'll get a runtime tonight. Does anyone want to help prepare a PowerPoint of Cassini...
Stargazers, I just finished making copies of Skymaps.com star charts for August. Now I need to make some more copies of Tom's vpas flyers. Clear Skies, ...
Sara and I did not make it to Sandy Bottom last Friday but that doesn't mean we didn't do any stargazing. We sat on the bow of our boat from around 8:30 until...
Stargazers, I'll be out after sunset (8:15 or so) at the BMX track. We might actually have some clear skies tonight. I hope to get a few shooting stars in my...
Stargazers, Anyone make it over to the BBAA meeting last night? If you went, please post. I wanted to go, but I've been out of it for the last three days. I...
The BBAA meeting was held in Chesapeake at the Cox Com building. There was a pretty good turnout. George Reynolds gave a talk about the Cassini Mission and...
Stargazers, George and I had some clear dark skies, last night. Unfortunately, we didn't have any guests. I did enjoy reacquainting myself with the summer ...
Hey Cliff, VPAS is a loose group of astronomers. We don't have officers, dues, or any real structure. We communicate through the vpas web site. I guess that...
Hi everybody, Didn't post it here but will from now on. The Southampton County 4H Astronomy Club(Night Eyes Astronomy Club) in conjunction with BBAA has...
I saw Tom out at dinner last night and he said he is planning an extra special night sky look to follow the short presentation - update on the Cassini Mission...
Hey George and Tom, I'm excited about the show tonight! It sure is special for you guys to order up the peak of the Persieds, too. I wanted to remind everyone...
Shootingstargazers, Tomorrow night is the peak of the Persieds: http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/perseids_will_peak_august_11.html?682004 Clear Skies, ...
Bird, I would be up for a trip out to Grandview (or other location if you prefer) to view the meteor showers. Did you want to meet tonight or Wednesday night?...
Hey Scott, I meant Wednesday the 11th will be the peak. I'm up for trying tonight, 10.Aug.04, too. That's the neat thing about meteor showers, they're all ...
Stargazers, Well, I'm attempting to fix the mount on my ETX-90 for the second time. Scott Faatz gave me some adhesive that will hopefully hold my declination's...
Wednesday works for me too. I may sit out on my back deck tonight and see if I have any luck. Good luck fixing the scope. If you decide to head out to...
Hey Scott, I'm too tired and am heading to bed so that I can have the energy to stay up late tomorrow night for the expected peak. Let's just hope for clear...
Hey George, I just reviewed "Ring World" from NASA for the movie tomorrow night. It ran at about half an hour. I'll bring the iBook and a projector. Do you ...
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I think that is all we need. I'll bring the short PowerPoint on a stick drive - actually send it to you also. i plan to be there about 5:30 with some box fans...
Saturngazers, Thanks George and Tom for such a great show last night. We had three dozen guests last night. It's really nice seeing so many families. Thanks...
Shootingstargazers, After the Planetarium presentations last night a few of us decided to continue enjoying the clear skies and try and view some shooting...
We had a great turnout of 35 folks last night to enjoy a great video about the Cassini mission giving lots of details about the spacecraft and the plans for...
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