The Comet Nishimura survived its close encounter with the Sun and is now in our evening sky. It's briefly visible...
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Texas is ideally situated for two upcoming solar eclipses and our great state will be at the heart of eclipse...
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On July 20, 2023, Tom Heisey gave a presentation on solar telescope and the solar features you can see with...
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Main article: Occultation Chasers Nab the Shadow of Didymos, Post DART Impact NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) deliberately slammed...
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Credit: SpaceX.com Back in February, SpaceX launched 49 Starlink satellites in the usual cluster. At the same time, two minor...
An article on Space.com got me thinking about an experiment for the fall:https://www.space.com/31532-black-hole-visible-light-telescope-discovery.html Visible Light from a Black Hole Spotted...
Andrew L Johnson started the Free Mag 7 Star Atlas Project on his personal web site, but it proved too popular, and...
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Yuexiao Shen will present his West Texas Observatory project on the Astronomy Imaging Channel (TAIC) on Sunday April, 17th (9:30...
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As many members know, I had a controller die last star party. While reloading my spare controller, I found I...
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At a recent star party, my original keypad on my scope died and I had to switch to a spare....