... Currently, John's main deep sky work is done with a TEC140 refractor, and a few images have taken with a Takahashi FS60C. He uses a Celestron C11 for webcam imaging of the planets and the C11 sees some limited deep sky work too. ... Happy New Year to ATMoB members, friends and family! ... If you have not already visited the clubhouse, we hope you will attend our New Member's Night planned for this spring. ... Charlie McDonald announced the Reading star party to be held on Jan. ... Jan. ...

... Teleportation was made popular b y t h e T V ser ies "Star Trek." ... Mars Plays Tag with Saturn. ... As July opens, Mars stands less than 1 degree from the slightly fainter Regulus, Leo's brightest star. ... As the planet passes in front of the star, the light dims. ... Transiting planets have changed the study of exoplanets because their physical properties can be routinely meas- Scientists are working to overcome the "refracted light problem" and cancel light from a star to "see" a planet. ...