Hey Moon gazers, Did anyone get a picture of the jet eclipsing the eclipse Wed, night? Take the time to get up early and view Venus. It reflects well. Lights...
Venus and Jupiter will have a "Majestic Conjunction" on the morning of 5 Nov (this Friday), 45 min before sunrise. At 0200hr Universal time or 0700hr EST....
Planetgazers, Hampton Parks & Recreation says that it's fine to open up the GAP this Friday morning. If anyone wants me to open up before 5 am, let me know. ...
Stargazers, Is anyone going to the Back Bay Amateur Astronomers meeting? How about the ODU talk? I'm trying to decide. I leaning toward BBAA. Clear Dark Skies,...
Meteorgazers, I copied this off of AstronomyDaily.com: Thu 4 Nov 11:00 PM Peak of the Southern Taurid meteor shower. A relatively weak shower with an...
Planetgazers, Here is Sky and Telescopes information: http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_1364_1.asp So, if you're up for viewing and...
Lawrence- I plan on attending the BBAA meeting. I plan on introducing myself and I also want to meet some of the other members. Also, count me in for Friday ...
Planetgazers, Another link describing the predawn hours for Thursday and Friday: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/041029_planet_duo.html Clear Dark Skies, ...
Might come in handy for presentations ... Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:01:53 -0400 From: John Stoke <stoke@...> Subject: Constellation Overlays Anyone? ...
In case anyone is interested... Director of Planetarium and Science Center The University of Texas at Arlington The Department of Physics at the University of...
Hey Dave, I'm probably going to attend the ODU talk. That puts me home an hour or two before the BBAA meeting would. Larry Wade should be at the BBAA meeting....
Stargazers, Here is the web site description of tonight's speaker and talk at ODU: http://www.odu.edu/webroot/orgs/IA/university_news.nsf/articles/ ...
Lawrence- Do I need to take any notes of the meeting or any kind of minutes from it? I don't know if Larry Wade or Jeff do anything like that or not. Thanks, ...
Hey Dave, BBAA take minutes and put them in their newsletter. The BBAA Yahoo! site has what's going on. Please feel free to post to VPAS how it went. The more...
The handbooks finally arrived via a torturous path - they got delivered to another address. I will be at the GAP for the VPAS Friday night tomorrow and will...
Stargazers, Wow! Full house. Excellent talk on Dark Energy, Einstein, Hubble, and all you need to know about getting started in current cosmology theory. Dr....
Planetgazers, Beautiful skies! Even with a last quarter Moon, Orion and his fighting bunny, Lepus, were bright and crisp this morning. Seven of us enjoyed the...
Hey Tom, Five o'clock is fine. I'll meet you at the gate. I just finished printing out the November Skymaps. Dress for the cold. The breezes this morning...
... Subject: Weekend Aurora Watch Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 13:15:01 -0700 From: Anthony Arrigo <AnthonyA@...> To: undisclosed-recipients:; As many as 5...
Stargazers, Bird handed out a VPAS events schedule this Summer, but I have not seen the Fall / Winter list. Has anyone made one up yet? If so, send it to my...