Astronomy Day at the Science Museum in May 2017 with Dan Salkovitz at the water rocket launch controls.

Astronomy Day at the Science Museum in May 2017 with RAS volunteer Betty Wilson explaining meteorite science to some visitors.

Astronomy Day at the Science Museum in May 2017 with RAS and Science Museum volunteers staffing the exhibits with Matthew Roy and a visitor to his solar-filtered telescope.

Astronomy Day at the Science Museum in May 2017 with RAS and Science Museum volunteers staffing the exhibits.

At an impromptu observing session at Leakes Mill Park on June 25, 2017 Tyler Hutchison captured an image of the ground operations. A blog post by Tyler is here with additional images of the Milky Way and a two-day old moon.

In October 2017, RAS member and veteran observer Randy Tatum was been honored by having an asteroid named after him!  This honor is in recognition of Randy’s lifelong work in lunar and planetary observing.  In 2016 Randy was also awarded the Walter Haas Award for lifetime achievement in lunar and planetary observing by the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers. You can relive the moment…

Madhup Rathi leading an indoor astronomy session at Robious Middle School at an event hosted by RAS astronomers in January 2018.  Image courtesy of Terry Barker.

Terry Barker leading a Telescope 101 – First Light session at the Science Museum of Virginia’s Dewey Gottwald Center in January 2018.

Astronomer’s lunch in March 2018 at Delicia’s in Colonial Heights.  Not pictured is John Raymond who organized the lunch and served as group photographer.

Messier 95 by Madhup Rathi, as published in the April 2018 issue of Astronomy Magazine.