Update on First Annual Statewide Star Party

Thank you all for supporting the first NC Statewide Star Party! This event had tremendous support from FAS members!

The sky was a perfectly clear cloudless night (though transparency was not perfect given the precipitation the previous day). Perhaps the Science Festival did not realize the date they chose was the end of Spring Break for many schools, so attendance was very low (compared to the previous weekday star gazing event held at the same park which attracted 200 observers). If we do a star gazing event at the park again, we all probably have ideas to make improvements. But for a first big statewide event, it could not have been possible without all the support and effort from FAS members!

And special thanks go to Paul Wooten for all his very hard work planning this event at the Yadkin County Park and coordinating with the Science Festival and area schools!

Thank you all!

Marcia

FAS Event Coordinator