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For several years, Jeff Delmas and Don Martin have been distributing guides for telescope buyers, aimed at helping beginners (and others) purchase a quality telescope. Both documents, updated for 2021, are available below.

We wanted to let everyone know that we are holding star parties at the VBAS observing field every clear Saturday night, beginning Saturday, October 16th.

Until shows reopen on December 4th, we’ll gather in the field for observing shortly before dark. If the sky is overcast viewing will be cancelled.

Welcome to VBAS’s new website! Developed in collaboration with a talented class of students at UAH, this new service is now in operation to benefit VBAS membership and the general public.

If you’d like to visit the legacy website, click here. It will be online for a while longer, though it will not be receiving news and event updates.

If you have any suggestions for the new site, please click here to contact us!

Click here to view credits for the class at UAH.

We have resumed monthly in-person Society meetings (no planetarium shows, just yet).

Join us for our July monthly Society meeting in-person at the Planetarium on Friday, July 16th at 7:30 PM (7:00 PM for pizza!). Our program will by presented by Frank Schenck, VBAS Director of Facilities and Equipment, and will be about Lunar and Planetary Photography.

We will also broadcast the meeting via Zoom. Link to the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81477205214

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Watch July’s recorded meeting here:

As we currently have suspended our public activities, including planetarium shows and outreach events we have put together a brief video tour of the September night sky for your enjoyment. We hope to be able to explore the universe with you in person soon but until then we will have to do so virtually.

The June monthly member meeting will by presented by Peggy Walker online at 7:30pm on June 19th!