February 17, 2016–Come on out of hibernation after all the snow! We’ve juggled our presentation schedule a bit. Tonight, Ron Henke will give his presentation “Rare Earth–Are we alone?” He’ll question why our Sun, our Solar System, and Earth seem to be unique. We’ve postponed the review of the results of our use of the Sierra Stars Observatory Network to image the Tarantula nebula (in the Southern Hemisphere) to next month. Bart Billard’s Kepler update will now be at the April meeting.
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Check Out the Latest StarGazer Newsletter
31 January 2016–The latest newsletter is now available. This issue includes an update on progress on the Mark Slade Remote Observatory; features on the Large Binocular Telescope, analysis of a meteorite, and video occultation timing; and a short article on using Twitter hashtag #astronomy to expand your resources. We’ve even got some astronomical poetry! Just click the newsletter icon on the right to read these and more….
Come out for 2016 star parties and programs
Happy New Year, all. Our 2016 schedules are posted for star parties and monthly meetings and programs. Come out with us, look at the skies, and have fun with Rappahannock Astronomy Club.
RAClub’s Mark Slade Remote Observatory Project on Astronomy.fm
Tune in on Friday, December 11, at 9 p.m. to hear Myron Wasiuta and Jerry Hubbell talk about the club’s Mark Slade Remote Observatory project with Astronomy.fm’s Marty Kunz. Just go to the website and click on the “Pop Up Player” in the upper left of the homepage to listen in. Myron and Jerry will discuss the vision, progress, and future plans for the observatory.
Link to Astronomy.FM Remote Observatories interview recording now available
Just click here if you missed the live interview of RAClub members Jerry Hubbell and Linda Billard, along with their co-author Rich Williams of Sierra Stars Observatory Network (SSON), on Astronomy.fm radio talking about their recently released Springer book, Remote Observatories for Amateur Astronomers: Using High-Powered Telescopes from Home.