Category: Meetings

  • July General Meeting – GMU 7pm

    Sunday, July 12, 2015; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Speaker: Philip Graff Topic: The production and effects of gravitational waves Location: Research Hall, Room 163 Meeting Logistics: Paid parking is available in the Shenandoah Parking Deck (formerly Sandy Creek Parking Deck), which is behind the building. Please enter at the back side of the building which is in front of the round-about in front of the parking garage. The parking lot is on Sandy Creek Way off of Patriot Circle. Meetings are on the second Read more […]

  • NOVAC General Meeting, June 14 @ 7pm

    NOVAC’s general meeting will be held on the campus of George Mason University on Sunday, June 14th. We will meet in Research Hall Room 163 at 7:00 p.m. In addition to our regular business topics, I am pleased to announce that our recent Science Fair Award recipients, Medha Uppal and Lara Kornblut, will be joining us at our meeting. They will give a short presentation on their award winning project: The Effect of Geomagnetic Storms in the Ionosphere on Location Accuracy of GPS. Beforehand Ms. Uppal Read more […]

  • Meeting of Byron Bergert Imaging Group

    After some hunting, we’ve found a time, date, and location for the next meeting of NOVAC’s astro-imaging group, named in honor of late NOVACian Byron Bergert. Tentatively, we’re hoping to hold this on 23 May from 10:00-1:00, in a meeting room at the Loudoun County Public Library at 43316 Hay Road in Ashburn, VA. This is of course the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, but given availability of meeting space, it was the first option we’ve been able to find for a while that doesn’t conflict with Read more […]

  • NOVAC General Meeting @ GMU – May 3rd 7pm

    NOVAC’s general meeting will be held on the campus of George Mason University on Sunday, May 3rd. 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 dry Read more […]

  • NOVAC Monthly General Meeting – Sunday, April 12th

    NOVAC’s general meeting will be held on the campus of George Mason University on Sunday, April 12th. 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 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 […]

  • NOVAC Monthly Meeting February 8, 7 p.m.

    NOVAC’s general meeting will be held on the campus of George Mason University on Sunday, February 8th.  We will meet in Observatory Tower Showcase 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 Read more […]

  • General Meeting @ GMU 7pm 11 January 2015

    NOVAC’s general meeting will be held on the campus of George Mason University on Sunday, January 11. 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 […]

  • NOVAC 2015 Election results

    The annual elections were held tonight below are the results.  Please welcome our new President, Treasurer and two new Trustees along with our re-elected VP, Secretary and Trustees.  Here is our full Contact Page. Elected Officials 2015 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 address. President: Terry Read more […]

  • Monthly Meeting December 14, 2014 @ 7pm

    NOTE: There won’t be a formal dinner tonight as we have volunteer reception in Research Hall beforehand starting at 6:30pm.  Please join us early to honor all the NOVAC volunteers.  We hope that you’ll be able to attend this month’s general meeting in Research Hall Room 163 on the GMU campus. NOVAC meetings are open to the public; guests and interested members of the public are warmly welcomed. Our guest speaker this month will be Joleen Carlberg, who will be speaking on “Stellar Evolution Read more […]