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7-21 Oct. 2024
– Two October Meteor Showers Peak

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SKY & TELESCOPE

12-31 Oct. 2024
– Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Soars at Dusk

16/17 Oct. 2024
– A Large Hunter’s Full Moon

20 Oct. 2024
– The Hunter’s Moon Visits Jupiter

Illustration created using SkySafari & PowerPoint software

Next Public Star Gaze

Continue to check this home page as weather could change the venue or postpone and possibly cancel a star gaze. Check again after 5:00 p.m. on the afternoon of the observing session for the latest info and update.

25 Oct. 2024 — Friday night — The location for this star gaze will be Lookout Observatory on the UNC Asheville campus, with a weather backup date of Saturday, 26 October. While the event is free and open to everyone, pre-registration is required to attend. To learn more about how to register, please visit the UNCA Lookout Observatory website here. Sunset occurs at 6:41 p.m., with shuttle service beginning about 7:30 p.m.

7 Nov. 2024 – Club Meeting Presentation
— Thursday night, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

This free speaker presentation will be offered in-person at the UNC-Asheville Reuter Center and virtually online. Registration is not required; use this Zoom link to watch the presentation remotely.

Although parking for this meeting at the Reuter Center is free, you must register your vehicle with a “visitor daily” permit at this link.

Spectroscopy

– presented by Timothy DeLisle,
Director of Software & Engineering at Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute

Spectroscopy is the study of light and what we can learn from it. Concepts like color, wavelength, frequency, and photon energy will all make sense once you understand the spectrum. Learn about where light comes from and how it can change depending on what emits it, and what it interacts with on its way to us. An investigation of light can reveal the composition, movement, and temperature of anything, whether in the distant reaches of the universe, or directly in front of us. Read more…