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.
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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…
See front page of NOVAC Site for changes to event. More information about Great Meadow including directions and parking visit the Great Meadow Site page.
see http://cantonbecker.com/retrograde for details…
Details about NOVAC meetings can be found at http://www.novac.com/meetings/ – including information about the club’s informal pre-meeting dinners.
Sunday November 10th, 2013 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Guest Speaker: Daniel Reichart
Topic: Outreach growth for Skynet
Location: Meeting Room at the base of the Observatory in Research Hall
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