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What's Happening This Month

All events marked with * below are free, kid friendly, and open to the public. Events marked with a $ have a small fee required by the event organizer.

In the BBAA	In the Sky
NOVEMBER 1: Monthly Meeting at Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach *	NOVEMBER 1: Conjunction of Jupiter and Mercury
NOVEMBER 3: Skywatch at Northwest River Park, Chesapeake *	NOVEMBER 6: Taurids Meteor Shower
NOVEMBER 3: BSA Star Gaze, Camp Pipsico Scout Reservation, Spring Grove *	NOVEMBER 6: Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
NOVEMBER 6: Stargaze Dayz, Old Donation School/Brickell Academy, Virginia Beach *	NOVEMBER 6: Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation
NOVEMBER 9 - 16: Cornwatch at Cornland Park, Chesapeake (private)	NOVEMBER 7: New Moon
NOVEMBER 10: Virginia Living Museum Star Party, Newport News $	NOVEMBER 11: Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
NOVEMBER 10: Nightwatch at Chippokes State Park (private)	NOVEMBER 15: Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
NOVEMBER 16: Cub/Boy Scout Family Camping Tiger Elective Adventures: Sky Is the Limit, Camp Strother, Chesapeake *	NOVEMBER 17, 18: Leonids Meteor Shower
NOVEMBER 17: “Sun” Day Solar Observing at Elizabeth River Park, Chesapeake *	NOVEMBER 23: Full Moon

If you're planning to attend an event, please see our Event Information page. There you will find useful information about BBAA events and links for directions to our observing sites. Please also take the time to read our expected event etiquette for all attendees.

To see event details on the Night Sky Network head over to our club's Calendar page and click on the event you want more details about.

For more information on what's happening in the sky this week, see Sky & Telescope's "This Week's Sky at a Glance" page.

Observing Programs

BBAA club members dues pay for Astronomical League (AL) membership. This membership allows our club members to participate in the many Astronomical League observing programs. The AL programs are designed to provide a direction for your observations and to provide a goal. The programs have awards and pins to recognize the observers’ accomplishments and for demonstrating their observing skills with a variety of instruments and objects. The BBAA was responsible for creating the Astronomical League's Planetary Nebula Program. A detailed history of the programs inception is available on our page. For further information on observing programs, see our Observing Programs page or the Astronomical League's official page.

Planetary Nebula Program

Current Solar System Configuration

This interactive 3D model shows the today's configuration of the major bodies of the Solar System along their orbits.

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