Cape Fear Astro Schedule of Events
October, 2025
Monthly Meeting
The Monthly Meeting will be held at 6:00 pm (1 hour earlier!) on Sunday, October 19th 2025 We will not be able to "simulcast" the meeting via Zoom. For more info, please contact us via the contact page.
Planetarium staff will present one of the planetariums library of astronomy and space programs
The club are traveling to Ingram Planetarium for a planetarium show, followed by a short business meeting
“Gastronomy”
The “gAstronomy Society” meeting for this month will be at
TBD located at
TBD
Please join us at 5:00 pm for supper and astronomical conversation.
Public Observing
Our next Public Observing Session is
November 1st starting at 6:30 pm
and continuing until 8:00 pm.
Location: Carolina Beach State Park
We'll be observing the first quarter moon, and the fall star clusters, plus some nebulae and double stars. The planet Saturn should be visible by the end of the evening. If you have a telescope or binoculars, bring them!
This viewing session will canceled if it is raining at the starting time.
Please take note: For safety and consideration to others, we ask that you refrain from using flash photography after dark. This includes cell phones. There are two reasons for this.
- Once a person's eyes are accustomed to the dark it takes several minutes for them to acclimate again. Eyes acclimated to the dark can see greater detail through our telescopes.
- A flash if seen directly through the eyepiece of a telescope could be blinding. While this blindness most likely will not be permanent, it is still quite painful.
Thank you.