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Early on the morning of Tuesday, Sep 17, the moon will cover Saturn. It's early in the morning and very...
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Betelgeuse is a variable red supergiant star that is the shoulder of the constellation Orion, visible in our night sky...
Saturday, August 19, 2023Solar Observing 6:00pm-8:00pm - RC Fire StationStar Party 9:00pm-11:00pm - The Meadow This month, we're spicing things...
Friends, the weather is iffy and if forecast to go overcast. Check the sky before leaving for Ransom Canyon! We...
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Sorry Folks, this event is canceled. CANCELED: The weather forecast is for overcast and rain, so we are cancelling the...
Amaris McCarver, a Physics & Astronomy Major at Texas Tech will present a talk on her search for pulsars in...
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...
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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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Ansiaux (1729—1786) (??), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Charles Messier (1730-1817) was a French astronomer and comet hunter. He discovered...
