Category: News
News and Updates
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Member Observing
Current open member observing for 2013 is now available for the whole year via this PDF. Here is a link to the new online NOVAC Members Observing Calendar. TMI NOVAC weekends started in April and you can make a reservation up to 60 days in advance. Visit the TMI page for all the 2013 dates and reservation information. Read more […] -
Public Night on Saturday 1/12 @ Crockett CANCELLED
The event is cancelled due to bad weather conditions. Read more […] -
January Monthly Meeting – Sunday 1/13
Gideon Bass will speak on Kepler Studies of Low-Mass Eclipsing Binaries. Here is a link to the calendar event for saving the date. Read more […] -
New NOVAC Website
Fellow NOVAC members, It’s my pleasure to announce a major upgrade of the NOVAC website, located at: http://www.novac.com/ The site’s new look and organization are the product of many months of work by Chris Lee, supported by numerous other NOVAC members along the way. We hope you find the information that on the new site to be easier to find, relevant, and up-to-date. Read more […] -
Note from our past President
After 5 years of serving on the NOVAC Board, 3 as a Trustee and the last 2 as your President, I plan to be spending my future NOVAC time on the observing field where I hope to see many of you in the upcoming years! Read more […] -
New Website Comments
Want to make a comment or suggestion about the new website? Fill out the feedback form below and let us know! Read more […] -
December Monthly Meeting
Sunday December 9, 2012 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Guest Speaker: Astronaut Tom Jones Dr. Thomas D. Jones is a scientist, author, pilot, and former NASA astronaut. He holds a doctorate in planetary sciences from the University of Arizona, and in more than eleven years with NASA, flew on four space shuttle missions to Earth orbit. On his last flight, Dr. Jones led three spacewalks to install the centerpiece of the International Space Station, the American Destiny laboratory. He has spent fifty-three days Read more […] -
Crockett Public Night for January 12 – Cancelled
Weather forecast is grim for tonight, so I’m canceling. That said, thanks for all your public night support in 2012 & see you later this month and in 2013!
Here is the event link to the next Public night @ C.M. Crockett – Also here the link to information on the Crockett Park and the viewing site.
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Public Night scheduled for Sky Meadows
Posted on behalf of Site Coordinator Terry Cabell Event Sat September 15th 7pm-11pm If you haven’t been to Sky Meadows before, it has the best skies of any of our Northern Virginia sites, especially to the south–so our spring/summer favorites are clearly in view. Add in indoor plumbing, and you have the makings of a perfect site. In the past public nights, even with the mediocre forecast, there were over 100 public attendees. I expect an even highter turnout this weekend if the weather Read more […] -
Almost Heaven Star Party 2013
AHSP 2013 dates have been confirmed for September 6th – 10th 2013 and announced on the AHSP Site
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