Hi all,
Hopefully everyone has been beating the heat so far this July! We are going to have our first virtual stargazing event of the month with Penn Dixie, the Explore & More Children’s museum, and the Williamsville Space Lab Planetarium tomorrow night, July 18th, at 8:30PM. As you may have heard already, comet C/2020 F3 (also known as NEOWISE) has been making appearances in the early morning and evening skies. It will depend on members’ horizon (and clouds of course) but perhaps a BAA member will have some live views of that during the stream. (Scroll down a bit or click here if you want to see some phenomenal comet photography that our members have already made, and learn how to see the comet yourself.) You will be able to watch the stream on Penn Dixie’s Facebook page here.
If you are a BAA member and would like to show a view through your telescope, help answer questions from the public, or present on astronomical topics, please contact Ernie Jacobs or reach out in the Members forum. I won’t be able to make this one, but will definitely catch the live stream afterward (one benefit of doing events virtually!) Hope that lots of people can make it.