Astrophotography Special Interest Group (ASIG)
The next meeting of the Battle Point Observatory’s Astrophotography Special Interest Group will be on Saturday, September 19th, at 11 AM in the Gardiner Library inside of the Battle Point Observatory.
Battle Point Observatory
Meteor Magic Star Party
On August 8th, we partnered with Islandwood to host Meteor Magic: A Perseid Star Party!
Partial Lunar Eclipse
The Blood Moon had approximately 96% of its surface in the shadow of the Earth at 9:13 pm PDT on August 27. And that’s the time for the image above that John Black captured.
The Witch’s Broom (West Veil, NGC 6960)
Like Fleming’s Triangular Wisp from last month’s Observer, the Witch’s Broom is composed almost exclusively of ionized hydrogen (red) and double ionized oxygen (teal).
The most exciting part is that this image was taken over two nights last weekend using BPO’s very own rooftop telescope
Telescope Raffle Winner!
Congratulations to Jenna, the winner of our Fourth of July telescope raffle!
Meteor Magic: A Perseid Star Party!
On August 8th, we’ll be partnering with IslandWood to host Meteor Magic: A Perseid Star Party!
Star Parties Galore!
Have you been to one of our recent star parties? If not, you’ve missed out on viewing the Moon, planets, planetary conjunctions and alignments, stars, star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies oh my!
August Saturday Planetarium Shows
Our weekly planetarium shows continue this month on August 1, 15, & 29, at 12:30 and 2:30!
Astrophotography Special Interest Group (ASIG)
August’s ASIG meeting will be held on the third Saturday, August 15th, in the Gardiner Library of the Battle Point Observatory. Start time is 11 am.
Sounds of Summer Concert series at Battle Point Park
Get a peek inside Battle Point Observatory, alongside BI Parks “Terry’s Sounds of Summer” free concert series at Battle Point Park. Wednesday nights in July & August, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm starting July 8.