Author: Terence Cabell

  • General Meeting Sunday, June 12th

    General Meeting Sunday, June 12th

    Sunday, June 12, 2016; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
    Speaker: Jim Chen
    Topic: How to Find the Apollo Landing Sites
    Location: Research Hall, Room 163

    Also, I’d like to extend an invitation to everyone to come to the pre-meeting dinner this month at Brion’s Grille (in the University Mall across from GMU at 10621 Braddock RD) on Sunday at 5:30 PM. The pre-meeting dinner is an excellent way to meet other club members, welcome newcomers and renew old friendships.

  • May NOVAC General Meeting – Special Topic For New Astronomers

    May NOVAC General Meeting – Special Topic For New Astronomers

    Starting with May’s milder temperatures our membership increases as new folks join us. Those of us who have been observing for a while know that just having a telescope is not enough. Successful observing sessions are based upon experience. And that experience is what we should be sharing with our newest members as they begin their club affiliation. Read more […]
  • April NOVAC General Monthly Meeting

    April NOVAC General Monthly Meeting

    Fellow NOVAC Members, NOVAC’s general meeting will be held on the campus of George Mason University on Sunday, April 10th. We will meet as usual in Research Hall Room #163 at 7:00 P.M. The NOVAC Board of Trustees will meet prior to the general meeting at 5:30 PM in the same location. Our guest speaker this month is Cal Powell who will be giving a talk on Re-Envisioning the Big Bang. Also, I’d like to extend an invitation to everyone to come to the pre-meeting dinner this month at Brion’s Read more […]

  • Special Notice – Sky Meadows & NOVAC Agreement

    A message from President Terry Cabell: Although I have been NOVAC’s President only since January of last year, I have for the past seven years (since 2009) been privileged to be the Site Coordinator for NOVAC at Sky Meadows State Park. During each of those years I worked with the park’s administration to craft an Observing Agreement. The purpose of the Agreement was to permit NOVAC members access to the park at night to observe or image. In exchange for that access, and in conjunction with Read more […]
  • NOVAC General Membership Meeting Sunday, March 13th

    NOVAC General Membership Meeting Sunday, March 13th

    Fellow NOVAC Members, NOVAC’s general meeting will be held on the campus of George Mason University on Sunday, March 13th. We will meet as usual in Research Hall Room #163 at 7:00 P.M. The NOVAC Board of Trustees will meet prior to the general meeting at 4:00 PM in the same location. Our guest speaker this month is Mark Kochte who will be giving us an update on the New Horizons mission to Pluto. Also, I’d like to extend an invitation to everyone to come to the pre-meeting dinner this month Read more […]
  • General Meeting March 8 2015

    General Meeting March 8 2015

    NOVAC’s general meeting will be held on the campus of George Mason University on Sunday, March 8th. We will meet in Research Hall Room 163 at 7:00 p.m. If you’ve recently done some public outreach work, or if you’ve had a particularly good observing session lately, please consider taking a few minutes during the meeting to tell other members about it. Or perhaps you’ve gotten a gadget you’d like to talk about briefly? This sort of participatory discussion is a lot more engaging than a Read more […]