https://www.al.com/news/2022/05/tau-herculids-meteor-shower-2022-memorial-day-shower-has-potential-to-become-a-major-meteor-storm.html Maybe worth a look at least. William

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Hello all, Hope the lunar eclipse party went well. Robin had to be up at 4 am for OR cases and it was completely overcast where we were. I will be unboxing my Celestron Evolution 8” Edge HD sometime t

Lunar Eclipse Viewing Party When: 05/15/2022 8:30pm to 9:30pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago Where: Oak Mountain State Park - Driving Range Organizer: Oak Mountain State Park View Event Description: From

Good morning, Will the front gate know about the BAS eclipse party Sunday night? Last star party, we were detained at the gate until a ranger showed up to question us. He had no idea what we were talk

Tonight, NOVA will carry part one of a two part program, "Dinosaur Apocalypse: the New Evidence", featuring what's claimed to be impact-related taphonomy of the Tanis, North Dakota fossil site. This t

Lunar Eclipse Viewing Party When: Sunday, May 15, 2022 8:30pm to 9:30pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago Where: Oak Mountain State Park - Driving Range Organizer: Oak Mountain State Park View Event Descrip

May 2022 Public Star Pary When: 05/07/2022 7:00pm to 10:00pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago Where: Oak Mountain State Park View Event Description: Our first public star party post-pandemic is this Saturd

Hello, everyone! So..an update on the outhouse. In order to be in USDA and public health compliance, the Smiths are in the process of removing the outhouse. In return, they are offering us use of thei

May 2022 Public Star Pary When: Saturday, May 7, 2022 7:00pm to 10:00pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago Where: Oak Mountain State Park View Event Description: Our first public star party post-pandemic is

Hello all, Thank you for your patience and I’m taking you at your word that “we never tire of telling someone how to spend their money”. 1. I like the Celestron Evolution 8” EdgeHD with Star Sense for

Hi Michelle, Thank you for your hard work and for hosting the event at Cheaha State Park. Two extraordinary nights of clear skies, viewing stars and constellations with binoculars or just our eyes. I

Dear BAS members, Thank you very much for supporting the Dark Skies Bash! event at Oak Mountain State Park last night. I felt that it was a great turnout, and the park administrators encouraged this a

Looking like a great night for the Oak Mountain event. We will have the Club’s 20” Obsession there and this will be a great opportunity for you to learn how to set it up and operate it or to just enjo

Dark Sky Bash Star Party When: 04/28/2022 7:00pm to 10:00pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago Where: Oak Mountain State Park View Event Description: This is in support of the dark sky event at OMSP that eve

Alex Filothodoros alerted me to a nice bright supernova in the small spiral NGC 4647 (adjacent to the elliptical galaxy M60). I used our Station 2 telescope last night - a 10" f7.9 Ritchey-Chretien an

Dark Sky Bash Star Party When: Thursday, April 28, 2022 7:00pm to 10:00pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago Where: Oak Mountain State Park View Event Description: This is in support of the dark sky event at

Dear BAS Colleagues, Happy International Dark Sky Week! (April 22 – 30) Below is a re-post of the events occurring this week in and around Birmingham, with flyers attached. You are invited to come sta

Reminder: Dark Sky Bash Star Party When: 04/28/2022 10:00am to 7:00pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago Where: Oak Mountain State Park View Event Description: This is in support of the dark sky event at OMS

Checklists are wonderful things. Especially if you haven’t had that many outreach events over the past couple of years. I took the club 11” StarMaster to the Samford event last night and wrote down th