Chapel Hill Astronomical and Observational Society

President’s Message

Greetings CHAOS and Guests, I hope everyone is having a good astronomical year. Last year was exciting with the appearance of the Aurora three times. Good views of comets and meteor showers. The views were amazing to say the least. Many new amateur astronomers were created with these events and the events of 2025 are … Read more

Star Party Status

We have had a great year of star parties this past year. A bit damp, but we still observed the night skies. We are getting ready starting in mid-December for the star parties in 2025. The March event is March 24th through 30th. Later in the month and hopefully drier. Orion and Leo will be … Read more

Star Party Experience

Read about one person’s stellar experience at Staunton River Park, and how she ended up connecting with CHAOS and the star party.

Welcome to the New Website

We hope you’ll look around. Is there something we’re missing that you’d like to see? Please post your feedback, questions, etc. to our new email server, chaosastro.groups.io. If you were part of the Mobilize group, you shouild have received an invitiation by email.This is a new platform for me and I suspect for many of … Read more