... Announcements: Mario Motta mentioned that the Dark Sky Bill died in the Massachusetts Legislature's Ways and Means Committee. ... M30 was discovered by Messier in 1764. He described it as a round nebula, containing no stars. ...
... Mario Motta has gotten a House and Senate sponsor for a dark Sky bill. ... crisp winter night when Orion beckons you to visit his magnificent Nebula, take a minute to travel a road less taken and try ...
... crisp winter night when Orion beckons you to visit his magnificent Nebula, take a minute to travel a road less taken and try ... This year the peak was a day before Last Quarter and the Moon rose at 23:18 EST, giving us at least 5 hours of darkness. ...
... AAVSO and International Dark-Sky Association Fall Meeting Clubhouse Westford MA ... per person Keynote speaker Tim Brown After Dark Observing with the Van Vleck 20 ... sky objects, primarily NGC and IC planetary nebula, were seen by almost everyone ...