News and Updates
The Great Meadow public observing session is a go. Because the field is too wet to drive on, THE LOCATION FOR TONIGHT'S OBSERVING WILL BE IN THE GRAVEL PARKING LOT NEXT TO THE STADIUM. When you enter at the main gate, immediately turn right and go 1/10th of a mile and turn left into the parking lot. I will [...]
With the recent passing of amateur astronomy legend John Dobson, we've located a video of his humorous remarks to our membership at NOVAC’s 2005 Star Gaze. While doing so, we’ve also found videos of other major speakers that same year including Al Nagler, Phil Harrington and Rod Mollise. You can watch all their talks at [...]
There is too much snow and ice on the field so the public night for Great Meadows this month is cancelled. The event calendar has been updated to reflect this change as well.
Here is the information for the constellation Canis Minor. From this link there is information on NGC/IC objects, Double stars, and Variable Stars.
*** WEATHER UPDATE *** NOVAC's Board of Trustees has decided to cancel tonight's general meeting in the interest of safety; the weather is just too uncertain for us to feel comfortable asking members to come out to GMU this evening. We'll hold elections for NOVAC officers and trustees in January. The equipment show-and-tell scheduled this evening [...]
Our next meeting will be Sunday Evening, December 8, 7:00 pm with an equipment "show and tell" event with NOVAC members bringing their astronomy equipment for others to see. You will be able to talk with the equipment owners about how and why they use what they have for observing. We will meet in Room [...]
We have a general meeting this, Sunday, November 10, in Research Hall Room 163; this is the large meeting room on the ground floor of the building next to the observatory tower. Our meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. More information on our general meetings can be found at: http://www.novac.com/meetings/ Our guest speaker is [...]
Latest new and resource links from EarthSky - http://earthsky.org/space/big-sun-diving-comet-ison-might-be-spectacular-in-2013 Mike Lewis interviewed in this Washington Post article on Comet ISON! John McDonnell did a presentation at our monthly meeting in October and has placed the Comet ISON information and links on this Astro Page so we can keep an eye on how things progress [...]
NOVAC invites you to the largest public star party in the Washington DC area. Learn about astronomy while enjoying the night sky with hundreds of telescopes, binoculars and homemade projects. Many experienced astronomers will be on hand to answer questions and share their knowledge. […]