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Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
May 5 all-day
This shower should peak on May 5 or 6. It’s not the biggest craziest annual shower (you can expect to see a trail on average every 6-10 minutes) however in 2013 this is one of the few showers this year that will occur in the relative darkness of a quarter moon.
Monthly Meeting
11:00 pm
Monthly Meeting
@ George Mason University
May 5 @ 11:00 pm – May 6 @ 1:00 am
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[...]
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GMU Astronomy Observing Session
11:30 pm
GMU Astronomy Observing Session
@ Research Hall Science Showcase
May 7 @ 11:30 pm – May 8 @ 1:30 am
 1st talk at 7:30PM, same talk at 8:15PM, observing starts at 8PM until 9:30PM. Observatory Website Campus Map – The George Mason University Observatory at the Fairfax Campus building Research Hall formerly known as Research I.
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Astronomy Day
7:00 pm
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Cancelled – C.M. Crockett Public Night
10:00 pm
Cancelled – C.M. Crockett Public Night
@ C.M. Crockett Park
May 18 @ 10:00 pm – May 19 @ 3:00 am
The weather forecast is pretty (un)clear for tonight, so I’m canceling this event today. – Jim Mosquera Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details.
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⚪ Full Moon
10:26 pm
⚪ Full Moon
May 24 @ 10:26 pm – 11:26 pm
May’s Full Moon is the “Milk Moon”, “Flower Moon”, “Corn Planting Moon”, “Hare’s Moon”, or “Buddha Poornima”.
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