Member Calendar – Calendar for NOVAC Observing dates

Key information for official sites with agreements:

Camp High Road is open unless specified on Camp High Road specific page
C.M. Crockett is open only during periods specified on the Crockett specific page
Meadowkirk observing requires explicit permission. See Meadowkirk page for details
Sky Meadows State Park is open for vetted volunteers only unless posted on the Sky Meadows specific page
Spruce Knob Mountain Center: See site specific page or contact site coordinator for availability

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1	2 C.M. Crockett Public Night 5:00 pm C.M. Crockett Public Night @ C.M. Crockett Park Nov 2 @ 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details.
3	4 🌓First Quarter Moon 5:23 am 🌓First Quarter Moon Nov 4 @ 5:23 am – 5:23 am Tickets	5	6	7	8	9
10 Monthly Meeting 7:30 pm Monthly Meeting @ Online Nov 10 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Our meetings on the second Sunday of the month, online. Our meetings web page, has additional details. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday evenings!	11 Transit of Mercury Across the Sun Transit of Mercury Across the Sun Nov 11 all-day Tickets A superstar event for 2019: Elusive Mercury, one of the most difficult planets to view, will be out in broad daylight—literally! Look through a telescope equipped with a suitable solar filter and you’ll be able to view tiny Mercury transit across the surface of the Sun. This rare celestial event will be visible throughout much[...]	12 (Possible) Taurid Fireball Meteor Shower (Possible) Taurid Fireball Meteor Shower Nov 12 all-day Tickets This shower coincides with the full moon, so that pretty much blows your chances of seeing much… But Keep your fingers crossed! Every now and then the Taurid meteor shower — normally modest — produces spectacular fireballs visible even in bright moonlight. Last year it caused a rash of UFO reports. Most recently this happened[...] 🌕 Full Moon 8:34 am 🌕 Full Moon Nov 12 @ 8:34 am – 8:34 am Tickets	13	14	15	16
17 Leonids Meteor Shower Leonids Meteor Shower Nov 17 all-day Tickets The Leonids is an average shower, producing up to 15 meteors per hour at its peak. This shower is unique in that it has a cyclonic peak about every 33 years where hundreds of meteors per hour can be seen. That last of these occurred in 2001. The Leonids is produced by dust grains left[...]	18	19 Mercury Retrograde Ends Mercury Retrograde Ends Nov 19 all-day Tickets see http://cantonbecker.com/retrograde for details… 🌗 Last Quarter Moon 4:11 pm 🌗 Last Quarter Moon Nov 19 @ 4:11 pm – 4:11 pm Tickets	20	21 Alpha Monocerotid ‘meteor outburst’ 11:15 pm Alpha Monocerotid ‘meteor outburst’ Nov 21 @ 11:15 pm – Nov 22 @ 12:15 am Tickets This meteor outburst / storm happened in 1925, 1935, 1985, and most recently in 1995. There’s debate as to whether or not anything spectacular will happen tonight. If we’re lucky, between 100 and 1,000 meteors per hour are expected during this event that might last somewhere between 15 and 40 minutes. Because the event is[...]	22	23
24 Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter Nov 24 all-day Tickets A conjunction of Venus and Jupiter will be visible on November 24. The two bright planets will be visible within 1.4 degrees of each other in the evening sky. Look for this impressive sight in the western sky just after sunset.	25	26 ⚫ New Moon 10:06 am ⚫ New Moon Nov 26 @ 10:06 am – 10:06 am Tickets	27	28	29	30 C.M. Crockett Public Night 5:00 pm C.M. Crockett Public Night @ C.M. Crockett Park Nov 30 @ 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details.

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