Meetings
Monthly Indoor Meetings
Our monthly indoor meetings are free and open to visitors. The club is dedicated to helping people understand and enjoy astronomy at all levels of interest. The typical meeting attendance varies from 50 to 100 people.
With the exception of January and July when there are no meetings, we normally meet the first Thursday of each month from 7-9 p.m. on the campus of UNC-Asheville at the Reuter Center, in the Manheimer Room. The Reuter Center is located at the top (north end) of the UNC-Asheville campus map.
Although parking is free for club meetings at the UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, you must register your vehicle with a “Visitor 5pm – 6am” permit type at this link. Once registration is complete, visitors will not need to print or display a permit; the system utilizes camera-based License Plate Recognition technology. All vehicles must park front-end in, so that the license plate is visible.
The indoor meetings usually include a brief discussion and/or announcement of significant monthly sky events and upcoming club star gazes, plus a guest speaker presentation on topics of astronomical interest. The monthly speaker presentation is part of the Astronomy Guest Speaker Series – a collaboration of the Astronomy Club of Asheville and UNC-Asheville.
