Feb
28
Fri
Mercury Retrograde Ends
Feb 28 all-day

see http://cantonbecker.com/retrograde for details…

Mar
1
Sat
âš« New Moon
Mar 1 @ 1:00 am – 2:00 am
Mar
10
Mon
GMU Astronomy Observing Session @ Research Hall Science Showcase
Mar 10 @ 11:30 pm – Mar 11 @ 1:30 am
GMU Astronomy Observing Session @ Research Hall Science Showcase

Talk at 7PM. Observing session from 7:30PM to 9:30PM. Please verify the event is still on at the website below before going!

Observatory Website

Campus Map – The George Mason University Observatory at the Fairfax Campus building Research Hall formerly known as Research I.

Mar
16
Sun
⚪ Full Moon
Mar 16 @ 11:09 am – 12:09 pm

March’s Full Moon is the “Lenten Moon”, “Worm Moon”, “Crow Moon”, “Crust Moon”, “Sugar Moon”, “Sap Moon”, “Chaste Moon”, or “Holi”.

Mar
20
Thu
Vernal Equinox (Spring)
Mar 20 @ 10:57 am – 11:57 am

The date (near March 21 in the northern hemisphere) when night and day are nearly the same length and Sun crosses the celestial equator (i.e., declination 0) moving northward. In the southern hemisphere, the vernal equinox corresponds to the center of the Sun crossing the celestial equator moving southward and occurs on the date of the northern autumnal equinox. The vernal equinox marks the first day of the season of spring.

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/VernalEquinox.html

Mar
24
Mon
GMU Astronomy Observing Session @ Research Hall Science Showcase
Mar 24 @ 11:30 pm – Mar 25 @ 2:00 am
GMU Astronomy Observing Session @ Research Hall Science Showcase

Talk at 7:30PM. Observing session from 8:00PM to 10:00PM. Please verify the event is still on at the website below before going!

Observatory Website

Campus Map – The George Mason University Observatory at the Fairfax Campus building Research Hall formerly known as Research I.

Mar
29
Sat
Cancelled – C.M. Crockett Public Night & Messier Marathon @ C.M. Crockett Park
Mar 29 @ 10:00 pm – Mar 30 @ 3:00 am

Event is cancelled due to weather.

Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details.

 

Great Meadow Public Night @ Great Meadow
Mar 29 @ 10:00 pm – Mar 30 @ 3:00 am

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.

Mar
30
Sun
âš« New Moon
Mar 30 @ 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
Apr
14
Mon
GMU Astronomy Observing Session @ Research Hall Science Showcase
Apr 14 @ 11:30 pm – Apr 15 @ 2:00 am
GMU Astronomy Observing Session @ Research Hall Science Showcase

Talk at 7:30PM. Observing session from 8:00PM to 10:00PM. Please verify the event is still on at the website below before going!

Observatory Website

Campus Map – The George Mason University Observatory at the Fairfax Campus building Research Hall formerly known as Research I.