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The 37th Annual NOVAC Star Gaze: Saturday, October 5th
Join the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club for Star Gaze at C.M. Crockett Park on October 5th, 2019 from 3 pm to 11 pm!
You don’t need any astronomy experience or equipment at all to enjoy Star Gaze. Enjoy the wonderful views of the landscape and night sky from one of our […]
M87 black hole
Tom Finkenbinder provided this information to go along the feature image and the Skynet and multi-messenger Astronomy slide presentation:
Shortly before the presentation I made at AHSP 2018 at Spruce Knob last Fall, I asked for ideas from the Skynet team at UNC about the radio astronomy features […]
Lunar Eclipse Photography
Here’s a great presentation that our member Dan Ward has updated for the upcoming lunar eclipse.
NOVAC 2019 Election Results
- President: Chris Kagy
- Vice President: Alan Goldberg
- Treasurer: Paul Derby
- Secretary: John McDonnell
- Trustee: George Doschek (2 yr term)
- Trustee: Paul Severance (2 yr term)
- Trustee: Arlen Raasch (2 yr term)
Regional Star Parties Updated!
Getting a jump on this coming years Star Party planning? Well I have updated the regional star parties list as best I can based on updated links and what information certain clubs had available at the time. The page still needs to have some formatting updated but […]
Binocular Messier and the AL Observing Program
March is the time of the year when the Messier Marathon is possible. This is also a great time to get started on your Binocular Messier observing program.
A very useful resource (I would say essential) for observational astronomy is Sky and Telescope’s Pocket Sky […]