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-====== NEKAAL'​s Scheduled Events for 2023 ======+====== NEKAAL'​s Scheduled Events for 2026 ======
  
-**Policy Update notice: All public astronomy nights ​at Farpiont will be canceled if it is raining ​or too cloudyYou can check within two hours of the event for status updates.**+**General Meetings are held at the [[https://​tscpl.org/​|Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library]], [[https://​www.google.com/​maps/​place/​Topeka+%26+Shawnee+County+Public+Library/​@39.0507443,​-95.6987287,​17z/​data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87bf02fa4714ef13:​0x45af69bf055cc273!8m2!3d39.0507443!4d-95.69654?​q=topeka+shawnee+county+library&​bav=on.2,​or.r_cp.&​bvm=bv.139782543,​d.amc&​biw=1056&​bih=918&​dpr=1&​um=1&​ie=UTF-8&​sa=X&​ved=0ahUKEwjKkerI2cnQAhUE04MKHcOZBq0Q_AUIBigB|10th and Washburn]], unless otherwise noted**
  
-^     ​Public Astronomy Night Dates in 2023 at [[farpoint_observatory|Farpoint Observatory]] ​  ^^+** All public astronomy nights at Farpiont will be canceled if it is raining or too cloudy. You can check within two hours of the event for status updates.** 
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 +^     ​Public Astronomy Night Dates in 2026 at [[farpoint_observatory|Farpoint Observatory]] ​  ^^
 ^ Date and Time ^ Note ^  ^ Date and Time ^ Note ^ 
-|March 18th, 7:30pm| | +|TBD for 2026 | | 
-|April 8th, 8:00pm| | + 
-|May 27th, 8:00pm| | +
-|June 24th, 8:30pm| | +
-|July 8th, 9:00pm| | +
-|August 12th, 8:00pm | | +
-|September 9th, 7:30pm | | +
-|October 7th, 7:00pm | | +
-|November 18th, 7:00pm | |+
  
  
 ^         ​General Meetings ​      ^^^^ ^         ​General Meetings ​      ^^^^
 ^Date^Speaker^Topic^Note^ ^Date^Speaker^Topic^Note^
-|January ​262023 @7pm|  |  | | +|January ​222026 @7pm|  |  | | 
-|February ​232023 @7pm| | | | +|February ​262026 @7pm| | | | 
-|March ​232023 @7pm| Bharat Ratra  ​| ​THE ACCELERATING EXPANDING UNIVERSE: DARK MATTER, DARK ENERGY, AND EINSTEIN'​S COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT ​| | +|March ​262026 @7pm|  |  | | 
-|April ​272023 @7pm| | | | +|April ​232026 @7pm| | | | 
-|May 252023 @7pm| Douglas Goodin ​Craters of the Earth: Impacts, Impactors, and their Role in Shaping the Planet ​| | +|May 282026 @7pm|   | | 
-|June 222023 @7pm| Douglas Goodin ​Meet the neighbors: Venus and Mars | | +|June 252026 @7pm|   | | 
-|July 272023 @7pm| | | | +|July 232026 @7pm| | | | 
-|August ​242023 @7pm| | | | +|August ​272026 @7pm| | | | 
-|September ​282023 @7pm| David Cromer ​Preparing for the coming Annual and Total Solar Eclipses ​| | +|September ​242026 @7pm|   | | 
-|October ​262023 @7pm| | | | +|October ​222026 @7pm| | | | 
-|November ​162023 @7pm| | | |+|November ​192026 @7pm| | |  |
  
  
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 //How long has it been since you saw the stars under a really dark sky? When the Milky Way actually looked like milk? And there were more stars than you could count.// //How long has it been since you saw the stars under a really dark sky? When the Milky Way actually looked like milk? And there were more stars than you could count.//
  
-Come to a Public Astronomy Night at Farpoint Observatory. NEKAAL members will be there+Come to a [[public_night|Public Astronomy Night at Farpoint Observatory]]. NEKAAL members will be there
 to answer your questions, you'll feast your eyes on amazing sights, and have a great time. to answer your questions, you'll feast your eyes on amazing sights, and have a great time.
  
-Want to know more? Check out our [[star parties|Star Party]] page.+Want to know more? Check out our [[public_night|Public Astronomy Night at Farpoint Observatory]] page.
  
 Driving instructions to Farpoint are located on our [[Farpoint Observatory|observatory]] page. Driving instructions to Farpoint are located on our [[Farpoint Observatory|observatory]] page.
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-Group tours or observing sessions are scheduled on an individual 
-basis, by contacting the [[contact|Astronomy Program Director]]. 
  
 ** All public astronomy nights at Farpoint will be canceled if it is raining or too cloudy. You can check within two hours of the event for status updates.** ** All public astronomy nights at Farpoint will be canceled if it is raining or too cloudy. You can check within two hours of the event for status updates.**