On Sunday those present at the general meeting elected 2019's club officers: 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) The term office will begin on January 1, 2019. The next general [...]
NOVAC's Byron Bergert Imaging Group will hold its next Processing Party on Saturday August 11 from 10am to 1pm at the Providence Community Center near the Vienna Metro Station. We'll be in Classroom 1, which is upstairs past the registration desk. As usual, we're very low key: come when you like, leave when you like. [...]
Come join NOVAC members to hear Dr. Tom Fowler from the George Mason University speak. Guests are welcome at our meetings. Topic: Electronically Assisted Astronomy For amateur astronomers today it is “the best of times and the worst of times,” to paraphrase Dickens. We have at our disposal a veritable banquet of sophisticated equipment, much of it [...]
Come join NOVAC members to hear Dr. Miki Nakajima from the University of Rochester speak about the origin of the Earth and Moon. Dr. Nakijima earned her PhD in Planetary Science with a minor in Computational Science and Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Guests are welcome at our meetings. Topic: Origin of the [...]
NOVAC’s Byron Bergert Imaging Group will hold its next Processing Party on Saturday April 14th from 10am to 1pm at the Providence Community Center near the Vienna Metro Station. We’ll be in Multipurpose Room 1, which is to the left past the registration desk. As usual, we’re very low key: come when you like, leave [...]
Hello NOVAC! Thank you for turning out in force in January for our first meeting of the year. Our speaker for February, Dr. Michelle Thaller will be speaking and her topic is A Solar System of Surprises. I've not heard Dr. Thaller speak in person, but have occasionally listened to her podcast, Orbital Path, and found [...]
NOVAC's Byron Bergert Imaging Group will hold its Groundhog Day +1 Processing Party, featuring Special Guest Processor John Kasianowicz, on Saturday February 3 from 10am to 1pm at the Providence Community Center near the Vienna Metro Station. We'll be in Multipurpose Room 1, which is to the left past the registration desk. As usual, we're [...]
NOVAC will hold its next monthly general membership meeting Sunday January 14, at 7:00 PM in Room #163 in Research Hall on the campus of George Mason University. Our speaker will be Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ, whom many of you know as coauthor of Turn Left at Orion. NOVAC’s general meeting is open to the [...]
On Sunday, December 10, at the General Meeting, the club elected officers for 2018. I am honored to be serving as President for the coming year. Please join me in congratulating the others elected last night: Vice President: Alan Goldberg Secretary: John McDonnell Treasurer: Paul Derby Trustees (2 yr term): Zack Panitzke, John Higbee There are three other [...]
Our next meeting will be Sunday evening, December 10, 7:00 pm, in Room #163 in Research Hall on the campus of George Mason University, with dinner at Red Hot and Blue, and will be a little different from other meetings this past year. During the business meeting we will hold elections for club offices. Candidate [...]
