Stargazers, In the spirit of the upcoming March's Messier Marathon, take a gander at Charles Messier's first planetary nebula as viewed from the Hubble Space ...
Attilla, Thanks for the quick reply and the work. On behalf of VPAS thanks very much, we all refer to your sky clocks for the general area and I am sure that...
Stargazers, This Wednesday's Planetarium talk and show should be well attended. If any of you can bring your scopes and binoculars for viewing, it would be...
Since last night's star gaze got clouded out and the seeing might be half way decent tonight Bird and I (maybe Andy later) are going to go out to my fav...
Stargazers, Bear and I are going to observe on the Colonial Parkway tonight, College Creek turnout or parking area. We'll probably get there around 6pm. ...
Cloudwatchers, I just talked with Travis Murray, Hampton Parks & Recreation. It doesn't look good tonight. If it doesn't clear up in the next hour or so they...
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GAP Star Gazing
Friday February 7, 2003
All Day
(This event repeats on the first...
Just in case someone is interested. bear ... From: Ken Wilson [mailto:kwilson@...] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 16:55 To: RASlistserver Subject:...
Stargazers, Tuesday night was awesome. Even though the parking lot was fully lit, the views were spectacular. Orion's sword was a big hit in the 10x binoculars...
Stargazers, I just took a look at the Clear Skies page and it looks like we'll have beautiful skies tonight. I'm going to take a telescope to Gloria Dei ...
Cloudwatchers, Sorry about that, but Makemie Woods was canceled due to clouds and projected weather. Hopefully we can try again in three weeks, 22.Feb.03. ...
Stargazers, A very sad day. "The space shuttle Columbia has broken up in the skies over Texas. Its crew of seven astronauts had no chance of survival. Mission...
Stargazers, Did anyone else crack out the optics last night? I went out around 8pm or so and there were clear skies. I quickly set up and the family and...
With Astronomy Day coming up here in the next couple of months (May 10th - a Saturday) is there interest in trying to put together some sort of public session,...
Astronomy/Stargazers Planetarium Open House. Hear a presentation about the Cassini Mission to Saturn by a professor from Hampton University. Take a look at...
These sell like hotcakes when they come up for sale. Skywatchers and VPAS will be given preference. AP 130 f/6, 1999 model (post-interferometer), latest paint...
All, This bill is in support of the VOLT initiative about dark skies...some near and dear to every astronomer's heart. Bear ... From: Eric Shelton...
Stargazers, How about a joint viewing session at Makemie Woods with the NASA Skywatchers on the New Moon? The Skywatchers are coordinating with Makemie Woods....
Stargazers, Great turnout last night. Tons of scopes: Jeff Ferguson, Bob Mack, Jim Mack, Marilyn Ogburn, Greg Herring, Hugh Pinkston, Lawrence Lennox-Beals and...
Stargazers, I just checked Weather Underground for the VLM, zip code 23601, and it predicts the wind speed dropping down from 15 knots now, to 5 kn. tonight....
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VLM Special Event - Saturn / Cassini
Friday January 24, 2003
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm...
If anyone would like to meet for dinner before the VLM event tomorrow night (Friday) Bird and I will be at Mike's Place on Warwick at 1700. Good Irish and...
Hey Bear, Travis Murray of the Hampton Parks & Recreation stayed here recently and said that it was a couple of hours from here and had some great dark skies. ...
I have posted a poll in the VPAS poll section. Purpose is to determine the interest in a group buy for the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Observer's...
With the last stargaze weathered out, Bird and I met at Barnes and Noble to kick around a few ideas about the club, astronomy and life in general. Bird in the...
Stargazers, Fantastic get-together last night. Excellent turnout. Mike Warren put a new power cord in the Criterion. He made more than a little magic with the...
Stargazers, I talked with Larry Wade yesterday and we are going to work on the Criterium and try and clean up the optics and try and get the motor/clutch...
All, The Skywatchers Club will participate in an event at the Virginia Living Museum this Friday evening, Jan. 24. This event is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. At the...
Bear, Do you have a preference between Barnes & Noble or the Planetarium, if we can get in? We could eat somewhere else first and then possibly the Planetarium...
