Monthly meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 PM online at this link
Join us at RavenCon April 24-26. We'll also have telescopes there for daytime and evening viewing.
Tonight Ken and Betty Wilson will give a talk on the Great China Eclipse of 2009. This eclipse is a member of Saros 136; a Saros is a period of 18 years 10 1/3 days in which eclipses repeat. The previous eclipse of this Saros was on 1991 July 11, and I was in Mexico … Read more
RAS Board Meeting May 18, 2009 Attendees: Jim Browder, President Gary Cowardin, Vice President Jim Blowers, Treasurer John Barnett, Observatory Director Preston Kirby Notes from previous meeting accepted. Treasurer’s report (presented by Jim Blowers): Balance Summary: 66 members, drop from 73 last year for Astronomical League role. General Fund: $7,460.89 Observatory Fund: $236.25 TOTAL: $7,697.14 … Read more
The Perseid Meteor Shower starts Aug. 11 (the night of our next RAS meeting).
Brandermill Skywatch: What a great skywatch we had at Brandermill on Monday night! Many thanks to John Raymond for coordinating the event with Jennifer Strader of the Brandermill Community Association and to Terry Barker, Jim Blowers, Sue Brubaker, Gary Cowardin, Dave Credicott, Ray Moody, Hank Nebel and Dave Walton for bringing telescopes and their expertise … Read more
Everything cooperated last night (Aug. 3)–the skies, the weather, and the crowd.
This took place Saturday night, July 25. The park is near Gladstone, VA, so it’s quite a hike from Richmond. 85 miles, in fact.
I was at Radford, Virginia at SUUSI on 2009 July 23. One of the things I did at SUUSI was “Stargazing”, where we went to a site near Mountain Lake.
ISS pass tonight, 8:40 pm (July 28),. -2.5 magnitude, 46 degrees high, traveling from NW to SE.
-2.4 magnitude, 40 degrees high, traveling from the NW to the NE. The crescent moon will also be near Saturn tonight.
July Meeting: At the July meeting, we heard a re-cap of the Green Bank Star Quest from Terry Barker. Several RAS members attended and, from all reports, enjoyed the event. This star party has been held for the past six years at the National Radio Observatory in Green Bank, WV. The event is sponsored by … Read more