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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
OCTOBER 3: Monthly Meeting at at TCC, Virginia Beach Campus *	OCTOBER 8: Draconids Meteor Shower
OCTOBER 4 & 25: Cornwatch at Cornland Park, Chesapeake	OCTOBER 13: Full Moon
OCTOBER 5: Skywatch at Northwest River Park, Chesapeake * – CANCELLED	OCTOBER 20: Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation
OCTOBER 8: Garden Stars, Norfolk Botanical Gardens * $ - Rescheduled to NOVEMBER 5	OCTOBER 21, 22: Orionids Meteor Shower
OCTOBER 12: Saturday "Sun" Day - Solar Observing at Elizabeth River Park, Chesapeake *	OCTOBER 27: Uranus at Opposition
OCTOBER 17: STEAM Night, Greenbrier Intermediate School, Chesapeake *	OCTOBER 28: New Moon
OCTOBER 19: Muggle Masquerade - Chesapeake Public Library *
OCTOBER 26: Nightwatch at Chippokes State Park (private)
OCTOBER 31: STEM After-school Enrichment Pgm, Gethsemane Baptist Church

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.

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

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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