Forecast of heavy rains force cancellation of the public night at Great Meadow. We’ll try again in August.
Ray Young
Great Meadow site coordinator
Author: Chris Lee
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Cancelled – C.M. Crockett Public Night
Weather forecasts force cancellation of our Public Night again. The Clear Sky chart[1] predicts transparency and seeing mostly as “Too cloudy to forecast”. As of 11:00 local time, all the other forecasts [2][3][4] predict mostly cloudy to overcast skies with a 15 to 50 percent chance of a thunderstorm or rain. Conditions won’t be suitable for astronomical observations. Hoping for clear skies for the eclipse and our next public night, R. J. ‘Tree’ Greenwood Site Coordinator Read more […] -
Cancelled – Great Meadow Public Night
Due to the cloudy weather today, the Great Meadow public night is cancelled. Ray
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Cancelled – C.M. Crockett Public Night
Strong, gusty winds will make conditions unsuitable for astronomy with portable equipment this evening according to the weather forecasts. We don’t want to disappoint the public with shaky views where they will see little if anything of interest. Weather forecasts agree that thunderstorms will be gone and the skies clear by or shortly after sundown. Transparency is likely to be excellent according to the clear sky chart forecast. Seeing is forecast to be bad, improving to poor Read more […] -
NOVAC General Meeting @GMU February 12th, at 7:00 PM
NOVAC will hold it’s monthly general membership meeting Sunday February 12th, at 7:00 PM as per usual in Room #163 in Research Hall on the campus of George Mason University. Our pre-meeting dinner at Brion’s Grille, just across the street from the campus in the University Mall Shopping Center, will also take place at our regular time of 5:30 PM. General Meeting page for more information and directions. Sunday’s guest speaker will be Cal Powell. His topic will be A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Meteorites. We Read more […] -
Cancelled – Great Meadow Public Night
The event is cancelled due to poor weather conditions. Sorry! Ray Young, Site Coordinator
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NOVAC General Meeting @GMU today January 8th, at 7:00 PM
Fellow NOVAC Members, NOVAC will hold its monthly general membership meeting today January 8th, at 7:00 PM as per usual in Room #163 in Research Hall on the campus of George Mason University. Our pre-meeting dinner at Brion’s Grille, just across the street from the campus in the University Mall Shopping Center, will also take place at our regular time of 5:30 PM. More information can be found on our General Meetings Page for location and directions. Sunday’s guest speaker with be Jennifer Read more […] -
NOVAC 2017 Election Results
The following members in bold were elected tonight to server NOVAC. We thank them so much for their commitment to our amazing club! Elected Officials 2017 The elected officials of NOVAC are the Officers, each of whom serves a one-year term. Nominations for candidates are made at the November general meeting, and elections are held at the December meeting. See the contact page for email addresses. President: Kambridge Giles Vice President: Arlen Raasch Secretary: John McDonnell Treasurer: Read more […] -
SPECIAL TIME – NOVAC General Meeting & Volunteer Thank You Awards Sunday, December 11th
This coming Sunday, December 11th, we will hold our last general membership meeting for 2016. We will start at a special time: 6:30 PM. First we’ll start with some light refreshments such as we have at Astronomy Day and Star Gaze to thank all our volunteers who helped make 2016 an exceptionally successful year. Then we’ll conduct the business portion of our meeting, including special awards to some of our exceptional volunteers and elections for NOVAC officers and Trustees to serve in Read more […] -
NOVAC General Meeting, Sunday 7pm @ GMU
Please join us Sunday evening for our general meeting and talk. If you are interesting in joining some of the group for dinner, check out the link below as well. Sunday, November 13, 2016; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Speaker: Rebecca Ljungren Topic: Decoding Starlight – Spectroscopy: History, How it Works & Applications for Researchers and Amateur Astronomers Location: Research Hall, Room 163 Details for dinner, directions and meeting location. Read more […]