South Plains Astronomy Club Observing the skies under the dark south plains

The SPS group asked us to host a star party during their annual picnic and we had a great time despite the clouds.

Over the last two days, the Sun has popped off two X-class solar flares from a sunspot that’s 6-8 Earth’s in size!

The view of Earth and the Moon as seen from Mercury, one of the most beautiful and inspiring images take by NASA’s Messenger Probe, after a 12 year journey, when it finally arrived at Mercury and was inserted into orbit.

Please pardon the mess while we rebuild the site.

Thursday April 18 is the next meeting at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 15th & University.

We’ll have a short meeting and then head to Lubbock-Cooper High for a middle school star party.