Cape Fear Astro Schedule of Events
April, 2026
April 25: State Wide Star Party at Ingram Planetarium. 6:30 - 9:30. Planetarium shows, Astronomical Activities, Moon viewing, and telescopic views of the planet Jupiter, and Spring star clusters and double stars.
Monthly Meeting
The Monthly Meeting will be held at 7:00 pm on Sunday, April 12 in 213 DeLoach Hall (NOTE room change!) 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.
Dr. Barbara Becker will present "Practicing Invisible Astronomy: Celestial Mechanicians and the Discovery of Neptune"
Dr. Becker will describe the how and why of Neptune becoming the first planet discovered by physics and math. NOTE: We will be in ROOM 213 this month (on the 2nd floor, down from our usual 212).
“Gastronomy”
The “gAstronomy Society” meeting for this month will be at
McAlistar's Deli located at
740 South College Road
Please join us at 5:00 pm for supper and astronomical conversation.
Public Observing
Our next Public Observing Session is
Saturday, April 25th starting at sunset
and continuing until park closing.
Location: Carolina Beach State Park
Come see the first quarter moon, the planet Jupiter, and Spring star clusters and double stars. Bring your own telescope or binoculars, or share ours.
This viewing session will canceled if it is raining at the starting time.
Please take note: For safety and in consideration of others, we ask that you refrain from using flash photography after dark. This includes cell phones. There are two reasons for this.
- 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.
- 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.
Thank you.