Next Public Star Party
Next Member Meeting
Wednesday, February 19 at 7:00 pm CST is VIRTUAL ONLY because of the snow!! Our member meetings are open to everyone.
We will stream on our YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/@bsasnashville_astro
Our next speaker is Dr. Jason Dworkin, Senior Scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center: "OSIRIS-REx Returned a Piece of the Early Solar System"
NASA’s robotic Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security - Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) asteroid sample return mission seeks answers to the questions that are central to the human experience: Where did we come from? What is our destiny? Asteroids, the leftover debris from the solar system formation process, can address these questions and teach us about the history of the solar system.
*Not a Public Star Party* Total Lunar Eclipse
Friday, March 14, 12:00am- 3:48 am CDT
Location: Your backyard!
A lunar eclipse will occur in the wee hours of Pi Day, March 14. The partial eclipse begins at 12:09am, totality runs from 1:25am to 2:31am, and the partial ends at 3:48am. If the skies are clear, go out and take a look and see what color the Moon is when in the shadow of the Earth.
Public Star Party
Saturday, April 5, 8:00-10:00 pm CDT
Bowie Nature Park
What is a star party?
BSAS members bring and set up telescopes and information at local parks, everyone is invited to come and enjoy the view! Free, open of everyone of any age. No food trucks, just *space* for everyone. These are usually weather permitting, so check back to see if we are still on if it is cloudy or threatening rain.
In honor of the 90th anniversary of BSAS, we partnered with Hatch Show Print to create a unique, limited-run poster! A great gift for anyone interested in astronomy.
