This month, a fellow Raleigh Astronomy Club (RAC) member and I presented an introduction to Video Astronomy or EAA (Electronically Assisted Astronomy) at our September club meeting. We had a higher than average turnout for the talk which was great! Embedded below is the PowerPoint presentation we spoke to. To Read more…
Like millions of Americans, I traveled to the Path of Totality to view the view the Great American Solar Eclipse on August 21st, 2017. It was an awesome event that I shared with my youngest son and two other Raleigh Astronomy Club members are their respective families as well as Read more…
There is quite a bit of excitement about that the upcoming Great American Solar Eclipse next week. So much so that 2 local retirement communities reached out to me to come talk to their residents about the Solar Eclipse. In both cases, the rooms were packed, easily 80 plus people Read more…
The October 2015 issue of Sky & Telescope had a very interesting article, written by Ted Forte, entitled “A Few of My Favorite Things.” In this article, Mr, Forte provides guidance on how to view several galaxy groups in the constellation Pegasus. Needless to say, I was intrigued and captured Read more…
Since joining the Raleigh Astronomy Club in late 2006, I have grown increasingly more involved in Astronomy outreach. I find sharing my knowledge of Astronomy, the night skies and celestial observing to be quite rewarding as well as very enjoyable. While on vacation just a few weeks ago I came Read more…
Several Raleigh Astronomy Club members, including myself, supported the International Sun-Day events at the North of Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. At the start of the event (12 noon) the weather was not at all cooperative with almost 100% cloud cover. However holes in the clouds began to appear by 2pm and by Read more…
This past Saturday, May 31st, I helped out again with the Public Outreach / Observing session put on by the Morehead Panetarium. The session was held out at Jordan Lake just west of Apex and south of Chapel Hill in North Carolina. People showed up well in advanced of the Read more…