2008 Calendar of Events

This is an extensive calendar of events that covers club events, major sky events and other groups star parties for 2008. Each event has an icon at the left to symbolize the type of event it is. Included here is an icon reference key to help tell you what each one symbolizes. All NPMAS club events are in green bold. Following the red links will bring you to more information about each event. As time permits, I will add more links to information. Please let me know if there are any other events to be listed here and I will add them as soon as possible.

Full Moon New Moon Lunar Eclipse Solar Eclipse
Club Meeting/Event Planetary Event Occultation Meteor Shower
Parmentier Weekend Star Party Solar Event A.L. Event

January
4th - 6th Camp U-Nah-Li-Ya Weekend
4th Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
8th New Moon
9th, Monthly Meeting & Holiday Party - The Spot Supper Club - No meeting at the Museum
22nd Full Moon

February
1st Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter - 0.6 degrees apart in the early morning sky
4-9th, Winter Star Party - Florida Keys
7th New Moon
7th Annular Solar Eclipse - Antarctica - (at least it's summer there)
13th, Monthly Club Meeting With the PCAMS - Solar System Weather - Gary Baier & Peg Zenko
20th Full Moon
20th Total Lunar Eclipse - Party Site to be determined
24th Saturn reaches Opposition

March
5th Daytime Occultation of Venus ~ 2:00 pm
5th - 9th Kisatchie Star Party - Natchitoches, Lousiana
7th New Moon
12th Monthly Club Meeting - A.L. Observing Programs - Dick Francini
20th Vernal (Spring) Equinox
21st Full Moon
28th - April 6th Smokey Mountain Star Gaze - Whittier, North Carolina

April
5th Messier Marathon
6th New Moon
9th Monthly Club Meeting - Night Sky Network - Katrina DeWitt
18th-19th NCRAL Convention - Port Washington, Wisconsin
20th Full Moon
21st Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak

May
5th Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
5th New Moon
10th National Astronomy Day & Public Telescope Viewing Night
14th Monthly Club Meeting - Astrophotography - Duane Clausen
20th Full Moon
23rd - 26th Riverside Telescope Makers Conference - Big Bear City, California

June
1st - 8th Texas Star Party - Ft. Davis, Texas
3rd New Moon
5-8 Wisconsin Observers Weekend Hartman Creek State Park, Wisconsin
11th Monthly Meeting - Observing the Outer Solar System - Steve Mofle
18th Full Moon
20th Summer Solstice
21st - 28th Grand Canyon Star Party - Grand Canyon State Park - Arizona
26th - July 5th Heart of America Star Party - Butler, Missouri
28th Club Picnic - site to be determined
30th - July 7th Shingletown Star Party - Shingletown, California

July
2nd - 5th Golden State Star Party - Adin California
2nd - 6th Rocky Mountain Star Stare - Lake George, Colorado
3rd New Moon
9th Monthly Club Meeting at the Barlow Planetarium - Topic to be announced - no meeting at the Neville Museum
9th Jupiter reaches Opposition
18th -19th Astronomical League Convention - Des Moines Iowa
18th Full Moon
27th - August 1st, Nebraska Star Party - Valentine, Nebraska
29th - August 3rd, EPOCH 2008 Star Party - Beaver City, Indiana
31st - August 3rd, Stellafane - Springfield, Vernmont
31st - August 2nd, Table Mountain Star Party - Ellensburg, Washington

August
1st New Moon
1st Total Solar Eclipse - northern Canada, Greenland, Siberia, Mongolia, and central China
1st - 3rd Northwoods Starfest - Fall Creek, Wisconsin
2nd - 10th Mount Kobau Star Party - British Columbia, Canada
12th Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
13th, Monthly Club Meeting - Extra Solar Planets - Jim Sentowski
15th Neptune reaches Opposition
16th Full Moon
16th Partial Lunar Eclipse - South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia
24th - 27th Encanted Skies Star Party - Socorro, New Mexico
25th - 31st Oregon Star Party - Indian Trail Spring, Oregon
30th New Moon

September
6th Public Telescope Viewing Night
10th Monthly Club Meeting What To Do About Dew & The Clear Sky Clock - Chris Schroeder & Dick Francini
13th Uranus reaches Opposition
15th Full Moon
22nd Autumnal (Fall) Equinox
25th - 28th Prairie Skies Star Party - Bourbonnais, Illinois
26th - 28th Crivitz Observing Weekend
27th - October 5th Okie-Tex Star Party - Kenton, Oklahoma
29th New Moon

October
3rd - 4th Crivitz Observing Weekend
8th Monthly Club Meeting - Solar Observing - Amy Hannon Drew & Lynn Ward
14th Full Moon
21st Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
28th New Moon
28th - November 2nd Deep South Regional Star Gaze - Norwood, Louisiana
31st - November 1st Kroes Observing Weekend

November
12th - Monthly Club Meeting - NPMAS History - George McCourt
13th Full Moon
17th Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
27th New Moon


December
1st Conjunction of the Moon, Venus & Jupiter - the trio will form a 3 degree triangle
10th - Monthly Club Meeting - Video Night
12th Full Moon
13th Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
21st Winter Solstice occurs
27th New Moon