Feb
25
Mon
⚪ Full Moon
Feb 25 @ 1:27 pm – 2:27 pm

February’s Full Moon is the “Snow Moon”, “Hunger Moon”, “Storm Moon”, “Candles Moon” or “Magh Poornima”

Mar
5
Tue
Cancelled – GMU Astronomy Observing Session @ Research Hall Science Showcase
Mar 5 @ 11:00 pm – Mar 6 @ 1:00 am
Cancelled - GMU Astronomy Observing Session @ Research Hall Science Showcase

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO IMPENDING WEATHER

1st talk at 6PM (weather permitting), same talk at 6:45PM (weather permitting), observing starts at 6:30PM until 8PM (weather permitting).

Observatory Website

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

Mar
9
Sat
C.M. Crockett Public Night and Messier Marathon @ C.M. Crockett Park
Mar 9 @ 11:00 pm – Mar 10 @ 4:00 am
Mar
10
Sun
Monthly Meeting @ George Mason University
Mar 10 @ 11:00 pm – Mar 11 @ 1:00 am

Our next speaker is Andrea Jones and she will be speaking on Mars Exploration Missions and Future

 

 

Mar
11
Mon
âš« New Moon
Mar 11 @ 1:52 pm – 2:52 pm
Mar
16
Sat
Cancelled – Great Meadow Public Night @ Great Meadow
Mar 16 @ 10:00 pm – Mar 17 @ 3:00 am

This event has been cancelled due to weather.

 

 

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
17
Sun
Mercury Retrograde Ends
Mar 17 all-day

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

Mar
19
Tue
GMU Astronomy Observing Session @ Research Hall Science Showcase
Mar 19 @ 11:00 pm – Mar 20 @ 1:00 am
GMU Astronomy Observing Session @ Research Hall Science Showcase

1st talk at 7PM, same talk at 7:45PM, observing starts at 7:30PM until 9PM.

Observatory Website

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

Tuesday 26 March 2013: This date IF AND ONLY IF 19 March 2013 canceled due to weather. 1st talk at 7PM, same talk at 7:45PM, observing starts at 7:30PM until 9PM.

Mar
20
Wed
Vernal Equinox (Spring)
Mar 20 @ 5:02 am – 6:02 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
27
Wed
⚪ Full Moon
Mar 27 @ 3:28 am – 4:28 am

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