VBASSaturdays: Jan 8, 15, 29 at 7:30PM
Learn some interesting facts about our planet’s very interesting satellite and how it is unusually large for such a small planet. Learn about the interesting features you can see even with a very small telescope, such as craters, lava plains, mountains, rilles (look like river beds), volcanic domes, and how we think they were all formed.
Please join us at 7:30pm, January 22nd for a talk on JWST by Naveen Vetcha.
On Dec 25th 2021, NASA (in collaboration with European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency) created history by successfully launching the world’s largest and most complex space science observatory, The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). JWST is currently on its way to the Sun-Earth L2 point which is about a million miles away from the Earth. During its journey to L2, JWST will undergo a complex deployment sequence to unfurl various systems on the telescope. Join us to learn about this exciting journey of the telescope and its mission objectives.
Don’t miss the Monthly Meeting this Friday, Nov. 19, in person and on Zoom! 7:00 pm for Pizza, 7:30 pm for our speaker, Michael Buford, our Vice-President. Michael will give a presentation on “The History of Space Flight: Early Space Flight to the Future”.
Link for Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89393503262
That’s right! VBAS’s Saturday evening shows are resuming in December with this year’s Christmas show! Seating is limited and must be reserved in advance, read below for details.
All planetarium shows have limited seating and a reservation is required. To reserve a seat go to our Events calendar and click on the date you wish to attend. There will be a link where you can make a reservation.
Admission for a show is $5 for adults, $3 for students. VBAS members are free.
When the sky is clear and the planetarium is open on Saturday nights there will be telescopes in the observing field after dark. No reservation is required and there is no admission fee for this ‘star party’. There will not be a star party if the planetarium is closed or if the sky is cloudy.
For several years, Jeff Delmas and Don Martin have been distributing guides for telescope buyers, aimed at helping beginners (and others) purchase a quality telescope. Both documents, updated for 2021, are available below.
We wanted to let everyone know that we are holding star parties at the VBAS observing field every clear Saturday night, beginning Saturday, October 16th.
Until shows reopen on December 4th, we’ll gather in the field for observing shortly before dark. If the sky is overcast viewing will be cancelled.