I very much enjoyed last night's presentation. (had to rush off early). Thanks all. Something we could do with a remote meeting that would have been difficult otherwise (COVID silver lining).

Hello, everyone! Just a reminder -- our monthly meeting is scheduled for Tuesday (11/17/2020). The Zoom link information is below. We have a speaker lined up for the evening (Fred) and officer electio

Jih-Ying and I have been working on an observatory in New Mexico. Structure complete and waiting on a telescope. We're looking forward to passing of virus crisis and ensuing visits from friends. http:

Greetings to everyone! My name is Tony. I’m looking forward to meeting in person sometime in the near future post Covid. I thought I’d share a “poster” I made from shots I took this past month of Mars

Howdy folks: attached is an M42 pic from last night from my backyard (B&W no filters). Working on collimation, close but no cigar yet, but reasonably pleased with this one. Regards, Bob Robert Pitt, P

Stars are clear up here. Only me left. A bit windy, but not cold.

Looking like a great night. Anyone else planning on going up the mountain? If any new folks haven’t been up there and want to go, let me know and we can meet at the Texaco. Sterling.

As promised, here are pictures of the two scopes that someone reached out on Facebook to us about. One is a Meade ETX-LS 6 ACF and the other is a Meade 10" LX-200 EMC. Both appear to be in excellent c

Middle generation. Perfect cosmetically and works completely normally. Includes hard case, 884 Tripod, right angle finder, long DC power cord, and upgraded to brand new Audiostar controller. $400 loca

Hi guys, I upgraded to a Canon EOS R and it has a different lens mount, so unloading some of my non-RF mount lenses. All in good condition and treated well. They’ll all work on a full frame or crop se

Of course it’ll now be cloudy for the next few months.

My next item for sale breaks my heart a bit to let go. It's been my astrophotography telescope for about 8 years now. It's the almost impossible to find Celestron C80ED doublet with the FPL-53 element

Hello, everyone! Just a reminder -- our monthly meeting is scheduled for Tuesday (10/20). The Zoom link information is below. We have a speaker lined up for the evening. We'll "see" you then! Clear sk

It was a beautiful night for observing last night at CMO albeit windy and ultimately cold. We looked at Mars in the C14. It was amazing. Lots of detail. I took a photograph of M57. Just a 30 second sh

I'd like for us to organize a work day for CMO for Saturday, October 10th. I checked the football schedule and both Alabama and Auburn have late afternoon/early evening kickoff times. :-) I know that

Guys, I’m an old past member who follows you via email. I wanted to pass this along and you can contact this sweet lady yourself and let her know? If you could copy me in this I would appreciate it. A

A friend of mine, Tony Edwards, is in the process of trying to join the BAS. He said he paid for his membership through Paypal. Will he get a confirmation? He sent me a picture showing a problem with

Should be a great weekend for both cleaning up and observing. We should have some great skies and the moon is perfect. Hope to see a lot of folks there!

Hi Everyone, A few weeks ago David Dunham sent out an alert describing a rare occultation of a 13.5 magnitude star by the faint Uranian moon Umbriel. We were able to successfully detect an approximate

Mars is looking very nice I took this picture last night from my home in Vestavia Great time for planets m Martin Rodriguez