Meetings

June 14, 2020 at 7:30 – The Hubble Space Telescope:  30 Years of Cosmic Discovery

Join NOVAC at 7:30 on June 14 for our monthly meeting, which will be held online: Location: Online https://meet.google.com/bpz-ugtk-yqu Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Wiseman This year, we are celebrating Hubble’s 30th anniversary!  Five astronaut servicing missions and phenomenal teams of experts on the ground have kept this facility at the frontier of cosmic discoveries.  In honor of [...]

By |2021-10-16T21:44:55-04:00June 10th, 2020|Home, Meetings|0 Comments

In-Person Events Cancelled Through May 10, 2020

Today the CDC updated their guidance to recommend that for the next 8 weeks, organizers (whether groups or individuals) cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50 people or more throughout the United States. To comply with this recommendation, NOVAC will take the following actions to modify our plans through May 10, 2020: We [...]

By |2021-10-16T21:45:03-04:00March 15th, 2020|Home, Meetings, News|1 Comment

NOVAC 2019 Election Results

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 [...]

By |2021-10-16T21:46:13-04:00December 12th, 2018|Home, Meetings, News|0 Comments

NOVAC’s Byron Bergert Imaging Group, Saturday August 11th

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.  [...]

By |2021-10-16T21:46:50-04:00July 20th, 2018|Meetings|0 Comments

NOVAC General Meeting – Sunday April 8, at 7:00 PM at GMU

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 [...]

By |2021-10-16T21:47:23-04:00April 5th, 2018|Meetings, News|0 Comments

NOVAC General Meeting – Sunday March 11, at 7:00 PM at GMU

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 [...]

By |2021-10-16T21:47:43-04:00March 5th, 2018|Meetings, News|0 Comments

Byron Bergert Imaging Group on April 14th 10am – 1pm

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 [...]

By |2021-10-16T21:48:14-04:00February 13th, 2018|Meetings, News|0 Comments

NOVAC General Meeting February 11

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 [...]

By |2021-10-16T21:48:22-04:00January 23rd, 2018|Meetings, News|0 Comments

Byron Bergert Imaging Group on Feb 3 10:00a – 1:00p

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 [...]

By |2021-10-16T21:48:30-04:00January 22nd, 2018|Meetings, News|0 Comments
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