Night Sky Viewing Outreach – April 24 & 25

Join Forsyth Astronomical Society for two nights viewing the wonders of the night sky. FAS will be setting up telescopes for all to take a look through, as part of North Carolina Science week and FAS Outreach.

Friday April 24, 2015 Yadkinville Star Party at Yadkin County Park

Saturday April 25, 2015 SciWorks Observation at SciWorks in Winston-Salem

Club member will be at both events setting up before Sunset please plan to be there before 7:30PM or come early to check out some of FAS members cool equipment or a possible look at the Sun.

High points of the night will be Jupiter, Venus, and our Moon and if the weather allows other interesting gems like Beehive cluster in the constellation Cancer, or the Bode’s Nubulae the galaxy M81 and M82 in Ursa Major. The early birds might get a quick peek at Mars

Directions

24 April — Yadkinville Star Party
Yadkin County Park
6600 Service Rd
Yadkinville, NC 27055

25 April — SciWorks Observation
SciWorks
400 Hanes Mill Road
Winston Salem, NC

Join us for both nights or just one it will be a lots of fun and everyone will see something new!

Sunset is at about 8:02PM.

Solar viewing may be available earlier in the day swing by and check out the Sun.