11 August 2015–(TIME CHANGE) Come on out to Big Meadows on Aug 12! In cooperation with the National Park Service and weather permitting, RAClub is holding a star party Wednesday, Aug 12, from 2100 to 2300 hours. For directions to Big Meadows, Google “Big Meadows Lodge”–Big Meadows itself is directly across Skyline Dr. from the Lodge at milepost 51. This a wonderfully dark location and worth the trip. It takes about 2 hours to get there. Be sure to check DON’T MISS at the top of this page before starting out to be sure the weather has cooperated.
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Big Meadows Star Party August 12
4 August 2015–Come on out to Big Meadows on Aug 12! In cooperation with the National Park Service and weather permitting, RAClub is holding a star party Wednesday, Aug 12, from 2100 to 2330 hours. For directions to Big Meadows, … Continue reading →
New science from deep space now available
I’ve posted this month’s program from our club meeting, New Science from Dawn, Rosetta, and New Horizons (current deep space probes exploring minor planets).
Continue reading →New science from deep space at Wednesday club meeting
New science from New Horizons and other deep space probes is our program for this Wednesday (July 15) club meeting. This will be immediately after New Horizons’ closest approach to Pluto, so I plan to bring some really fresh information. … Continue reading →
Elizabethan Astronomy at Virginia Renaissance Faire
I brought the science of astronomy into the 16th century, kicking and screaming, at the Virginia Renaissance Faire on the weekends of May 9- June 7. I enjoyed it, though there were some hot sweaty days out there. It’s all … Continue reading →
Astronomy Day at England Run Library
Lots of visitors on June 6 at our exhibit, most of them just passing through, and only about 10 at a time at the astronomy presentations we gave. I had a number of youth gathered around my meteorite experiments table. … Continue reading →