March 9, 2012
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have put out a new video to address the false claims about the "Mayan apocalypse," a non-event.
Asheville's new Observatory!
The Astronomy Club of Asheville will share in the design and use of a new observatory on the UNC-Asheville campus.
18 May 2012 - Next Club Star Gaze
Friday night - The location for this star gaze will be the at the Mt. Pisgah trailhead parking lot off the Blue Ridge Parkway. The backup night is the following evening, Saturday. Continue to check this home page posting as weather and road conditions could change the venue or postpone and possibly cancel the event. Check-in again after 5:00 p.m. on the afternoon of the obseving session for the latest info and update.
5 June 2012 - a Rare Transit of Venus
Tuesday evening - 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.. Come see this last-chance-in-your-lifetime event
-- the transit of the planet Venus across the disk of our Sun.
Our club will have safe solar telescopes set up for public viewing at the west end of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce parking lot. Read more...
7 June 2012 - Next Indoor Club Meeting
Thursday night - 7-9 p.m. in the Manheimer Room on the lower level of the Reuter Center, UNC-Asheville campus
Feature presentation: "The Drake Equation - for estimating the number of detectable extra-terrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy"
Presented by Dan Reichart, Ph.D., UNC-Chapel Hill
Dr. Reichart will use the famous Drake equation to present an estimate of how many intelligent, technologically capable civilizations might exist today in our Milky Way Galaxy, as well as in the whole observable universe. Read more...
"Oh, where would be any food for spirituality, without night and the stars?" --- Walt Whitman, May 21, 1876
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Lat. 35° 36' N
Lon. 82° 30' W
Member of NASA's Night Sky Network
April 11, 2012
May 16, 2012
Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids.
We are a group of enthusiastic folks of all ages who enjoy exploring, learning and sharing the universe that surrounds us.
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