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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
DECEMBER 1: Skywatch at Northwest River Park, Chesapeake * - CANCELLED	DECEMBER 3: Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
DECEMBER 4: Polar Express Literacy Night at John F. Kennedy Middle School, Suffolk *	DECEMBER 5: Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
DECEMBER 6: Monthly Meeting at TCC, Virginia Beach Campus *	DECEMBER 6: Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
DECEMBER 7 - 14: Cornwatch at Cornland Park, Chesapeake (private)	DECEMBER 7: New Moon
DECEMBER 8: Virginia Living Museum Star Party, Newport News $	DECEMBER 13, 14: Geminids Meteor Shower
DECEMBER 8: Saturday "Sun" Day Solar Observing at Elizabeth River Park, Chesapeake * - CANCELLED	DECEMBER 14: Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
DECEMBER 8: Nightwatch at Chippokes State Park (private)	DECEMBER 15: Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation
DECEMBER 11: Moon Night, Blackwater Regional Library, Carrollton *	DECEMBER 21: Conjunction of Jupiter and Mercury
DECEMBER 14: Winter Night Sky, Muse Writers Center, Norfolk *	DECEMBER 21: December Solstice
DECEMBER 15: Annual BBAA Anniversary Luncheon, Stripers Waterside Norfolk *	DECEMBER 21, 22: Ursids Meteor Shower
	DECEMBER 22: 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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