September’s Full Moon is the “Fruit Moon” (English), “Harvest Moon” (Native American), “Corn Moon”, “Barley Moon”, or “Bhadrapad Poornima”.
The Sun will beam down directly on the equator giving us just about equal amounts of day and night in most parts of the world.
NOVAC VAAS Webpage for Signup – You must sign up for event
VAAS 2013 Annual Meeting Program
8:30 AM – Sign In begins
9:00 AM – Breakfast
9:45 – VAAS 2013 Welcome by NOVAC President Phil Wherry
10:00 AM – Alan Goldberg – NOVAC
“Color Perception and Meaning in Astronomy”
11:00 AM – An Astronomy Round-Table Discussion
12:00 PM – Lunch & Raffle
1:00 PM – Key Note Speaker Sean O’Brien – National Air & Space Museum
“Some Observations by a Planetarium Educator”
2:00-> 3:00 PM – Safe Solar Viewing and Socializing
Public Night @ Sky Meadows in conjunction with SI – Check http://www.novac.com/wp/observing/sky-meadows/ for site details and directions.
NOTE: There is no admittance to Sky Meadows State Park after 9pm! Even if the event goes later.
Details about NOVAC meetings can be found at http://www.novac.com/meetings/ – including information about the club’s informal pre-meeting dinners at Red Hot & Blue.
October’s Full Moon is the “Harvest Moon” (English), “Hunter’s Moon” (Native American), “Travel Moon”, “Dying Grass Moon”, “Blood Moon”, or “Sharad Poornima”.
The Orionid meteor shower will reach its maximum rate of activity. Some meteors will be visible each night from 16 Oct to 30 Oct, but the best show will be on this evening. The maximum number of meteors expected to be visible from a dark location is around 25 per hour (ZHR). The Moon will be 16 days old at the time of peak activity, and being so close to Full Moon, will severely limit the observations that will be possible. Shucks! That’s three showers in a row the moon has washed out…
see http://cantonbecker.com/retrograde for details…