Roanoke Valley Astronomical Society
March 2024 Meeting: Note that in-person meetings are in the STEM Building, Room ST112: Please join us Monday night March 18, for the next gathering of the RVAS. The Celestial café opens at 7:00pm and the general meeting at 7:30 pm. This meeting will have the option of in-person or Zoom. The in-person meeting is located at the STEM Building, Room ST112. Check back in for program details.
Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024 – The entire U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii, gets to see today’s eclipse. Some within a narrow path from Texas to Maine will see the event as “total.” For Roanoke, the eclipse is “partial”; the sun will be 88% obscured as the moon passes between it and earth. The eclipse begins at 1:56 p.m. as the disk of the moon contacts the sun’s right edge. The moon will continue moving to our left across the face of the sun until maximum coverage occurs at 3:12 p.m. Thereafter, more and more of the sun will be uncovered until the moon and the sun completely separate at 4:31 p.m. This link will help you prepare.