Special Events

In addition to our regular Friday Night Open Houses we also try to schedule other events that vary according to availability.  Past special events have included the Total Solar Eclipse of 2017, the transit of Venus in 2012, bright comets like Neowise in 2020, and meteor showers.  All of our observing events are dependent on weather.  

For 2024, expected "events" will include the Perseid meteor shower (dates around Aug 12-13, depending on weather and FNOH) and upcoming comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) which may reach naked-eye visibility in October.   Also, recurring nova T Coronoa Borealis, which erupts every 80 years to become 2nd magnitude for a short while, is due to blow sometime in 2024.  ASEM will not support the May 8, 2024 solar eclipse locally, as our members wish to be free to drive to totality.