Back Bay Amateur Astronomers: A group of amateur astronomers dedicated to "Bringing Astronomy to the People of Hampton Roads".
Hampton Roads
Joined April 2015
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Our club members are all set up and waiting for the Sun to get a little bit lower below the horizon so we can show the night sky to the public. Feel free to stop by and look through our telescopes.
The Back Bay Amateur Astronomers held our first Boardwalk Astronomy of 2025 yesterday. We had numerous telescopes showing everything from the sun to Jupiter, a globular cluster and even a galaxy. People were overwhelmed at everything else they saw.
We had a large turnout of club members and visitors tonight at our monthly Skywatch event. Visitors were treated to views of Jupiter, the Orion Nebula, open and globular clusters and various galaxies. Thank you to everyone who came out.
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Be a part of something amazing! 🌍 Participate in @GlobeatNight's sky brightness measurement until Jan 30 2025 from your computer, tablet, or smartphone and help us raise public awareness about light pollution!
Together, let's reach 20,000 data points by the end of 2025! 🌃
BBAA club members Jeff Goldstein, Kent Blackwell, and Shawn Loescher set up telescopes and showed Jupiter and the Moon to guests at the Astronomy 101 event tonight after the class given by George Reynolds. - at Kempsville Recreation Center
The BBAA is offering a Nick Anderson Memorial Astronomy Scholarship for $2,500.00 in 2024 and 2025. Nick Anderson was a passionate amateur astronomer and longtime active member of the BBAA. backbayastro.org/about.php#s…
If you need eclipse glasses for the April 8th summary eclipse, BBAA club members will have them at our Saturday Sun Day event this weekend for $1. All proceeds help us fund our annual scholarships for two local high school seniors.
In keeping with our club motto of "Bringing Astronomy to the People of Hampton Roads" we're excited about the outreach conducted by @JeffEdmondsonWX using 'Telescope 10'.
#astronomy #outreach #BBAA #backbayastro
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What you can see if you attend our monthly Saturday "Sun" Day event. Full sun and close up of sunspot group AR3590. It is so large that eight Earths fit inside its length as shown in the extra photo from spaceweather.com
- Cell phone and an XT10 Dobsonian telescope.
The weather is cooperating and conditions look great. Feel free to come to the Northwest River Park and look through the dozen+ telescopes set up for the public tonight.
#BBAA #astronomy #backbayastro #outreach
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This map shows approximate totality start times on April 8 for major cities along the path of totality.
A video of the Straight Wall on the Moon. This was taken with a Google Pixel 4 mounted to a Celestron telescope.
#astronomy #bbaa #backbayastro
A photo from the #GeminidsMeteorShower last night. Two meteors can be seen in this photo as well as the Andromeda galaxy (M31).
- Image taken with a Google Pixel 4 on a tripod using the astronomy mode which takes a 4 minute exposure.
- Heritage Park and Fairgrounds, Windsor, VA
Back Bay Amateur Astronomers - BBAA retweeted
Let’s do this!🤩 We are so close to our 2023 goal of 20,000 data points to measure night sky brightness with @GlobeAtNight – just 106 data points to go! Join us until 12 Dec and be part of the campaign to raise public awareness about light pollution 🌌 globeatnight.org
We are excited to announce the prize for the BBAA's annual Georgie June Scholarship Raffle. This year's prize is a Celestron 5" SCT plus a solar filter! The raffle will take place during our April 4th club meeting at 7:30pm.
$5/raffle ticket - all proceeds fund the scholarship
