The Astronomy Club of Asheville 2025 calendar is here!
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Calendar cover: Sh2-308, commonly called The Dolphin-Head Nebula, about 4,500 light years distant in the constellation Canis Major. Photo by club member Knox Worde.
About the Club Calendar:
All 13 images in this 8.5 x 11 inch calendar were taken by club members during 2024, and what a year it was! The solar eclipse in April, the extraordinary aurora borealis in this year of peak solar activity, Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) in October all made 2024 a memorable one. Hurricane Helene left many homes and businesses without power, and many street lights were off, so although the devastation was tragic, our skies were darker than usual, and the Milky Way shined brightly in the darkened sky. Club members were out at night with their telescopes and cameras all year long, sharing the wonders of the night sky.How to order:
Calendars are $25 each. Use the PayPal link below. In the PayPal checkout screen, enter “Calendar” in the “Description” field, then multiply the number of calendars you are ordering by $25, and enter that amount in the “Price per item” field. Ignore the “Quantity” field. Then click the “Continue” button.
How to pick up your calendar:
We will be distributing the calendars from noon until 2 PM on Saturday, December 21, and on Saturday, January 4, 2025 at the Reuter Center on the north end of the UNC-A campus. Click here for a map of the UNC-A campus. Please note, we will only be distributing pre-paid calendars on these dates.
Here’s a preview of the photos in the 2025 calendar. Click on the images to see larger views in a slideshow.
May: The Asheville area had several rare and spectacular aurora events in 2024, the result of our active Sun’s giant X-class solar flares that launched energetic electrons and protons into the Solar System. Photos taken on the nights of May 20 and October 10, 2024 by club members Alan Davis, Jerry Sherman, David Krause, Seth Banks and Knox Worde.
October: Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) was easily visible for about 3 weeks in the early evening skies during October, 2024, and several Astronomy Club of Asheville members were able to capture some extraordinary photos of this visitor from the Oort Cloud. Photos by David Johnston, Knox Worde, Tommy Wilkinson, Pamela Mumby and Paul Harris.
November: The Rosette Nebula is an H II (atomic Hydrogen that is ionized) region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy (near Orion). The cluster and nebula lie at a distance of about 5,000 light-years from Earth. Photo by club member Vince Castello.
