Cape Fear Astro Schedule of Events
March, 2026
Monthly Meeting
The Monthly Meeting will be held at 7:00 pm on Sunday, March 8 in 113 DeLoach Hall (FIRST floor) 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 "SIRIL astro-imaging program: stacking and more"
Frank Rich will run a video about SIRIL, and then share his experience and take questions. NOTE: We will be in ROOM 113 this month.
“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, March 28 starting at sunset
and continuing until park closing.
Location: Carolina Beach State Park
Come see the first quarter moon, the planet Jupiter, the Great Orion Nebula, and winter 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.