Im not sure how this will look in this attachment , but I created a tight crop on the comet from 100 frames taken last night (April 13, 2020) using the Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO in Station 3. T

Dear MSRO Team and friends, Comet Atlas was imaged last night using the Explore Scientific 102mm F/7 APO of Station 3 and in looking at the images a short while ago, I can see a definite condensation

Dear MSRO Team and friends, Looks like Atlas may have brightened slightly last night from just a few days ago. Although the nucleus may be disintegrating, a faint dust tail may be in the early stages

Comet Atlas is not well. It has faded noticeably over the past week despite getting closer to the sun during that time. I have included an animation showing the comets appearance on raw frames taken w

Since our live streaming event of Comet Atlas a few nights ago, the nucleus has continued to disintegrate and fade. I have created a short 5 frame animation showing the comet's nuclear region undergoi

On the comet. Pretty sure I had it in my field of view as I swept large areas of the sky. Used my Explore Scientific 127 scope with a 40 mm plossl. But alas it must have been lost in the Birmingham li

Here is an image by Bob Fugate (of laser guided adaptive optics fame) captured from John Brigg's observatory outside Magdalena NM. I thought our members might enjoy the image and description. As you a

Dear BAS, We are live on the comet now. Feel free to access the link or even call in if you would like to talk to us. Hopefully this works and the skies stay clear.

https://earthsky.org/space/how-to-see-bright-comet-c-2019-y4-atlas Doesn’t look like it’s going to reach full moon brightness as hoped. Maybe it caught the Coronavirus! Of course unless these clouds g

This isn’t mine as Bham was cloudy last night. This was done by Bill Nunnelee. Somewhere south. Venus will be still near the Pleiades tonight but not smack in the middle. Might be worth a shot as it w

Wallace and I have cobbled together a web page to archive records from BAS meetings. (https://www.bas-astro.com/meetings/archive.php) Hope to make it look nicer later, but for now one may retrieve Fre

One of the key challenges for the general public throughout the outbreak of the corona virus has been learning to live in isolation, physically cut off from friends, family and the rest of the world.

So, as I work from home and Self Shelter to keep my old bones well I have started to find myself on the web more and more looking for things to keep me entertained. I ran across this on BBC News tonig

Good afternoon everyone! The Birmingham Astronomical Society is a member club of the Night Sky Network (NSN). The NSN is a partnership between The Jet Propulsion Laboratory at CalTec and Astronomy Clu

New Member signup is now on our website. Also, online Membership dues can be paid by Paypal or check The Treasurer's address is also online for checks. Please use the website as this will give our tre

In case you get a chance to watch and didn't get the link, please see below. Thanks, Fred ----- Forwarded Message -----

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/stargazing-quarantine-sessions-scn-wellness/index.html Unfortunately we can’t even do this. But it’s a nice article.

heads up everyone. Just received a message that said it was from Sterling but if you hover over the name its from gregor somebody and wants you to click on a link. If only the virus would attack the h

Hello, Everyone! Thanks to the efforts of Ed, Fred (and a great suggestion from Tom's daughter) we're going to hold a VIRTUAL club meeting this evening starting at 7:00 pm.m CDT using Zoom. Here are t

******* This Meeting has been cancelled *************