2023 Calendar of Events
January 2023
January 4: Quadrantid meteor shower peak
January 6: Full Moon
January 10: ORAS Board Meeting, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
January 21: New Moon
January 21: Public Night, 7:00 – 8:00 PM (Virtual)
January 22: Venus-Saturn Conjunction
January 23: Moon-Saturn & Moon-Venus conjunctions
January 26: Education/Outreach Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
January 26: Observatory/Facilities Committee Meeting, 8:30 – 9:30 PM
January 30: Fund Development Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
January 31: Lunar occultation of Mars
February 2023
February 1: Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) reaches its brightest
February 5: Full Moon
February 15: Venus-Neptune conjunction
February 20: New Moon
February 22: Moon-Venus conjunction
February 23: Education/Outreach Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
February 23: Observatory/Facilities Committee Meeting, 8:30 – 9:30 PM
February 25: Public Night 7:00 – 8:00 PM (Virtual)
February 27: Fund Development Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
February 22: Lunar occultation of Jupiter
March 2023
March 2: Venus-Jupiter conjunction
March 7: Full Moon
March 14: ORAS Board Meeting, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
March 20: March equinox
March 21: New Moon
March 23: Education/Outreach Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
March 23: Observatory/Facilities Committee Meeting, 8:30 – 9:30 PM (Cancelled)
March 24: Lunar occultation of Venus
March 25: Public Night 7:00 – 8:00 PM (Virtual)
March 27: Fund Development Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
March 28: Moon-Mars conjunction
April 2023
April 6: Full Moon
April 15: Public Night 7:00 – 8:00 PM (Big Astronomy Event) + Observing if clear
April 16: Moon-Saturn conjunction
April 20: New Moon
April 20: Hybrid solar eclipse
April 21: Moon-Mercury conjunction
April 23: Lyrid meteor shower peak
April 23: Moon-Venus conjunction
April 24: Fund Development Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
April 26: Moon-Mars conjunction
April 27: Education/Outreach Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
April 27: Observatory/Facilities Committee Meeting, 8:30 – 9:30 PM
May 2023
May 5: Full Moon
May 5: Penumbral lunar eclipse
May 9: ORAS Board Meeting, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
May 13: Moon-Saturn conjunction
May 17: Lunar occultation of Jupiter
May 19: New Moon
May 19 -21: Members Only Weekend
May 23: Moon-Venus conjunction
May 25: Education/Outreach Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
May 25: Observatory/Facilities Committee Meeting, 8:30 – 9:30 PM
May 27: Public Night 7:00 – 8:00 PM + Observing if clear
May 29: Mercury at greatest western elongation
May 29: Fund Development Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
June 2023
June 4: Full Moon
June 14: Moon-Jupiter conjunction
June 16: Moon-Mercury conjunction
June 18: New Moon
June 21: June solstice
June 22: Moon-Venus conjunction
June 22: Education/Outreach Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
June 22: Observatory/Facilities Committee Meeting, 8:30 – 9:30 PM
June 23 – 25: Members Only Weekend
June 24: ORAS Workshop -- The Basics, 10:00 - 4:00 (see ORAS Workshops page)
June 24: Public Night 8:00 – 9:00 PM + Observing if clear. This event will be both in-person and virtual.
June 26: Fund Development Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
July 2023
July 3: Super Full Moon
July 11: Moon-Jupiter conjunction
July 11: ORAS Board Meeting, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
July 14 – 16: Members Only Weekend
July 17: New Moon
July 20: Moon-Venus conjunction
July 20: Education/Outreach Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
July 22: ORAS Workshop, Night Sky Photography, 10:00 - 4:00 (see ORAS Workshops page)
July 22: Public Night 8:00 – 9:00 PM + Observing if clear
July 27: Venus-Mercury conjunction
July 27: Observatory/Facilities Committee Meeting, 8:30 – 9:30 PM
July 30: Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower peak
July 31: Fund Development Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
August 2023
August 1: Super Full Moon
August 13: Perseid meteor shower peak
August 15 – 20: ASTROBLAST 2023
August 16: New Moon
August 27: Saturn at opposition
August 24: Education/Outreach Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
August 24: Observatory/Facilities Committee Meeting, 8:30 – 9:30 PM
August 28: Fund Development Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
August 30: Moon-Saturn conjunction
August 31: Super Blue Full Moon
September 2023
September 4: Moon-Jupiter conjunction
September 12: ORAS Board Meeting, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
September 15: New Moon
September 19: Neptune at opposition
September 22-24: Members Only Weekend
September 23: Public Night 7:00 – 8:00 PM + Observing if clear
September 23: September equinox
September 25: Fund Development Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
September 27: Moon-Saturn conjunction
September 28: Education/Outreach Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
September 28: Observatory/Facilities Committee Meeting, 8:30 – 9:30 PM
September 29: Super Full Moon
October 2023
October 2: Moon-Jupiter conjunction
October 9: Draconid meteor shower peak
October 14: New Moon
October 14: Annular solar eclipse
October 22: Orionid meteor shower peak
October 24: Moon-Saturn conjunction
October 26: Education/Outreach Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
October26: Observatory/Facilities Committee Meeting, 8:30 – 9:30 PM
October 28: Public Night, 7:00 – 8:00 PM + Observing if clear
October 28: Full Moon
October 28: Partial lunar eclipse
October 30: Fund Development Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
November 2023
November 3: Jupiter at opposition
November 9: Lunar occultation of Venus
November 13: New Moon
November 14: ORAS Board Meeting, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
November 14: Uranus at opposition
November 18: Leonid meteor shower peak
November 25: Public Night, 7:00 – 8:00 PM + Observing if clear
November 27: Fund Development Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
November 27: Full Moon
November 30: Education/Outreach Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
November 30: Observatory/Facilities Committee Meeting, 8:30 – 9:30 PM
December 2023
December 12: New Moon
December 14: Geminid meteor shower peak
December 18: Fund Development Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
December 22: December solstice
December 22: Moon-Jupiter conjunction
December 23: Ursid meteor shower peak
December 27: Full Moon
December 28: Education/Outreach Committee Meeting, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
December 28: Observatory/Facilities Committee Meeting, 8:30 – 9:30 PM