York River State Park: Outreach & open observing this Saturday, 1 February
Our monthly scheduled outreach & observing session at York River State Park <https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/york-river#general_information> is this *Saturday Night, 1 February*. Please
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Troy Riedel
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Mars tonight
Best night this season for Mars. I will have a longer list of carbon stars coming but wanted to comment on Mars tonight. The scope took 40 minutes to settle out temperature wise but once it did, wow.
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jimcoble2000
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Comet Atlas is gone
Here's a Spaceweather.com article about our favorite recent comet. THE DISINTEGRATION OF COMET ATLAS:?Some comets like it hot. Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) is not one of them. After it flew past the sun
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George Reynolds
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Re: A cold night
24 is cold anywhere. Did you see anything? 55 Tuesday. What a world.
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jimcoble2000
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A cold night
24¡ã might not seem cold to some of you but it¡¯s chilly for us in Virginia Beach, VA. Nevertheless, I couldn¡¯t resist a short night of observing.
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Kent Blackwell
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Fw: 2025 February sky materials from the Astronomical League
Forwarding materials for you from the Astronomical League. George Reynolds "Solar System Ambassador" for South Hampton Roads, VirginiaBack Bay Amateur Astronomers (BBAA)? http://www.backbayastro.org
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George Reynolds
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Re: The Mushroom Nebula
Awesome image Ian. This complex is otherwise known as the ¡°Double Nebula¡± IC 2162 ( Sh 2-255 is IC 2162 West and Sh 2-257 is IC 2162 east). They are listed on the Astronomical League¡¯s Bright
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Ted Forte
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Re: The Mushroom Nebula
Nice! George Reynolds "Solar System Ambassador" for South Hampton Roads, VirginiaBack Bay Amateur Astronomers (BBAA)? http://www.backbayastro.org
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George Reynolds
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Re: The Mushroom Nebula
Never have seen these Ian. Nice. Mushrooms do wonders for you as an astral propellant.
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jimcoble2000
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The Mushroom Nebula
One from last night. This is a cool star forming region located in the GEM OB1 molecular cloud. It is sometimes referred to as the Mushroom Nebula by more imaginative people than me. Cheers Ian Sh2
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Ian Stewart
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887 Alinda Asteroid motion last night. Dots are stars and asteroid. Two dots to left are a double star
1926:??????? .? (double star) ????????????????????????? . (887 Alinda) ????????????????
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jimcoble2000
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Re: One for the books tonight
I have to confess I forgot to note where on the moon the planet entered so had to guess where it was going to exit. Fortunately Willam spotted it quickly and I got over in a second to see Mars rise.
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jimcoble2000
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Re: One for the books tonight
Yep a great evening. i did get a quick snap of Mars just before it was hidden by the moon. Mars Occultation ( https://ianstewart.zenfolio.com/p430591459/h1c44958e#h1c44958e )
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Ian Stewart
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One for the books tonight
Frankly that was a marvelous night of observation. A classic. Snow on the ground and it was cold and clear. First up was a fine observation of 887 Alinda, a close pass asteroid in Gemini. This
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jimcoble2000
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Tonight, along with the occultation of Mars by the Moon, it is a good chance to see a fast moving asteroid 887 Alinda
887 Alinda is currently making a close pass to earth. Normally 13th magnitude it is 9th during it's close pass. It moves quite quickly so motion should be obvious over a short period of time and it
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jimcoble2000
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Re: Occultation of Mars
I am waiting for the Mars to be as big as the moon. That's the one I want to see. :)
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jimcoble2000
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Occultation of Mars
Don't forget to look at the moon occult Mars tonight. There's quite a difference in size of the two. Not to mention the moon is some 12,000 time brighter. Here are a couple of rather crude, quick
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Kent Blackwell
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ALPO-JUPITER NTB bright spot
Clyde Foster and Manos Kardasis have just (Jan 10UT) imaged a bright spot in the NTBs jet region. This is likely the beginning of a major outbreak. John Rogers of the B.A.A. says, "We can expect it to
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Troy Riedel
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Night Sky Network is back up
After being offline yesterday due to the California fire threat, the?Night Sky Network is back up and running. George George Reynolds "Solar System Ambassador" for South Hampton Roads, VirginiaBack
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George Reynolds
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All these occultations this week would have been bad if we were in the 1100s
This many occultations in a week would have had us tied to the stake if we were in the 1100s.
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jimcoble2000
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