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.

Book signing, Buzz Aldrin–this Saturday

Book Signing Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space ExplorationMeet author and Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin and take home a signed book as a memento.Saturday, June 1, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. At the Museum Shop Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration  

Science Hobbyists Needed for a National Study

. The Richmond Astronomical Society was asked to pass along this survey request to astronomy hobbyists.  Please consider helping the researchers by completing the online survey as described below.  The link to the survey is here. . Web Announcement Science Hobbyists Needed for a National Study . Are you a science hobbyist? . We need … Read more

Three planets visible

If you’re an early riser, you can see 3 planets in the morning sky-look east, Venus is the brightest, Saturn above right and Mercury below left This Weeks Sky at a Glance – SkyandTelescope.com.

RAS has style

Jason Roop’s (Editor of Style Magazine) newsletter highlighted us this week. It included this verbiage, which contains a link to the Style Magazine page describing our sky watch. [embedit snippet=”quote”] WEEKEND ASSIGNMENTS: 1. Gaze at the stars through these powerful lenses with the Richmond Astronomical Society. Thanks, Jason. And here’s a clip of the page. [embedit snippet=”clear”]

Perseids meteors this weekend

The peak of this show is either tonight (Saturday, Aug. 11), or tomorrow night, depending on which web site you look at. But I’d go with Sunday, because we’re going to be clouded out tonight in Richmond. This is one of the best meteor showers of the year, and I was planning on trying tonight too, because even though the peak will last only a few hours, there will be a heavier frequency of meteors for a week on either side of the peak. The closer to the peak, the better, of course.

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Mars Landing

Curiosity is scheduled to land in the Red Planet’s Gale Crater late Sunday or very, very early Monday, depending on your Earthbound time zone. Confirmation of the landing should come at about 10:31 p.m. PT Sunday for folks on the U.S. West Coast, or 1:31 a.m. ET Monday for those on the East Coast. The … Read more