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Plans are in progress for this year’s Astronomy Day, which will take place November 1 at Dorey Park. Henrico County is going to let us use their Recreation Center at Dorey Park. We’ll have two large rooms, one on each floor of the building, with a large projection screen in the upstairs room. We should have space … Read more
Michael Holland, longtime associate of the Richmond Astronomical Society, passed away on February 27, 2025 at the age of 76. He was a US Navy veteran and served in the first gulf War. He was an artist, singer, musician, actor, teacher, world traveler, and astronomy enthusiast. He sang in several church choirs and played church … Read more
Get ready! A total lunar eclipse is happening on March 13-14. We’ll see a lunar eclipse late on March 13, stretching into the wee hours of March 14. It starts just before midnight on the 13th, and the full eclipse (totality) kicks in a couple of hours later at 2:26 AM on the 14th. The timing … Read more
RAS member Steve Bellavia has created a set of excellent observing charts focusing on the Messier objects and the more popular NGC objects. Each chart is printable and shows the more prominent objects with Telrad circles to help you find them in the sky with your finder scope. He has kindly made them available for … Read more
An Update from John Sokol (Editor’s note: The Library Telescope Program is a project that a number of astronomy clubs support. Participating clubs purchase and maintain simple telescopes that are donated to libraries. The scopes can be checked out as any other materials from the library. Our compliments to John on this very worthwhile endeavor! … Read more
She’s Got It – an update from Josh Urban’s adventures on the farm and in the city. #212 By Josh Urban – Nov 18 Appearing in the Altavista Journal, etc: The Evening Star Howdy, folks, and welcome back to the show! Don’t you think the evening star has a nice ring to it? It used … Read more
by John C Raymond I’d like to share some of my ideas and opinions on binoviewing. What is a System of Binoviewing? An assembly of common observing equipment that’s powerful, portable, easy to use, effective, and fun to use. In my experience Binoviewers enhance the observation of Targets of Excess Light (moon, safe solar, and … Read more
NASA recently selected 75 student teams to begin an engineering design challenge to build rovers that will compete next spring at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center near the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Participating teams represent 35 colleges and universities, 38 high schools, and two middle schools from 20 states, Puerto … Read more
RAS decided to try something different this year, and partner with Henrico County for Astronomy Day. While the crowd was not great, everything else worked out very well, and we were able to smoothly combine astronomy activities at our demo tables with solar observing and nighttime observing, all in the same general area. Henrico County … Read more
Letters from Josh (A weekly update from Josh Urban’s adventures on the farm and in the city. #204) Excerpted from a Letter from Josh as it appeared in the Altavista Journal. Howdy, folks, and welcome back to the show! The mountain is ripping pieces of clouds. Mom’s chickens do this with a kale leaf, which … Read more