Monthly Meetings

Meetings of the Kanawha Valley Astronomical Society usually take place on the third Friday of each month except for months with special events.  Check the schedule below. All of our meetings are open to the public.  Normally, these meetings are held at Mathes Hall behind St. Matthews Episcopal Church.  Directions to Mathes Hall can be found here. Star parties and other events are held at Breezy Point Observatory.  For directions to Breezy Point Observatory click here. 

Meeting Minutes

Recent Programs

May 2008   Spectroscopy Rick Archer gave a talk on amateur spectroscopy. View his slide show here.

April 2008   Quantum Mechanics

Paul Daniell presented an introduction to Quantum Mechanics. His presentation is here.

February 2008   Image Processing Rick Archer presented a program on basic image processing for astrophotography. See his slide show here.

June 2007   Meteorites The Willsons presented a program on meteorites featuring lots of information, photos and some hands-on samples from their collection. Check out the slide show here.

May 2007   Relativity Paul Daniell gave an overview of Albert Einstein and his special theory of relativity. A written copy of his presentation is here and his slide show is here.

March 2007   Star Parties Melissa Thorner presented a review of national star parties at our March meeting. Melissa reviewed all of the Star Parties in the Eastern half of the United States. Her review contained her personal experiences at each event including seeing conditions, accommodations, and her wonderful interactions with the great folks of astronomy from all over. View her presentation here.

Meeting Minutes
Our meetings tend to be informal and we don't always take minutes but when we do, you can read them here.