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Hi all I was playing around with Starry Night checking out Mars. On the 19th of June around 3am in the SE, it looks like Mars will be just above the Moon and should make a really nice view. Using the

A new product: Red-Dot Finders to be attached to binoculars to aid in astronomical observing. >

Dale Carey's report on the Winter Star Party has been uploaded to the BBAA website http://groups.hamptonroads.com/bbaa ... click on Observing Reports. Ted

Mat, The lowest power you can effectively use with an 8" scope is 28x. That magnification would yield a 7.1mm exit pupil. Any lower power would be empty magnification, since the exit pupil diameter in

I made one almost identical about 6 months ago out of a piece of 1/8"X1" aluminum stock. Got a bb gun red dot finder for $10 from Wally World, and it works great. Rob From: twforte@... Reply-To:

Hey Mat, Mars is going to present a spectacular target all summer. It will certainly be a "pretty sight" in binoculars but will require a telescope to see any detail. If you haven't yet, check out the

Just got off the phone with Northwest River Park, they were inspecting the equestrian area as I was talking with them. The entire parking area is underwater. Skywatch is cancelled (Park insists we

Skywatch is on the 28th? They don't think it will clear by then? Dale

"Nightwatch" is on the 28th. "Skywatch at Northwest River Park was scheduled for tomorrow night, Friday February 21. Ted

In a message dated 2/20/03 3:06:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, pathfinder027@... writes: << Hey, I love this BackBayAstro Group! Thanks, Ted, for setting it up >> I like it too, but I can't take

Since we don't have a nightwatch yet can we have NWRP on the 28th?

In a message dated 2/20/03 5:21:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, dickinson@... writes: << I must say the seeing up here in Richmond the last few weeks has been awful. I believe that the snow and ice

Kent, The view up here in Williamsburg was terrible, high clouds all evening. Kept going outside from about 9 til midnight but saw no reason to drag out the scope.And it's a pity since I just got all

Hey folks, Just wanted to let you know, the 2003 ALCON is going to be hosted by the Barnard-Seyfert Astronomical Society in Nashville, TN this year on July 9-12th. If you'd like more information,

Well, Joe, by the time I lifted my fingers off the keyboard telling everyone how great Saturn was it had clouded over. I could see Jupiter through the clouds but the seeing was only so-so. Looks like

Hey, I love this BackBayAstro Group! Thanks, Ted, for setting it up. We get to hear from many more members, and get a lot of timely and interesting information this way. We even get to hear from the

We were discussing the close approach of Mars, and how near in apparent distance in the sky it will be to the moon on June 18/19 at 4:36am; only 2.4-degrees. But quess what, on July 16/17 it'll

Thanks Kent :-) Mat

Thanks George, Have downloaded their requirements after my first e mails with Ted welcoming me to the group. I plan on starting with my Messier certificate first. I may do the lunar one on days the

Kent and all, I must say the seeing up here in Richmond the last few weeks has been awful. I believe that the snow and ice on the ground has a real mixing effect on the atmosphere. I miss the steady