Cape Fear Astro Schedule of Events
February, 2023
Monthly Meeting
The Monthly Meeting will be held at 7:00 pm on Sunday, February 5th 2023 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.
Ben Steelman will present a DVD: "Our Night Sky: Comets,Meteors and Asteroids"
“Gastronomy”
The “gAstronomy Society” meeting for this month will be at
least for now, Canceled due to COVID, and therefore located at
your own home.
Please join us at 5:00 pm for supper and astronomical conversation.
Public Observing
Our next Public Observing Session is
March 25th starting at 6:15 pm
and continuing until 9:pm.
Location: Carolina Beach State Park
Public observing sessions are currently on hold because the park closes so early during the winter. We'll be back in Spring!
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.
- 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.