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Cancelled – Great Meadow Public Night 5:00 pm
Cancelled – Great Meadow Public Night @ Great Meadow
Dec 1 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Cancelled - Great Meadow Public Night @ Great Meadow
Due the rain and the pending weather this week and and Saturday the event is cancelled! ~ Ray Young 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.Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share[...]
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Mercury Retrograde Ends
Mercury Retrograde Ends
Dec 6 all-day
see http://cantonbecker.com/retrograde for details…Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
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âš« New Moon 12:20 am
âš« New Moon
Dec 7 @ 12:20 am – 12:20 am
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Cancelled – C.M. Crockett Public Night 5:00 pm
Cancelled – C.M. Crockett Public Night @ C.M. Crockett Park
Dec 8 @ 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Cancelled - C.M. Crockett Public Night @ C.M. Crockett Park | Midland | Virginia | United States
All of the weather forecasts agree that cloud cover will increase after 15:00 to ‘mostly cloudy’ (or worse).  Transparency “too cloudy to forecast” and seeing poor to impossible won’t allow us to show the public wonders of the night sky.  Hoping for better conditions in 2019,  R J ‘Tree’ Greenwood Crockett Park Site Coordinator Please[...]
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Monthly Meeting 7:30 pm
Monthly Meeting @ Online
Dec 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Monthly Meeting @ Online | Fairfax | Virginia | United States
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!Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit[...]
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Geminids “King” Meteor Shower
Geminids “King” Meteor Shower
Dec 13 all-day
Planning on staying up late (or waking up early) for this one. The Geminids is the “king” of the meteor showers. It is considered by many to be the best shower in the heavens, producing up to 120 multicolored meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by debris left behind by an asteroid[...]
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☽ First Quarter Moon 4:49 am
☽ First Quarter Moon
Dec 15 @ 4:49 am – 4:49 am
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Ursids Meteor Shower
Ursids Meteor Shower
Dec 21 all-day
The Ursids is a minor meteor shower producing about 5-10 meteors per hour. It is produced by dust grains left behind by comet Tuttle, which was first discovered in 1790. The shower runs annually from December 17-25. It peaks this year on the the night of the 21st and morning of the 22nd. This year[...]
Winter Solstice 3:23 pm
Winter Solstice
Dec 21 @ 3:23 pm – 4:23 pm
The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year, respectively, in the sense that the length of time elapsed between sunrise and sunset on this day is a minimum for the year. Of course, daylight saving time means that the first Sunday in April has 23 hours and the last Sunday in October has[...]
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⚪ Full Moon 10:49 am
⚪ Full Moon
Dec 22 @ 10:49 am – 10:49 am
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☾ Last Quarter Moon 2:34 am
☾ Last Quarter Moon
Dec 29 @ 2:34 am – 2:34 am
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