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The lady at the gas station sent me here! — My finding Comet NEOWISE

Yesterday (July 17), I was on the fence as to whether or not to brave the weather to go and find Comet NEOWISE, but I

Mohammad Faisal Halim July 28, 2020

Jenny Jump Observing Session, Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Jenny Jump Observing Session, Wednesday, June 24, 2020 Reports by Bart Fried, Katherine Troche from Bart: AAA members Kat Troche and Jordy Perez joined me

Katherine Troche July 24, 2020

MESSIER MARATHON, SPRING 2020 (March 21–22) — REPORTS, RESULTS, PHOTOS!

On 21/22 March 2020, several AAA observers planned to do a Messier Marathon at Ward Pound Ridge along with members of the Westchester Amateur Astronomers.

Mary Alford April 1, 2020

AAA February 2020 Messier Marathon Trial Run at Evergreen Cemetery

We had more than 24 attendees at the event in The Evergreens Cemetery, including Dan Oberhaus from Wired, whose loaner eVScope was impressive for many

John-Bills February 25, 2020

Clear New York City Night Sky vs a Clear Night Sky Filled with Stars

You’ve been to New York, London, Paris … great! Have you seen the Milky Way? According to some studies, one-third of the world’s population and

Alexander Krivenyshev January 9, 2020

School Outreach Report from John Bowne High School in Flushing, Queens

On Thursday, December 5, 2019, AAA VP Bart Fried supplied a bit of School Outreach at Q425 – John Bowne High School in Flushing, Queens.

Bart Fried December 12, 2019

A Day At the Museum

I was at the American Museum of Natural History, on the Central Park West steps, using the Volunteer Department’s donated 6″ f/8 Dobsonian with a

Bruce Kamiat November 25, 2019

Elusive Mercury Makes an Appearance

I was the first to arrive to set up at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn just before 7:00 a.m. for the Transit of Mercury. A

Bart Fried November 24, 2019

By Parker Bossier Here’s my flickr album from the transit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/parkerbossier/albums/72157711808512487. Also see the .gif I made of a skyscraper eclipsing the transit: I moved to

Parker Bossier November 23, 2019

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