Cancelled – Great Meadow Public Night
Forecast of heavy rains force cancellation of the public night at Great Meadow. We'll try again in August. Ray Young Great Meadow site coordinator
Cancelled – C.M. Crockett Public Night
Weather forecasts force cancellation of our Public Night again. Â The Clear Sky chart[1] predicts transparency and seeing mostly as "Too cloudy to forecast". Â As of 11:00 local time, all the other forecasts [2][3][4] predict mostly cloudy to overcast skies with a 15 to 50 percent chance of a thunderstorm or rain. Â Conditions won't be suitable [...]
Cancelled – Great Meadow Public Night
Due to the cloudy weather today, the Great Meadow public night is cancelled. Ray
Cancelled – C.M. Crockett Public Night
Strong, gusty winds will make conditions unsuitable for astronomy with portable equipment this evening according to the weather forecasts. Â We don't want to disappoint the public with shaky views where they will see little if anything of interest. Weather forecasts agree that thunderstorms will be gone and the skies clear by or shortly after sundown. [...]
NOVAC General Meeting @GMU February 12th, at 7:00 PM
NOVAC will hold it's monthly general membership meeting Sunday February 12th, at 7:00 PM as per usual in Room #163 in Research Hall on the campus of George Mason University. Our pre-meeting dinner at Brion's Grille, just across the street from the campus in the University Mall Shopping Center, will also take place at our [...]
Cancelled – Great Meadow Public Night
The event is cancelled due to poor weather conditions. Sorry! Ray Young, Site CoordinatorÂ
NOVAC General Meeting @GMU today January 8th, at 7:00 PM
Fellow NOVAC Members, NOVAC will hold its monthly general membership meeting today January 8th, at 7:00 PM as per usual in Room #163 in Research Hall on the campus of George Mason University. Our pre-meeting dinner at Brion's Grille, just across the street from the campus in the University Mall Shopping Center, will also take [...]
NOVAC 2017 Election Results
The following members in bold were elected tonight to server NOVAC. We thank them so much for their commitment to our amazing club! Elected Officials 2017 The elected officials of NOVAC are the Officers, each of whom serves a one-year term. Nominations for candidates are made at the November general meeting, and elections are held [...]
SPECIAL TIME – NOVAC General Meeting & Volunteer Thank You Awards Sunday, December 11th
This coming Sunday, December 11th, we will hold our last general membership meeting for 2016.  We will start at a special time:  6:30 PM. First we'll start with some light refreshments such as we have at Astronomy Day and Star Gaze to thank all our volunteers who helped make 2016 an exceptionally successful year. Then we'll conduct [...]
NOVAC General Meeting, Sunday 7pm @ GMU
Please join us Sunday evening for our general meeting and talk.  If you are interesting in joining some of the group for dinner, check out the link below as well. Sunday, November 13, 2016; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Speaker: Rebecca Ljungren Topic: Decoding Starlight – Spectroscopy: History, How it Works & Applications for Researchers [...]