The Northern Virginia Astronomy Club hosted its annual Star Gaze outreach event at C.M. Crockett Park on Saturday, featuring Astronomy Bingo with David Werth, a sky tour with Cal Powell, telescopes on the observing field, and lectures by Robert Capon, Paul Derby, and Woody Davis. #NOVAC #CrockettPark #Midland #Virginia #UnderneathTheStars #NightSky #StarGaze2025 #StarGaze #Astronomy
A waning crescent Moon danced in the sky with the planet Venus and the quadruple star-system Regulus in the constellation Leo this morning, the spectacle shining brightly in the eastern twilight before dawn. #Moon #Venus #Regulus #AlphaLeonis #Twilight #UnderneathTheStars #NightSky #Astronomy
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The Northern Virginia Astronomy Club hosted a well-attended observing night at C.M. Crockett Park in Midland, Virginia on Saturday under clear skies revealing many deep-sky objects, the planet Saturn, and the Milky Way appearing as a colorful haze directly overhead as the First Quarter Moon dipped below the horizon. #NOVAC #CrockettPark #Midland #Virginia #UnderneathTheStars #NightSky #Astronomy
