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What's Happening This Month

All events below are free, kid friendly, and open to the public unless they are annotated with the following marks. Events marked with a $ have a small fee required by the event organizer. Events with a * have special requirements such as reservations, private, etc. To find out more information about the events listed below go to our calendar and click on the event link that you want more information for.

In the BBAA	In the Sky
February 2: Club Meeting - TCC Virginia Beach	February 1: Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is closest to Earth ☄️
February 3: BSA Troop Training*	February 5: Full Moon 🌕
February 6: Constellations and Night Sky Clock 🔭 *	February 11: Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) near Mars ☄️
February 8: Astronomy Cub Scout Viewing*	February 15: Conjunction of Venus and Neptune
February 10: Cornwatch 🔭 *	February 16: Saturn at conjunction
February 11: Skywatch 🔭	February 20: New Moon 🌑
February 17: Cornwatch 🔭 *
February 18: Nightwatch 🔭 *
February 25: Saturday 'Sun' Day 🔭
February 28: Garden Stars 🔭 *

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.

Download a free map of the sky from Skymaps.com "The Evening Sky Map".

Jupiter Asteroid Impact Detection Project

Our club is helping assist with this project. You do NOT have to be a member of our club to participate. If you are interested in contributing please see our Jupiter Asteroid Impact Detection Project 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