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Nov

The Icom 820H

https://youtu.be/t34sk77tMno?si=ILc5e9_7KYxl0416

Nov

Astronomy Outreach Fall Festival

Signs advertising the event

Rockingham, North Carolina November 1, 2025. Thanks to the First Assembly The Possibility Church for inviting Richmond County Astronomy Club to host their Star Gazing section of their fall festival. We had two members bring their telescopes. John Sullivan had his 6 inch reflecting telescope and Mark Gibson had his Seestar S50. Both telescopes allowed the visitors to control the telescope using smart tablets. Just like everything else in society technology has came to the amateur astronomy hobby allowing users to use it to do the routine work of finding objects, viewing objects and creating professional astrophotography images.

I would say we had about 40 adults and children come by to view the Sun, moon, Comet Lemmon and the Andromeda Galaxy. Many visitors reported it was their first time looking through a telescope.

The event started at 5:00 PM so the sun was still visible

The Sun

Pastor Wiggins Church of God of Prophecy
Our first visitor Loves Astronomy

The Seestar Display

iPad showing what the telescope is viewing

It was cold! Nice Fire

The moon

Saturn

Comet Lemmon

Another moon shot

Andromeda Galaxy

John with his telescope

Green light used to protect night vision

Andrew putting out the fire

Oct

Now There are Three Comets

Three comets in one night. Comet Lemmon, Comet Swan and Comet Wierzchos. I originally intended to image Lemmon and Swann but my PHD friend suggested Wierzchos so I decided to give it a try. I was at an Amateur Radio POTA Park Pee Dee River State Game Land but I didn’t do amateur radio but did astronomy instead. It was a great day. I’ll be working with on a video that shows the three comets moving through space.

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Comet Lemmon[/caption]

Comet Lemmon The Movie

Here is a video of Comet Limmon. You can see the movement of the comet against the stars.

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Oct

Two Comets In One Evening

I stand to be corrected but I believe this is the first time I saw two comets in one evening. Comet photo credit Olivia Hege using Seestar

I have made it safely back home. First time I saw two comets in one evening. Olivia Hege took the comet photos I took a few messier objects photos. I survived camping but may have to wait until it gets warmer to do it again.

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Showed Olivia how to image C-2025 A6[/caption]

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First time comet chasers[/caption]

After the comets I took a few Messier photos

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Oct

Chicora Civil War Cemetery

If you are hav trouble with the embedded video click this link IMG_4778

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Main entrance to museum[/caption]

Oct

RICHMOND COUNTY ASTRONOMY CLUB MEETING OCTOBER 2025

Richmond County Astronomy Club October 14, 2025 meeting recap.

the club had three members present.

The Astronomy club took advantage of the clear meeting night and set up the telescope outside to enjoy the sky.

Sep

Richmond County Astronomy Club Meeting September 2025

The September meeting of the Richmond County Astronomy Club occurred on September 9, 2025. We had a record number of 12 people in attendance. We discussed telescopes, eclipses, and why T Corona Borealis hasn’t gone NOVA yet. The group also planning upcoming astronomy activities. Our meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month at Richmond Community College.

Aug

WWFF 2025 AUGUST IN THE PARKS

3 John 13 – 14 I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink. I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.

World Wide Flora Fauna

Starting August 1, 2025 I will be participating in the World Wide Flora and Fauna in amateur radio AUGUST IN THE PARKS WWFF 2025 event. I will be participating as an activator and a hunter. Please consider checking to see if the POTA park you are participating in is also a WWFF and review the rules for submitting your logs to WWFF. I hope to be active on CW and SSB. I hope to work you soon. I’ll be posting the link to WWFF in the comments. The activity event will start at 00:01 UTC on August 1st and will end at 23:59 UTC on August 31. The logs are all updated to Parks on the Air and World Wide Flora Fauna and QRZ.

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World Wide Flora & Fauna in Amateur Radio
Parks on the Air
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Find a no charge amateur radio exam near you.

WWFF 2025 August in the Parks Day 1

Pee Dee River State Game Land, WWFF-5284 POTA US-6934 Lilesville, NC

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WWFF 2025 August in the Parks Day 2

Sandhills State Game Land WWFF-4941 POTA-6947 Rockingham, NC

[embed]https://youtu.be/LHT0XYpfMOA?si=gQo_1GKhAjQX5YYV[/embed]

WWFF 2025 August in the Parks Day 3

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge WWFF KFF-4584 POTA-0416 Ansonville, NC

[embed]https://youtu.be/Anh5pWesQ1k?si=kGAB9BzJbQbiNwFH[/embed]

WWFF 2025 August in the Parks Day 4

Birkhead Mountains Wilderness Area, WWFF-6612 POTA-10260 Asheboro, NC

[embed]https://youtu.be/HQB4Zmo5i5M?si=GNuqJwcIqhX0pL5i[/embed]

WWFF 2025 August in the Parks Day 6

Uwharrie National Forest WWFF-6612 POTA-10260 Troy, NC

[embed]https://youtu.be/QvDg8431Q6Q?si=YT7h0rIuPj8rv1-T[/embed]

WWFF 2025 August in the Parks Day 7

Morrow Mountain State Park WWFF-2746 POTA US-2746 Badin, NC

[embed]https://youtu.be/IwUfKnGrOTI?si=F1JPQy9-raEbbv24[/embed]

WWFF 2025 August in the Parks Day 8

Ward/Selma State Nature Preserve WWFF-3866 POTA US-3866 Asheboro, NC

[embed]https://youtu.be/-6JCg6YydSc?si=iDY9oo4EF-VXRcBd[/embed]

WWFF 2025 August in the Parks

NC US-3848 #6 Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve KFF-3848

[embed]https://youtu.be/tZRe9Z9H1Og?si=BeeAUcO6tMXoBcgN[/embed]

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