Cape Fear Astro Schedule of Events


November, 2025


Monthly Meeting

The Monthly Meeting will be held at 7:00 pm on Sunday, November 9th 2025 in Room 212 DeLoach Hall on the campus of UNCW. We will try to "simulcast" the meeting via Zoom. For more info including the meeting link, please contact us via the contact page.

Frank Rich will present "Using Setting Circles"

“Gastronomy”

The “gAstronomy Society” meeting for this month will be at McAllister's Deli located at
740 South College Road, Wilmington

Please join us at 5:00 pm for supper and astronomical conversation.

Public Observing

Our next Public Observing Session is returning April 2026 starting at sunset and continuing until one hour after park closing.
Location: Carolina Beach State Park
We'll be returning to public observing in Spring of 2026

This viewing session will canceled if it is raining at the starting time.

Please take note: For safety and consideration to others, we ask that you refrain from using flash photography after dark. This includes cell phones. There are two reasons for this.

  1. Once a person's eyes are accustomed to the dark it takes several minutes for them to acclimate again. Eyes acclimated to the dark can see greater detail through our telescopes.
  2. A flash if seen directly through the eyepiece of a telescope could be blinding. While this blindness most likely will not be permanent, it is still quite painful.
If you don't know how to turn off your flash, we will be happy to assist you.

Thank you.