With the cancellation of Star Gaze this past weekend we have added an additional Public Night for this coming Sunday evening 6:30pm to 11:00pm at Crockett Park. Â Special thanks goes out to the club members that are making this happen!
The forecast for this weekend's Star Gaze event poses serious risks to the safety of our volunteers as well as members of the general public who might wish to attend the event. Consequently, we have decided to cancel Star Gaze for 2015. NOVAC has several other observing-only public nights scheduled during the rest of 2015, [...]
Make sure you check out the calendar and events that we have planned for Great Meadow, CM Crockett and Sky Meadows this weekend. The weather has been amazing lately and looks to continue this weekend as well. I hope to see Members and Public alike out at our events! Calendar of Events  Best,  [...]
NOVAC’s general meetings are open to club members and the general public alike, and are held on the campus of George Mason University (directions) in Fairfax, Virginia. Research Hall is easily identified by the observatory attached to the side of the building. Paid parking is available in the Shenandoah parking structure. Some members have also chosen to [...]
NOVAC's Byron Berget Imaging Group will hold its next processing party on Saturday September 5 from 10am to 1pm at the Patrick Henry Library in Vienna. The room is just inside the main door to the right. Bring your images from AHSP or your backyard, your laptops, or just your questions, and we'll process our [...]
The photos are coming in fast and furious from attendees and I'm processing videos up to YouTube as I post this message. Â Go to www.ahsp.org to look at all the photos and videos from this years event as I post them this week.
Sunday, July 12, 2015; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Speaker: Philip Graff Topic: The production and effects of gravitational waves Location: Research Hall, Room 163 Meeting Logistics: Paid parking is available in the Shenandoah Parking Deck (formerly Sandy Creek Parking Deck), which is behind the building. Please enter at the back side of the building [...]
This is the fastest the event has ever sold out! Thanks to all that registered for our event this year! We will be sending more communications to attendees in the weeks to come as August 14th comes closer. Â Look in the coming days and weeks for emails with more information and conference calls dates and [...]
NOVAC's general meeting will be held on the campus of George Mason University on Sunday, June 14th. We will meet in Research Hall Room 163 at 7:00 p.m. In addition to our regular business topics, I am pleased to announce that our recent Science Fair Award recipients, Medha Uppal and Lara Kornblut, will be joining [...]
Join NOVAC for Astronomy Day at Sky Meadows State Park on Saturday, May 16, 2015. Astronomy Day is a national event usually held in or around April to promote and share amateur astronomy. Come out at 3 pm to observe the Sun! Stay until nightfall to see some planets and deep sky objects! Click the links below for more [...]
