This event was postponed from the previous week. 1st talk at 7PM, same talk at 7:45PM, observing starts at 7:30PM until 9PM.
Campus Map – The George Mason University Observatory at the Fairfax Campus building Research Hall formerly known as Research I.
Tuesday 23 April 2013: This date IF AND ONLY IF 23 April 2013 canceled due to weather. 1st talk at 7 PM, same talk at 7:45PM, observing starts at 7:30PM until 9PM.
Cancelled due to rain!
1st talk at 7PM, same talk at 7:45PM, observing starts at 7:30PM until 9PM.
Campus Map – The George Mason University Observatory at the Fairfax Campus building Research Hall formerly known as Research I.
Tuesday 7 May 2013: This date IF AND ONLY IF 30 April 2013 canceled due to weather. 1st talk at 7PM, same talk at 7:45PM, observing starts at 7:30PM until 9PM.
This meeting is a week earlier due to Mother’s Day. Our guest speaker is Dr. Madhulika “Lika” Guhathakurta. She’s a solar physicist, program scientist for the STEREO mission, and lead scientist of NASA’s “Living with a Star” program. She’ll be speaking about space weather and solar storms.
More information on our general meetings can be found at: http://www.novac.com/meetings/
1st talk at 7:30PM, same talk at 8:15PM, observing starts at 8PM until 9:30PM.
Campus Map – The George Mason University Observatory at the Fairfax Campus building Research Hall formerly known as Research I.
Sunday’s speaker is Will Marchant, who will be delivering a talk on the NuSTAR Mission
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.
NOTE: This meeting will be held in the “Showcase Room” which is the meeting room at the base of the Research Hall Observatory instead of the normal location.
Jason Lee will talk about Coronal Mass Ejections
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.
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