NOVAC Event Calendar

Event is cancelled due to weather.

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

Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details. Details will be updated for the Messier Marathon too!

Unfortunately tonight’s public night is canceled, the third cancelled Crockett Public Night in a row.  The astronomy forecast predicts 70 percent or more cloud cover and the local forecast is cloudy with a 20% chance of showers or drizzle.  Not acceptable conditions; nobody wants precipitation on lenses, mirrors or electronics.

Hoping for clear skies next month and many days before and after.

Tree Greenwood

Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details. Details will be updated for the Messier Marathon too!

Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details. Details will be updated for the Messier Marathon too!

Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details. Details will be updated for the Messier Marathon too!

All of the weather forecasts agree that Saturday evening will be cloudy.  They disagree only on how early rain will begin.  Not suitable conditions for observing the night sky so tomorrow’s public night is canceled.

Clear skies for the future,

R J ‘Tree’ Greenwood
Site Coordinator

Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details. Details will be updated for the Messier Marathon too!

NOVAC is cancelling in-person events through May 10 in accordance with CDC recommendations.

Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details. Details will be updated for the Messier Marathon too!

Join NOVAC and the Rappahannock County Park for a public observing session.

Audience: Members of the public, astronomy club members. Feel free to bring along any friends and family.

Volunteer Role: Bring binoculars or a telescope to share views of the planet Mars, galaxies and other deep sky objects.

Presentations:

•  NOVAC member will p a 15-minute presentation by NOVAC member on how to find Mars, the M-44 beehive cluster and the M-104 Sombrero Galaxy in Virgo.
• short educational presentation put on by the Park stressing the value of maintaining a light pollution free environment.

Masks: 

• not mandatory before dark unless social distancing cannot be maintained.
• required after dark.

Contact: RSVP to Torney Van Acker, Dark Sky Coordinator, at 703-250-7943 or torney630@gmail.com.