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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
JANUARY 2: Stargazing at the Library, Great Neck Library, Virginia Beach *	JANUARY 2: Conjunction of the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter
JANUARY 3: Monthly Meeting at Plaza Middle School Planetarium, Virginia Beach *	JANUARY 3: Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
JANUARY 4 & 11: Cornwatch at Cornland Park, Chesapeake (private)	JANUARY 3, 4: Quadrantids Meteor Shower
JANUARY 5: Nightwatch at Chippokes State Park (private)	JANUARY 6: New Moon
JANUARY 10: Garden Stars, Norfolk Botanical Gardens * $	JANUARY 6: Venus at Greatest Western Elongation
JANUARY 19: Saturday "Sun" Day Solar Observing at Elizabeth River Park, Chesapeake *	JANUARY 20 - 21: Total Lunar Eclipse
JANUARY 20: Total Lunar Eclipse Watch Party, Chesapeake Planetarium, Chesapeake *	JANUARY 20 - 26: Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter
JANUARY 25: “Silent Sky” Watch, Little Theater of Virginia Beach *	JANUARY 21: Full Moon, Supermoon
JANUARY 26: Skywatch at Northwest River Park, Chesapeake *

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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